John Stamos has openly pledged his support to Dave Coulier as he battles Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The actor took to social media to share photos with his former Full House co-star, who went public with his cancer diagnosis Wednesday on Today.
“My brother from day 1,” he captioned the Instagram images. “Love you @dcoulier and I’ll be by your side through it all.”
Stamos and Coulier starred on the hit ABC sitcom from 1987 to 1995, playing Uncle Jesse and his best friend Joey, respectively. They revived their roles in 2016 for the Netflix reboot Fuller House.
Coulier said Wednesday that many of his other castmates — including Andrea Barber, Candace Cameron Bure, Lori Loughlin, Jodie Sweetin and Scott Weinger — were told about his health status before he went public.
“I didn’t want them to hear it from someone else, so I sent a text message out,” Coulier told People.
The 65-year-old revealed he received his diagnosis after an infection caused swelling in his lymph nodes.
“I went from, I got a little bit of a head cold to I have cancer, and it was pretty overwhelming. This has been a really fast roller coaster ride of a journey,” he told the outlet.
After his diagnosis in October, Coulier said he immediately began chemotherapy and shaved his head as a “preemptive strike.”
On Today, he explained to Hoda Kotb why he wanted to publicly disclose his cancer: “I’m treating this as a journey. If I can help people get a breast exam, a colonoscopy, or a prostate exam. Go do it because, for me, early detection meant everything.” – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
