In 2019, it was revealed that Loughlin and Giannulli had paid $500,000 as a bribe to ensure their daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose, would be admitted into the University of Southern California. Loughlin even went as far as to have her daughters pose for fake rowing photos, making it seem like the girls’ acceptance to was connected to the school’s crew team, even though neither of the girls participated in or had ever played the sport. The star of Netflix’s Fuller House pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud, served a two-month jail sentence back in 2020, and was ordered by a judge to complete 150 hours of community service upon her release. Her husband served a five-month sentence for his crimes and was released in April 2021.

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Despite the backlash she has faced over the past few years, Loughlin made her first television appearance since the admissions scandal. The appearance was made during KTLA’s Lead with Love 3 telethon, where Loughlin appeared as a guest and promoted her charity work with Project Angel Food in Los Angeles. The Full House alum gushed when talking about her work with the charity, telling KTLA, “It is a community, it is a family, and all the people that work here are just so wonderful. They have welcomed me with such open arms at a time when I was feeling particularly down and broken.”

She went on to add that Project Angel Food is about more than just feeding people in need, and expressed that she found the most unlikely home while working with the organization. “I’m so proud to be here and working with this organization. Because they really do care. It’s really a community,” she explained. The Fuller House star’s name was included in many conversations regarding power imbalances and the effects of white privilege in Hollywood when the news about the college scandal broke. This caused many to be angered and a lot of her long-time fans from her time on the ’90s sitcom Full House turned against her.

Loughlin has made huge public mistakes that ultimately prevented other qualified students from being accepted to the University of Southern California, and nothing will diminish that. That said, it looks like the star is attempting to turn over a new leaf and has found a real sense of solitude in her work for the less fortunate, and that should be celebrated.

Fuller House is now available on Netflix.

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