Marla Sokoloff’s 3 kids are ‘horrified’ by her ‘bad influence’ character on ‘Full House’
Marla Sokoloff may not have been a longtime character on “Full House,” but her brief appearance on the show sure made an impact on her kids!
The now 43-year-old actress appeared recently on Dave Coulier’s podcast, Full House Rewind, where she reminisced about their time together on the classic family sitcom. She also opened up about watching old episodes of Full House with her three kids — 2-year-old Harper Bea Puro, 8-year-old Olive Mae, and 12-year-old Elliotte Anne — whom she shares with her husband, Alec Puro. During her time on the podcast, she revealed that her kids have, in fact, seen her playing Gia on ‘Full House,’ and they have thoughts.
“Do your kids watch you? Did they watch ‘Full House?'” Coulier asked.
Sokoloff explained, “They started with ‘Fuller House,’ and then I was like, ‘Guys, you need to watch the original. You gotta start from scratch.’ And then they got into that one.”
It’s a little backward, but any way to get into a classic.
Coulier then, of course, had questions about what Sokoloff’s kids thought about her appearance on the show, especially knowing that her character, Gia, was Stephanie Tanner’s “bad influence” friend.
“What do you tell them when they see Gia?” he asked. “‘Don’t act like that?'”
Sokoloff answered with a laugh, “Exactly,” and then added, “Especially with the smoking stuff. They’re horrified.”
She also recalled their original reaction to the iconic smoking scene: “They were like, ‘Mom! You’re smoking?!'”
Times have certainly changed.
It’s clear that although her time on Full House was short, it was impactful for Sokoloff. Back in 2022, when Bob Saget passed away suddenly, she wrote a touching tribute to the actor on social media, speaking about how he instantly included her with the rest of the cast when she joined the show.
“My very first episode of Full House was also one of the most memorable,” she wrote at the time. “I was walking back to my dressing room after rehearsal, when I heard a voice inviting me to have dinner with the cast. It was Bob. I couldn’t believe it. As he drove us to Jerry’s Deli, I remember sitting in the back seat with @jodiesweetin, while Freedy Johnston’s Bad Reputation played at full blast through his car speakers.”
She continued, “Every time I saw him thereafter, his genuine kindness was ever-present. It was a solid throughline of his personality. That was just who he was. One of a kind, always for the laugh, but managed to do it with a whole lot of heart. You will be missed by so many, Bob.”
