It has been virtually a yr since John Stamos revealed his forthright memoir, If You Would Have Told Me, however he continues to don't have any regrets about sharing the reality.
“The week it was released, I contacted my publicist and I was sobbing. I’m like, ‘What did I do?’” the actor, 61, completely remembers within the newest version of Us Weekly. “And this statement came to me: anything less than the truth is paralysis. … I know it sounds cliché, but it liberates you.”
The Full House alumnus proceeds to say that he “could have mentioned numerous stories out of school” about people, however he most popular the ebook to largely revolve round his personal journey.
“Why criticize someone or why humiliate someone?” he queries. “Speaking about myself was one thing and being brutally honest with myself, but about other individuals?”
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Stamos was additionally dedicated to recording the audiobook himself — and invested considerably extra time than the common actor usually spends when narrating their memoirs.
“I am genuinely proud of that audio recording,” he informs Us. “That was one of the aspects I was most excited about, recording the audiobook. I inquired, ‘Well, how long will that take?’ And they responded, ‘Oh, you know, probably five or six days.’ It took me 37 days to complete it. … It was very emotional and very challenging.”
Readers who've perused the hardback version however haven't listened to the audiobook might encounter just a few surprises, as Stamos discloses that his producers permitted him to make just a few alterations as he went alongside.
“I asked, ‘Can I modify?’ They responded, ‘You could alter the sentence here,’” he remembers. “I did a lot of rewriting, they wanted to kill me. I rearranged things. I shuffled chapters. I removed content. I added content. … But I adored it. And it’s very therapeutic, I believe. You’re in this little booth, almost like a confessional or something.”
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The softcover edition of If You Would Have Told Me, releasing Tuesday, October 22, incorporates a further chapter recounting a daunting prevalence on the set of Full House — and a tense encounter with Mickey Rourke within the Nineteen Eighties. Stamos has not encountered Rourke, 72, since then, however he just lately found they share a novel bond.
“I recently learned a few weeks ago that my attorney was Rourke’s attorney for a very long time,” he jests to Us. “I mentioned, ‘Oh, he always wanted to confront me!’”
For extra with Stamos, view the video above and seize the recent issue of Us Weekly, accessible now.
