Candace Cameron Bure Defended By GAF’s Danica McKellar After Controversial ‘Traditional Marriage’ Comment

Danica McKellar was the latest celebrity to chime in about Candace Cameron Bure and her controversial diss at the LGBTQ+ community, in a new interview.

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Candace Cameron Bure Defended By GAF’s Danica McKellar After Controversial ‘Traditional Marriage’ Comment

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Los Angeles, CA - *EXCLUSIVE* - Candace Cameron Bure is all smiles as she arrives at an office building in L.A. this afternoon. According to Candace Cameron Bure, everything is "all good" between the actress and JoJo Siwa after Siwa pegged her as the "rudest celebrity" she's ever met.Siwa posted a video on TikTok over the weekend that went viral in which she shared a photo of Bure, but no details about how she was rude.It had the internet trying to theorize what happened between the former "Dancing With the Stars" contestants that could have caused drama.On Tuesday, Cameron Bure posted a video on her verified Instagram account explaining that she was "shocked" by the designation."I had no idea where it came from and so I immediately tried to reach out to her through a mutual friend," Cameron Bure said. "My publicist contacted her manager and I DM'd her because I didn't know what happened."She said she was able to speak with Siwa and asked what had happened because as far as Cameron Bure could recall, they had had a "great" time meeting on "The Kelly Clarkson Show."Cameron Bure said the singer and former "Dance Moms" star was at first hesitant to tell her why she felt slighted by Cameron Bure since she was just participating in a TikTok trend and "didn't think it was a big deal."But the "Fuller House" star said they kept talking."She said, 'I met you at the Fuller House premiere when I was 11 years old, and we were all on the red carpet. I had come up to you and said, "Can I have a picture with you?" and you said to me, "Not right now." And then proceeded to do what you were doing and take pictures with other people on the red carpet,'" Cameron Bure recalled Siwa explaining.She said the now 19-year-old Siwa told her, "You weren't even mean and I get it now, as an adult, when you're on the red carpet and everything's happening and you're being pulled in different directions, but at that time I was 11.""I kind of broke your 11-year-old heart, I

Valeri Bure, Lev Valerievich Bure, Candace Cameron Bure, Maksim Valerievich Bure and Natasha Valerievna Bure seen at Netflix Premiere of "Fuller House" at The Grove - Pacific Theatres, in Los Angeles, CA Netflix Premiere of "Fuller House", Los Angeles, USA

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After Candace Cameron Bure, 46, sparked controversy for her “traditional marriage” comment in regards to the Great American Family network, Neal Bledsoe, 41, declared he was leaving the network to support the LGBTQ+ community. But Danica McKellar, who has worked with Neal on three films, felt differently about the situation, as she explained in an interview with Fox News at ChristmasCon on December 10.

“Neal is a wonderful person. He’s such a great actor and I have enjoyed working with him so much,” The Wonder Years star, 47, said. “He and I both share our love and support of the LGBT community for sure. I don’t agree with his interpretation of her comments. I just didn’t see them the same way,” she added.

Candace Cameron BureCandace Cameron Bure; Danica McKellar (Photo: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock / AFF-USA/Shutterstock)

Despite being friends, Neal and Danica aren’t on the same page about Candace’s comment that sparked controversy in Hollywood. The Full House alum told the Wall Street Journal in November that she left the Hallmark Channel for the Great American Family network because she believes the network “will keep traditional marriage at the core.” Candace also said she does not believe the network has plans to write gay leads into their films.

After receiving backlash, Candace released a statement in which she said she was heartbroken to hear that people think she’s a bigot. “All of you who know me, know beyond question that I have great love and affection for all people. It absolutely breaks my heart that anyone would ever think I intentionally would want to offend and hurt anyone,” she said on Instagram. “To everyone reading this, of any race, creed, sexuality, or political party, including those who have tried to bully me with name-calling, I love you.”

Stars like JoJo Siwa and Hilarie Burton have slammed Candace for dissing the LGBTQ+ community in the WSJ interview. GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis even released a statement criticizing Candace. “It’s irresponsible and hurtful for Candace Cameron Bure to use tradition as a guise for exclusion,” she said in the statement, per Just Jared. “I’d love to have a conversation with Bure about my wife, our kids, and our family’s traditions. As the company’s Chief Creative Officer, her statement is harmful and insulting to LGBTQ employees, as well as employees with LGBTQ friends and family.”

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