Five years before her actions would destroy both her and her daughter’s career, Lori Loughlin said she never wanted her children to ‘pay the price’ for her decisions.
Loughlin was doing an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network when she discussed how she selects her acting roles.
‘When I had children, I always thought, I don’t want to do anything that one day might rear its ugly head and my children have to pay the price for that,’ she said in 2014.
But those words no doubt surely sting after Loughlin was arrested last week for allegedly paying a $500,000 bribe to get her daughters into USC.
Five years before her actions would destroy both her and her daughter’s career, Lori Loughlin said she never wanted her children to ‘pay the price’ for her decisions
After the former Full House star was charged in the massive college bribery scandal, her daughter Olivia Jade (left) lost major partnership deals with Sephora and TRESemme
After the former Full House star was charged, her daughter Olivia Jade, 19, lost major partnership deals with Sephora and TRESemme.
Both Olivia and her older sister Isabella, 20, have since dropped out of USC as well for fears they would be viciously bullied over the college bribery scandal.
During her interview on CBN, Loughlin spoke at length about her morals and values.
The actress explained that she thought Full House, which ran for seven years, was a huge success in part because ‘the morals are right’.
‘There’s a message in every episode,’ she said. ‘How to be a good person, how to be a better person, right from wrong. It’s a good message.’
Scott Ross then asked Loughlin how, as a ‘person of faith’, she holds onto her beliefs in an ‘industry that crosses the line morally, ethically in so many ways’.
‘When I had children, I always thought, I don’t want to do anything that one day might rear its ugly head and my children have to pay the price for that,’ she said during the 2014 interview with Scott Ross (pictured)
Both Olivia and her older sister Isabella, 20, have since dropped out of USC as well for fears they would be viciously bullied over the college bribery scandal
‘I do believe in god,’ she said. ‘I was raised Catholic. Before I even had children, I was always very thoughtful about projects that I chose for myself.’
‘I would say to myself, “Can my father watch this?” and if my father couldn’t watch it, I didn’t do it.’
Loughlin also revealed that when she began modeling, the first thing her father told her was that she had to keep her grades up at school.
‘I thank them for that,’ she added.
While it’s unclear what Loughlin’s advice was when it came to her daughters’ grades, sources say that she forced Olivia to go to college despite her growing influencer career.
And now Olivia is said to be furious with Loughlin and her father Mossimo Giannulli, believing they have ‘ruined everything’.
Olivia (pictured at her high school graduation) is said to be furious with Loughlin and father Mossimo Giannulli, believing they have ‘ruined everything’
Sources say Olivia had begged her parents to let her focus on her career as a YouTube vlogger and Instagram influencer, but they pushed her to go to school
‘Bella and Olivia are suffering in their own ways from the fallout of their parents’ decisions,’ a source told Entertainment Tonight this week.
While Bella was ‘far more invested in college and would have love to have completed USC’, Olivia is devastated over the damage that has been done to her brand.
‘[Olivia] is really angry with her parents because she told them she did not want to go to college and she was pushed,’ the source added.
‘She has been passionate about her career and wanted to work and was doing well, but that wasn’t enough. Her parents said she would have to juggle college and her career.’
‘Now she’s devastated because everything she built imploded before her eyes. She feels they ruined everything.’
Loughlin and her family have reportedly not left their Bel Air home since the scandal came to light.
Olivia was well-known in the world of YouTube and beauty blogging. But last week she saw her name in the headlines for all the wrong reasons after her parents were charged
While Bella was ‘far more invested in college and would have love to have completed USC’, Olivia is devastated over the damage that has been done to her brand. The girls are pictured here in December
‘The whole family is still laying low,’ a source told People. ‘Lori and Mossimo both have court dates in Boston. It’s still a very stressful time for them all.’
‘They are living in the moment and that’s all they can do right now. For them, this is all still a nightmare.’
Loughlin and Giannulli’s court cases were both postponed to April 3 after their attorney asked the judge to delay the hearing due to the legal team’s scheduling conflicts. The pair were initially scheduled to appear on March 29.
Since the scandal came to light, a number of Olivia’s past YouTube videos have resurfaced.
In one video filmed on her last day of high school, Olivia admitted that she rarely attended classes.
‘I’m, like, excited to go prank my, like, do the school prank, but I’m also literally never at school that I think my class doesn’t even — and maybe they forget I go there!’ the teen said, before claiming she was ‘just kidding!’
Olivia also previously came under fire for admitting in her vlogs that she didn’t really care about college ‘but wanted to experience game days and partying’.
Olivia has since lost lucrative partnership deals with both Seophora and TRESemme
A source said Olivia is ‘devastated because everything she built imploded before her eyes’
And, in a podcast interview, Olivia revealed that she hadn’t initially wanted to go to college but that her parents ‘really wanted me to go’.
Court documents released last week also alleged that Olivia hadn’t even written her own college applications.
Loughlin and Gianulli emailed William Rick Singer, the mastermind behind the college bribery scandal, about Olivia and Isabella’s college prospects in 2016.
They allegedly paid $500,000 total in bribes to have their daughters admitted to USC as crew recruits with the help of Singer and USC senior associate athletic director Dr Donna Heinel.
Isabella received her admission letter the following March. The same exact process was then repeated with Olivia, documents claim.
Problems arose however when Olivia’s guidance counselor became curious as to how she managed to receive admission based on her involvement in crew when she didn’t even row.
Loughlin’s husband Giannulli (left) was released on bond on Tuesday as was Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman (right), who has also been implicated in the scandal
At the same time, Loughlin complained that her daughter was having difficulty filling out her other college applications, prompting Singer to ask an employee to take care of the task.
This was done so as not to draw attention to the fact that it was already confirmed Olivia had received conditional admission to USC.
On November 2017, Singer emailed Loughlin and Giannulli with an email bearing the subject line ‘CONGRATULATIONS’. Attached was Olivia’s conditional acceptance letter to USC.
‘This is wonderful news,’ Loughlin responded, adding a high-five emoji.
Loughlin and Giannulli are reportedly in full support of the girls’ decision to withdraw. They have no immediate plans to try and enroll in another school.
The fallout has been swift for Loughlin as well.
The couple emailed Singer in 2016 about their daughters college prospects, stating that they wanted to do the necessary work to see that the girls got into USC as opposed to ASU
This same exact process was then repeated with their younger daughter, Olivia Jade
Loughlin complained that her daughter was having difficulty filling out her other college applications, prompting Singer to ask an employee to take care of that task
Both she and Giannulli had to each post $1million bond and put their Bel Air home up as collateral after they were charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud last week.
Loughlin was then dropped from the final season of Fuller House, where she had reprised her role as Aunt Becky, as well as from the Hallmark Channel.
The former Full House star had been among the channel’s so-called ‘Christmas Queens’, starring in a slew of Hallmark’s popular holiday movies.
Loughlin also starred in the ongoing Garage Sale Mystery films, as well as the Hallmark Channel’s original series When Calls The Heart.
It has no doubt been a devastating blow for Loughlin, who has been acting for more than 30 years.
‘I love what I do,’ she told Ross during their 2014 interview. ‘If I could do it until I took my last breath I would be really, really happy.’