Actress Jodie Sweetin has revealed that her latest residual payment from the sitcom Full House amounted to just one cent. Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner in the ABC series from 1987 to 1995, said she recently "got a one-cent check the other day" for her work on the show.
Speaking on The McBride Rewind podcast, she explained that traditional syndication has largely disappeared, with programmes now appearing on streaming platforms. "There's no syndication anymore because it's all in streaming," she said. "Who gets paid for that? Nobody gets paid for that."
Sweetin acknowledged that in her 20s, residual income was more substantial, though still unpredictable. "Sure, in my 20s, there would be money, but not reliable," she said. "You don't know how much it's going to be or how often they're going to run the show."
The former child actress dismissed any notion that she leads an extravagant lifestyle off the back of her Full House earnings. "It's not something you can rely on," she stated. "Honey, I drive my 2023 used Hyundai Sonata that I love. I rent my house. I have credit cards that are maxed out. I live a normal life."
Sweetin later reunited with her on-screen family in the Netflix sequel series Fuller House, which ran for five seasons from 2016 to 2020.
