Jodie Sweetin Says Her "Full House" Money Went to Addiction Treatment: "$190 in My Bank Account"

Jodie Sweetin is opening up about money in a way most celebrities never do. On the Nov. 4 episode of Natanya Ross’s podcast“We’re Still Here, Babe,”the“Full House”alum said the money she earned as a child star went toward addiction treatment before she got sober in 2011. During those years she worked as a director of operations, raised her two daughters on about $2,200 a month in a one-and-a-half-bedroom apartment, and relied on her parents to cover half the rent.

The details she shared are specific and relatable. She described the humility of standing in Target and putting items back because her debit card wouldn’t cover them, and driving an old used car instead of the ride you’d expect from a sitcom alum. Even her“Fuller House”return in 2016 wasn’t an instant windfall: she borrowed money her first week on the job and said she skidded into her first paycheck with about $190 in her bank account. She also revealed that her drinking began at 14, after she drank at Candace Cameron Bure’s 1996 wedding.

Fifteen years sober now, Sweetin’s story lands as a candid look at recovery, single parenthood and the gap between public image and private finances, one plenty of families will recognize. What’s the biggest money lesson you’ve learned the hard way? Tell us in the comments.