Actor Dave Coulier needs some social media customers to “have mercy” on his pal John Stamos.
Coulier — who introduced final week that he’s been recognized with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma — is defending his former “Full House” co-star after Stamos’ wacky try to help him on-line by sporting a bald cap went awry.
“I’m sorry to see a bunch of negative comments as I’ve just begun my cancer journey,” Coulier mentioned in an Instagram assertion printed Tuesday. “It’s our friendship (me and John) and this is how we are handling a very tough time.”
The kerfuffle started on Tuesday, when Stamos printed a collection of goofy however heartfelt photographs to Instagram.
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Within the photographs, a “bald” Stamos poses with Coulier and shaves his head in preparation for chemotherapy. In one other shot, Stamos and Coulier’s spouse, Melissa, kiss the highest of Coulier’s head.
“Nothing like throwing on a bald cap and flexing some Photoshop skills to show some love and solidarity with my bro @dcoulier,” Stamos wrote within the caption of his put up. “You’re handling this with so much strength and positivity—it’s inspiring.”
“I know you’re going to get through this,” Stamos continued. “And I’m proud to stand with you every step of the way. I love you…”
And though loads of Stamos’ followers loved the put up, some argued that if Stamos had been actually standing in solidarity with Coulier, he would have shaved his head for actual.
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“What a shallow gesture!” one commenter wrote. “Couldn’t even cut your hair off for your friend. And you made sure to post it on Instagram to get those likes too.”
“You can just take your cap off and be ‘normal’ again,” one other wrote. “When people take this route they actually shave their head. I can’t help but feel that you’re using Dave’s diagnoses as a way to make yourself more likeable.”
Others felt these arguments had been a stretch. One joked about Stamos’ “Full House” character, Uncle Jesse, who took pleasure in his thick, lovely locks.
“Uncle Jessie could never cut his hair,” they wrote.
In his Instagram put up, Coulier wrote that the shock of seeing Stamos in a bald cap introduced him plenty of pleasure.
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“I’m a comedian and humor is what drives me,” Coulier wrote. “John knows how to cheer me up and I laughed out loud when he arrived wearing a bald cap — being a true loving friend and brother.”
Coulier added that he misplaced his sister, mom and niece to most cancers, and that humor has incessantly been his household’s coping mechanism. He mentioned he’s proud to have gone public along with his prognosis.
“I have heard from so many people who have been inspired enough by my words and actions to say that they are going to check in with their doctors and get mammograms, a colonoscopy, or a prostate exam,” Coulier wrote.
