Lori Loughlin Dropped by Hallmark & ‘Fuller House’ in Wake of College Bribery Scandal
UPDATED (3/15/2019):
In the hours following her ousting from Hallmark, it appears that Lori Loughlin has also been booted from Netflix’s Full House revival, Fuller House, in the wake of her indictment.
According to TMZ, a source revealed that the show isn’t currently in production but will begin work on the fifth and final season soon. As of now, Loughlin’s Aunt Becky will not be included in the episodes.
ORIGINAL STORY (3/14/2019):
Crown Media has severed ties with Lori Loughlin in the wake of her alleged involvement in a nationwide college admissions scam, meaning the Full House alum will no longer star on the Hallmark period drama When Calls the Heart or the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film series Garage Sale Mysteries.
“We are saddened by the recent news surrounding the college admissions allegations,” the company said in a statement. “We are no longer working with Lori Loughlin and have stopped development of all productions that air on the Crown Media Family Network channels involving Lori Loughlin including Garage Sale Mysteries, an independent third party production.”
Loughlin and Desperate Housewives alum Felicity Huffman were both indicted on Tuesday, March 12, as part of Operation Varsity Blues, a federal investigation into the scam. Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, allegedly agreed to pay $500,000 to have their two daughters falsely designated as USC crew team recruits.
Huffman and Giannulli were arrested that same day, while Loughlin appeared in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday, March 13. She was released on a $1 million bond and permitted to return to Vancouver, where she had been filming When Calls the Heart and other Hallmark projects.
(Crown Media United States LLC/ Ricardo Hubbs)
The 54-year-old actress has starred in 15 Garage Sale Mysteries films so far, with another installment listed as “filming” on IMDb and three more in pre-production. When Calls the Heart, which features Loughlin as mayor of a turn-of-the-century Canadian coal town, is currently airing its sixth season.
Loughlin has also recurred as Aunt Becky in Netflix’s Fuller House, which had already been renewed for a fifth and final season, but her future on the Full House spinoff is unclear.
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Dan--do you even watch When Calls the Heart? Lori is one of MANY stars on the show--she is definitely not the main character. She plays Abigail Stanton who runs the cafe and was also elected as Hope Valley's mayor. She is best friend's with Elizabeth Thornton--the SCHOOLTEACHER whose husband Jack, the town's mountie, died last season. They are replacing him with another mountie this season so I see no reason why the Abigail character could not be either replaced by another actor or have her character leave town for some reason and have someone else run her cafe. Either option would be acceptable to me. I would just hate to see all of the other actor's lose their jobs over her ignorant move--especially if episodes are already filmed and "in the can" as they say.
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Well deserved. She gets no sympathy from me.
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I think we're all missing something when we look at this whole college scandal...
It only costs 15k to get someone to take an SAT for you, but it costs 500k to fake a spot on the crew team?
What does THAT say about athletics vs academics? The teacher is HAPPY to get a few thou to fake a test. Athletes are used to big paydays...takes at least six figures for them to even think about doing anything.. Wonder how many million it takes to but a spot on a REAL team, like baseball, basketball, or football...even track.
AND 15k gets you Florida Dude as your test taker? Guess if you're paying someone to take a test, you don't want someone who's TOO good.
But I think I would've started questioning things when I was told 15k was buying me a Dude from Tampa. "Ruh roh. Isn't there anyone closer to
LA or actually smarter that we could hire? I'll go up a few thou...
(hahahahahahaha)
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I'm not sure it works quite that simply. The "going rate" for crew team, or whatever sport is involved may have more to do with who's taking the $$ than the value of it. Maybe the test-taker is happy with his $15k for a few hours' work, but a coach willing to fudge athletic department stats to make an open slot probably has to charge a lot more. After all, he was risking his career.
And besides, crew or pole vaulting aren't exactly "big money" sports. That's why they were targeted for the scam. The bigger sports that get TV news coverage (basketball, football, baseball) are too closely followed and scrutinized to work with this scam.
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another humor challenged person...
Let me clue you into something...a post that concludes (hahahahaha) is meant to be a HUMOROUS POST. Humorous posts are not designed to be picked apart literally, but rather are designed to make you smile or giggle. If you are too much of a stick in the mud to want to laugh, the appropriate thing to do is to just scroll on by. However, if you can ADD to it, it gives readers a much needed bit of levity amongst all of the negativity.
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My points still stand, in case any other 'humor challenged persons ' out there actually believe your 'humorous post.'
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Actually, it is just more idiotic knowing you knew it was a joke...
When you get to college or work in an admissions office, you'll actually get a chance to see how things work in the real world, honey.
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Actually, I did NOT know it was a joke, so I was responding in seriousness. So your (poorly-disguised) joke totally caught me. Congratulations, you win the internet.
And not only have I been to college, but I've worked in the corporate world for years. In Human Resources, no less. So there ya go..... honey.
So you have yourself a nice night.
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She is not the school teacher on When Calls the Heart. She owns the cafe & is the town Mayor.