How John Stamos and His Wife Caitlin McHugh Met Is So Crazy
For years, Full House star John Stamos has had his heart set on finding the right partner and starting a family. In fact, the 54-year-old even lamented one time to US Weekly that he wanted kids so badly his "ovaries were rattling."
In 2018, the heartthrob finally got his wish: He married 32-year-old model and actress Caitlin McHugh and had his first child. But prior to the wedding bells came a whirlwind romance that all began about eight years ago.
How they met
While the two officially began seeing each other in 2015, they actually met back in 2011 when filming an episode of Law & Order: SVU. Given that John and Caitlin would later have a baby together, the story of their first encounter is now especially crazy.
In John's own words from a People interview in 2017:
“I played a guy who was so egotistical that he thought he should spread his progeny, so he had like 60 kids or something. He was poking holes in condoms and stuff. And Caitlin, ironically, was one of the girls that I was trying to fool and have a baby with.
Though their paths crossed professionally, the actress was seeing someone at the time. It wasn't until Caitlin's roommate appeared on an episode of Fuller House (and Caitlin was in the audience) that the two reportedly saw each other again.
"I walked in, I went, ‘Hey, are you stalking me?’ She was like, ‘No …’ That’s why I love her," the General Hospital star said. "She’s like, ‘What? No. I haven’t thought of you twice.'”
Wanting kids
In December of 2016, John's co-stars Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, and Andrea Barber spilled that, like his TV character Uncle Jesse, he was the "baby whisperer" of the cast.
“He’s the best with little babies and kids,” Candace told People at the time. “So, he should have kids of his own, but if not, there’s plenty of TV children to go around.”
John himself later confirmed, again, his wish to have a family to ET, saying it's always been in his plan and that Caitlin is a "gentle, kind, graceful soul who would be a good mother."
"It's just taken me a lot longer than I anticipated," he said. "It would be a tragedy if I didn't have children and I finally found the right woman - the perfect woman.”
The proposal
The big moment came in October of 2017, about two years after the pair began dating. To pop the question, John picked Caitlin's favorite place in the world: Disneyland.
“He put together some of the most romantic moments from Disney and Pixar animation [in a video],” Lara Spencer of Good Morning America reported. “And then he ended it with Sebastian from The Little Mermaid saying, ‘Just ask the girl’ to John.”
And so, he did.
A baby on the way
A little less than two months after getting engaged, John revealed that he and his new fiancée were expecting their first child together.
“We have the same morals and the same values, that all clicked nicely. So we said, ‘Oh, well, maybe we should have a family," the ER actor said to People.
"[Caitlin said] ‘Maybe we should have a kid [before we get married]’ and I said, ‘Why?’” Stamos recalled, to which Caitlin allegedly responded, “'Because you’re old.'”
A fuller house and heart
In February of 2018, John Stamos officially married Caitlin in what was described as a "romantic church service" in Studio City, California.
A few months later, the Fuller House actor became a dad to William (Billy) Christopher Stamos, who was named after John's father. To celebrate his new son, John shared a sweet photo of himself cuddling with little Billy.
"From now on, the best part of me will always be my wife and my son," he wrote.
Like John, his TV co-stars seem overjoyed about welcoming another into the Full House family.
As for what's next for these two, Caitlin has her heart set on giving Billy some more siblings! When? "As soon as I can," she told ET.
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