Full House's Scott Curtis Recalls Being Candace Cameron Bure’s First Kiss: 'You Could Feel the Build-Up Happening'

Mar. 15, 2025

Scott Curtis, Andrea Barber and Candace Cameron Bure in ‘Full House’.Photo:ABC

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D.J. Tanner’s — andCandace Cameron Bure’s — first kiss tells all!

On the most recent episode of their rewatch podcastHow Rude, Tanneritos!,Full HousealumniJodie SweetinandAndrea Barberwelcomed former child actor Scott Curtis, who appeared in two episodes of the beloved sitcom’s third season as D.J.’s first boyfriend, Kevin Gwin.

One of those episodes, 1990’s “13 Candles,” found the tween lovebirds locking lips for the first time at D.J.’s 13th birthday party. As Barber noted on the podcast, that wasn’t just the character’s first kiss — it wasBure’s as well.

Scott Curtis and Candace Cameron Bure in ‘Full House’.ABC

“Was this your first kiss in real life?” Barber asked Curtis.

“I may have had one kiss before,” he said. “But we’ll say it was. It was close enough to be.”

“I was, you know, excited to get the audition, and they had said that I was gonna be Candace’s first kiss,” Curtis recalled of getting the role after appearing in several episodes ofGrowing Painsalongside Bure’s real-life brotherKirk Cameron. “So, when I came in and did the table read with you guys first thing, like, I took this seriously. You know, I knew that this was — that this was a big moment.”

“It was pretty great between Candace and I right off the bat,” he continued. “There was an exciting week leading up to the infamous kiss.”

Candace Cameron Bure and Scott Curtis in ‘Full House’.ABC

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“So, you know, we all get tuxed-up and we get limoed over, and I walked in and I saw her and I choked,” he said. “I literally froze, and I could not go over there and even say hi to her, which I — I haven’t choked like that ever, before or since. So, I have no idea what hit me, but I just went, ‘Oh my God!’ ”

“That was kind of Kevin Gwin’s character, you know, being kinda shy,” he continued. “And so for some reason, I guess I just absolutely morphed into that.”

“Which is so funny because you’d already kissed her at that point on the show,” Barber noted.

“It totally should not have been, you know, a big deal. But, for whatever reason, I just went, ‘Oh, boy,’ ” Curtis said. “I haven’t said hi to her since.”

Candace Cameron Bure at 90s Con in September 2024.Gerardo Mora/Getty Images

Gerardo Mora/Getty Images

“Not in a bad way,” she clarified, “but as a 13-year-old…”

OnTanneritos, Barber and Sweetin reassured Curtis that Bure definitely remembers him fondly.

“The embarrassment comes from just that milestone [happening] so publicly,” Barber said.

source: people.com