Many years ago, Val told his wife that watching her romantic scenes made him uncomfortable, Candace recalled during a November episode of “The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast.”
“Val was like, “I don’t even really like watching you — regardless of a kiss at the end — I really don’t like watching you being close to someone else,” Candace said on the podcast. “I get that, so we’ve had those struggles and a lot of conversation and prayer.”
Candace said Val changed his mind after she decided to reject roles with kissing scenes.
“I think the reality of that took a spin and a turn for Val in his heart … but then it came to a point where he said, ‘I can handle it and I don’t want you to give up your entire career,’” Candace said in the episode.
The couple collectively agreed that Candace would not accept film roles that require anything “more than a kiss” — and they joke about it today.
“He is so proud and supportive,” Candace tells TODAY.com. “It’s just one of those things where we don’t have to watch the last three seconds of the movie.”
According to Candace, her fans turned on Val when a portion of that podcast conversation about her acting roles was recently posted on TikTok. It’s been deleted.
“I got so many messages from that and it was so disappointing too because people were talking poorly about my husband,” Candace tells TODAY.com. “I was like, ‘No, no … it was actually a really beautiful conversation and it’s a way to talk about marriage and how we worked through what both of us were feeling and came to a really good conclusion that now — another 10 years later — we’re both really happy with.”
Candace says as empty nesters and “teammates,” she and Val “keep getting closer” in ways she didn’t expect.
“A decision you make when the kids are gone is, ‘Are you going to relearn your spouse and be interested in the things that they’re interested in or try doing new things together?’” says Candace, adding, “We became best friends again.”
With her children pursuing their own goals Candace sometimes misses having a “Full House.”
“It’s sad when you have a hustling, bustling home and there are always voices and activity going on, to it being quiet,” says Candace. “It can feel sad and lonely.”