Lori Loughlin Reunites With ‘When Calls the Heart’ Costars Ahead of Season 14 Return
What To Know
- Lori Loughlin reunited with her When Calls the Heart costars at a Los Angeles event on March 18.
- She will be returning as Abigail Stanton in the upcoming fourteenth season.
- The Season 13 finale airs on March 22.
Lori Loughlin is ready to return to the world of Hallmark, and her When Calls the Heart family is already welcoming her back with open arms. The actress reunited with her costars at the When Calls the Heart and Hope Valley: 1874 Celebration event in Los Angeles, California, on March 18.
Loughlin, who will return as Abigail Stanton in the upcoming 14th season of When Calls the Heart, posed alongside costars Erin Krakow, Ben Rosenbaum, Jack Wagner, Viv Leacock, and Kavan Smith at the party, which also served as a premiere event for the prequel series, Hope Valley: 1874. The Full House alum looked stunning in a white sequined dress.
Krakow, who is expecting her first child with Rosenbaum, her husband and costar, has been open about how excited she is to have Loughlin back on When Calls the Heart. When Loughlin’s return was announced in December 2025, Krakow called it the “very best news.”
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Loughlin then made a surprise appearance at the Hallmark Christmas Experience with her costars. She gushed that Krakow has been “championing” her return for a “long time.” The actress was so grateful for the warm welcome. “I just want to thank everyone at Hallmark for being so loving and so welcoming… And this just feels incredible. And I think — I mean, you guys all know it — we have such a special cast and such a special bond, and it’s just so nice to be back with my family,” she said.
Abigail Stanton was one of the original When Calls the Heart characters when the show debuted in 2014. Loughlin was a series regular until Season 6, when her character was written off the show due to Loughlin’s involvement in the Operation Varsity Blues college admissions scandal.
Seven years after her last appearance in Hope Valley, Abigail is making her way back home.
When Calls the Heart, Season 14, 2027, Hallmark Channel
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K
I cant wait, she was one of my favorites and im hoping for a romance between her and Henry ❤️ Everyone deserves a second chance!
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D
So excited for her to return. I’m definitely not one to cast the first stone. Thankful for Jesus’s forgiveness.
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C
Me too 👏👏👏👏
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M
I am happy Lori Loughlin will be returning to When Calls the Heart. Let’s move on and forgive as she did her time. She is a very good actress and deserves another chance.
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H
This is some of the best news I’ve heard in a long time!!!! I can’t wait for her return!!!!
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S
I lost interest in her after she went to prison.
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P
I used to feel the same way. But since watching "The Chosen" and regaining my Christianity, I know and understand that it is not my place to judge her. It is God alone who judges her. Therefore, accepting her return to the show IS, in my opinion, a very good example for family and faith - forgiveness, not judgement, of others.
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G
Always interesting how such self-professed great Christians all too often cast many stones at a person who made a mistake in her life. Those casting those stones must imagine that they are perfect humans that are the only kind that God and Jesus would welcome. From some persons' comments below throwing disparaging judgments upon this woman who made a mistake. She did not commit any type of heinous crime. She made an error in judgment because of the love for her daughters and, quite frankly, if you took time to read about what occurred, she was lied to by some scoundrel. She fell for his scam. I find those self-avowed Christian commenters ~ who have written this good woman off because she made a mistake ~ to be the most unworthy of salvation. Shameful.
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D
How many stars were completely banned from TV, Roseanne, Paula Dean etc for one word. Lori McLaughlin, did way worse and she's just great for family tv? Im done.
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C
My family loves this show, but we will not watch any episodes with the lying self righteous entitled Loughlin is in!!
Not a good example for family and faith.
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W
That's not very Christian of you.
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N
I am thrilled she is coming back. Jesus died on the cross so our sins could be forgiven and I believe we all deserve forgiveness. We have a forgiving God and we are taught forgiveness in the scriptures. So this is the perfect example for family and faith 🙏🏻.
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