“People think I live some extravagant life,” said the actress, who played Stephanie Tanner on the sitcom. “I live a normal life.”

Jodie Sweetin says she got a one-cent Full House residual check — but would return for another sequel series

"People think I live some extravagant life," said the actress, who played Stephanie Tanner on the sitcom. "I live a normal life."

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- Jodie Sweetin says she's not making a lot of money from her *Full House* residuals.

- "I got a one-cent check the other day," the actress revealed. "There's no syndication anymore because it's all in streaming."

- Sweetin would still consider reprising her role as Stephanie Tanner for another follow-up to her famous sitcom.

Despite what fans may think, Jodie Sweetin isn't diving into a pool of gold from her *Full House* residuals.

The actress recently opened up about playing Stephanie Tanner on both *Full House* (from 1987 to 1995) and its Netflix sequel series, *Fuller House* (from 2016 to 2020), on the *McBride Rewind* podcast. When host Josh McBride asked what her residuals look like 30 years after the original show concluded, Sweetin admitted that the payouts aren't great anymore.

"I got a one-cent check the other day," she revealed. "No, there's no syndication anymore because it's all in streaming. Who gets paid for that? Nobody gets paid for that."

She continued, "Sure, in my 20s there would be money, but not reliable. You don't know how much it's going to be, or how often they're going to run the show. So sometimes you're like, 'Oh, cool. That was nice.' And then sometimes you're like, 'All right, well, there's a nice dinner out.'"

The cast of 'Full House' in 1989.

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Sweetin, who's now 44, explained that because she can't rely on those residual checks, she's not spending lavishly. "I always say, people think I live some extravagant life," she told McBride. "I'm like, 'Honey, I drive my 2023 used Hyundai Sonata that I love. I rent my house. I have credit cards that are maxed out.' I live a normal life."

"And yeah, there are moments when you're like, 'This is going well,' and there are times when you're like, 'I need a day job,'" the actress quipped.

McBride speculated that fans probably assume stars who've been on successful shows like *Full House* "make so much money," and Sweetin admitted she falls into that sort of thinking as well.

"I'll be honest, I will do it sometimes — where, like, I'll see somebody [and] I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, what — why are you...?' And then I'm like, 'A--hole, they're a working actor, too,'" she said. "Like, everybody's got to have a job."

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Despite her sometimes meager residuals, Sweetin would consider reprising her role as Stephanie for another follow-up to *Full House.*

"I mean, we always joke that it'll be, you know,* Fullest House* and we'll just be ancient and the kids will be wiping our asses," she said with a laugh. "I will never say never to anything. And you know, if I got to come back in another 20 years and work with these people again, who I've known for my entire life, yeah, I would totally do that."

Sweetin continued, "I love what *Full House* has done. I love what it has created. I love what it means to people. And I think as I've gotten to be an adult and live a little more life, I understand just how important it is to have that thing that connects you to your younger, safer self, and I know that *Full House* does that. So I'm thrilled to continue to do that in whatever way I can."

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Watch Sweetin talk about her *Full House* residuals and more on *The McBride Rewind* podcast above.

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