For the record, Kimmy Gibbler's feet never smelled bad.
In fact, Gibbler's alter ego Andrea Barber is reportedly an upstanding citizen, married, and mother to a little boy. Then again, even if Miss Barber's paws were putrid, it does not appear that her former Full House co-star Jodie Sweetin would tell us.
Despite her time away from the business, Sweetin still seemingly plays the part of child actor, exuding a Zen-like ability to avoid immodest answers while still sounding like a perfectly contented co-star. It's that synthetic kind of poise that makes Dakota Fanning so disturbing and Lindsay Lohan once seem so principled.
The former Stephanie Tanner may concede that Bob Saget's reputation for extremely off-color humor is legitimate, but can't recall anything specifically incriminating. Ask her about her on-screen younger sister(s), the infamous Olsens, and the 24-year-old calmly delivers a chipper reply:
"I've known them since they were nine months old. It's funny to see them as these huge, worldwide celebrities when I remember them spending the night at my house and going to Disneyland with them. I am really happy with their success and I adore those girls."
In fact, even though she's the newest host of Fuse's Pants-Off Dance-Off, it wasn't easy getting the girl to admit to what music she herself would strip. "I like everything really. I don't know if I can pick anything," she says. "But I think people have picked some interesting songs to strip to. I'm looking forward to having a lot of fun with this." (Nice deflection. And in all fairness, Sweetin did later reveal a propensity for the thug-pop of Busta Rhymes and the Game.)
Maybe Sweetin's just demure. Maybe she's too kind. Maybe she truly does think and wish the best for everyone. And maybe, just maybe, Andrea Barber's feet, in fact, did not smell. But we're suspicious. Didn't they just look like they stank?
Decked in deliberately ragged designer jeans, a snug top and high heeled eggplant-colored boots, Sweetin's all glam, glitter, and smiles at the Fuse offices at Penn Plaza. And then there are her eyes -- an elusive shade of dark gray that belies this cheerful exterior.
By now, everyone's heard the story: Former Full House middle-child caustic-cutie Jodie Sweetin admitted earlier this year on ABC's Good Morning America that she voluntarily entered rehab in March, 2005, to treat an everyday methamphetamine addiction. And that this followed an alleged, although unconfirmed, intervention featuring John Stamos, the Olsens and Saget. But alas, there's no sly way of slipping questions about said news into this genial chat. Fortunately, Fuse kindly requested that we not bring it up.
For the uninitiated, Pants-Off Dance Off is Fuse's nearly nightly amateur burlesque show, which Sweetin has bravely agreed to host for some upcoming best-of episodes, starting July 18. This three-month old program from the creator of Pop-Up Video features everyday people -- from colon cancer researchers to vamps named "Miss Tickle" -- shimmying and shaking in their skivvies while Pussycat Dolls and Killers videos play. Meanwhile, these greenhorn go-go dancers dedicate their jarring jitterbugging "to all the virgins out there" or just rhapsodize about fantasies of stripping one day for Hillary Clinton. (We all gotta dream.)
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