Full House star Dave Coulier, known for his role as Joey Gladstone in the fan-favourite sitcom, shared an exciting family update with fans
Full House star Dave Coulier has revealed that he has become a grandfather after his son Luc, 34, who he shares with his first wife Jayne Modean, welcomed a baby boy with his wife Alex. The couple welcomed the baby boy on March 27 and Dave revealed the happy news during a recent interview.
It comes after The Real Ghostbuster actor, who played Joey Gladstone on the ABC sitcom, revealed he was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In a new interview, Dave shared an update on his family and announced his son welcomed a baby bay, adding “we’re so excited”.
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Speaking to Parade, he said: “My son and his wife live in California, so we’ll be making multiple trips to see that little boy.” He also thanked his grandson for helping him keep a positive outlook on life.
“I don’t know how else to view this other than with a positive attitude, especially because I’m in a position where I can inspire others. A negative attitude doesn’t inspire anybody. Positivity, though, can take you a long way.”
In November, Dave made the shock cancer announcement announcement during a live appearance on the USA’s Today show. The 65-year-old shared he only found out about his diagnosis five weeks before after finding a ‘golf ball size’ lump in his groin area, which he initially thought was down to a cold.
The lump grew in a matter of days and doctors did further tests on him before they discovered he had stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
In the weeks before he made the announcement, he underwent three operations and has been undergoing chemotherapy.
Sharing his secret health battle, Dave admitted: “It’s been a rollercoaster ride for sure.” Describing the moment doctors told him he had cancer as a ‘gut punch’, he said doctors told him they had “biopsied it, took it out, and said, ‘we wish we had better news for you but you have B cell lymphoma, we need to get you into chemotherapy right away.'”
The situation occurred so quickly, Dave said his wife Melissa didn’t believe he had cancer at first. He added: “Once that settled in, that was a gut punch. But there was still another hurdle, we had to find out what the staging was so they went into my bone marrow and we got good news that day that it had not spread.”
Luckily this means the cancer Dave has is more than 90 percent treatable and he hopes to be in remission by next year, following his treatment. His second round of chemo is due to take place in February, so he will await further test results after that.
Before the first round of chemotherapy, Dave explained how he’d shaved his head and joked he looked like a ‘baby bird’.
“I fit better in my hockey helmet now, I’m more aerodynamic on the ice,” he said. Despite his diagnosis, Dave is still “really, really busy with life stuff” and is “treating this as a journey”.
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