John Stamos Is Tired Of Spilling Tea About Other People

Actor John Stamos is getting brutally honest… once more!

The “Full House” alum is celebrating the upcoming one-year anniversary of his memoir, “If You Would’ve Told Me,” and the former heartthrob is still having those reflective moments after decades in show business!

Nearing his fifth decade in the public eye, the “General Hospital” legend was taking stock of his past experiences in the spotlight, many of them featuring famous names.

Stamos knew that being brutally honest with his fans was going to mean being candid about sharing those stories. As he prepares for the paperback release of his memoir, the actor is opening up about the brutally honest lessons he has had to learn about coming clean.

The stories within “If You Would Have Told Me” cover a lot of ground within the “Big Shot” actor’s four decades in the public eye. Stamos covered a wide spectrum of his recollections, including a scary experience with the Church of Scientology he had as a teenager.

During a podcast interview last year, he recalled a classmate from acting class became his first invitation into the church, per the Daily Mail. She revealed to Stamos that a Scientology meeting was taking place on Hollywood Boulevard, and he was welcome to come along, as the Blast previously reported.

Idolizing prominent Scientologist John Travolta would also bring him a step closer to the church. Stamos recalled, “Seeing [Grease] was like, ‘I wanna be that.'” He added: “I wanted to be John Travolta, I still do. Well, minus the whatever it is that they do.”

After convincing his father, who was also his boss at the family’s restaurant, Stamos went to his first meeting.

His time in the church didn’t last long, as the actor struggled to take their rituals seriously. This led him to be kicked out of an introductory session.

“I was just f-cking around so much, they said, ‘Get out [and] get going.’ They just kicked me out,” the “Unprisoned” actor recalled per The Daily Mail.

The “Grandfathered” alum spoke openly about his D.U.I. arrest nine years ago and his seeking treatment for alcoholism following the 2015 arrest, in his memoir.

Publicly discussing how the actor works on himself has extended into his work. Stamos has played a therapist on the Netflix hit show, “You” and he also portrays one in his latest project, Hulu’s “UnPrisioned.”

The actor discussed his work in attempting to be ‘unprisioned’ from his mental afflictions at the series’ second season premiere. Stamos shared with cameras that he and his therapist have been working together for two decades.

At the “Unprisioned” second season premiere, Stamos recalled with a laugh, “When I went to [my therapist] one of the first times, he said, ‘You know if you weren’t so f—king stupid you’d realize how good you have it,’ and I was like, ‘You’re right.”

Getting personal with the public has given the actor some perspective.

When attempting to gather the stories to include in his memoir, Stamos realized he could have included many juicy tidbits about his life, but he decided to leave them on the cutting room floor.

Stamos opened up about the decision to Us Weekly, saying, “Why badmouth somebody or why embarrass someone?” adding,  “Talking about myself was one thing and being brutally honest with myself, but about other people?”

One person Stamos seemingly never minds talking about is his late “Full House” co-star and ‘brother from another mother,’ Bob Saget. The two comedians forged an incredibly tight friendship that lasted for decades.

Stamos was inspired to share his life so candidly with readers due to Saget’s tragic passing in January of 2022. Saget was found dead in a hotel room at the age of 65.

The rollercoaster way that life can impact us with both “highs and lows” also served as a big reason for Stamos to finally write his story; he shared “everybody’s got a book in them” with his Instagram followers.

He went on to say, “What I discovered was that I’m here for every hurt and heartbreak because I’m here for every joy. There is a lot more life to live beyond these pages, but so far it’s been one h-ll of a ride.”

Stamos penned a heartfelt tribute to his ‘brother’ upon his passing. In the caption of a photo featuring the duo both dressed in their Sunday best, Stamos wrote, “I’m not ready to accept that he’s gone – I’m not going to say goodbye yet. I’m going to imagine him out there, still on the road, doing what he loves with all his heart and humor. He’s standing on stage, killing! Another two-hour set in front of a couple hundred of the luckiest people on the planet. They’re laughing so hard, they weep…”

The actor’s dream scenario of his best friend’s last night includes an intimate, loving moment with his wife, Kelly Rizzo, and Stamos’ belief that his friend went to bed happy and proud of himself.

Stamos got real when he recalled the last time the lifelong friends spent together.

“He was very calm, which was odd for Bob,” the author said. “He was at peace somehow. And he listened and he was thoughtful and didn’t interrupt; he cared about what we were saying. I hate to say it, but it was the Bob that I always wanted to see. And it was the last time I saw him,” Stamos recalled.

The encounter took place a month before Saget’s passing, in December of 2021.