Jodie Sweetin

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jodie Sweetin

• Jodie Sweetin grew up in Los Angeles, California.

• When she was still an infant, her parents went to prison.

• Jodie was nine months old when her uncle, Sam Sweetin, and his wife, Janice, adopted her. They brought her up as their only child.

• Her biological father later lost his life during a prison riot.

• As Jodie grew older, she was advised not to speak publicly about her adoption because people might think she had been forced into acting since her adoptive parents were in the entertainment industry.

• Jodie started her career in 1987 by appearing in national commercials, including one for the restaurant chain Sizzler.

• In 1996, she appeared as ‘Lydia Lump’ in the television series ‘Brotherly Love,’ which aired on The WB.

  

• She worked in a few other television series, including Fox’s ‘Party of Five’ (1999) and CBS’s ‘Yes, Dear’ (2003).

  

• Jodie began drinking at 14 and spent the next 13 years struggling with substance abuse, including ecstasy, methamphetamine, and crack cocaine, which she later said started out with boredom.

• In 2002, Jodie married Los Angeles Police officer Shaun Holguin. Actor Candace Cameron acted as matron of honour, while Cameron’s daughter Natasha was the flower girl.

• In 2007, she hosted the show ‘Pants-Off Dance-Off’ (PODO), which aired on Fuse TV.

• In May 2007, Sweetin began dating film transportation coordinator Cody Herpin, whom she met through mutual friends.

• Sweetin and Cody married on 14 July 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and later welcomed a daughter, Zoie, who was born in 2008.

• Sweetin filed for legal separation from Herpin on 19 November 2008, and their divorce was finalised on 20 April 2010.

• In 2009, Jodie documented her substance addiction and recovery journey in her memoir ‘UnSweetined.’ She mentioned she became sober in December 2008.

  

• In her memoir, Jodie mentioned that she later worked at a drug rehab centre, qualified as a counsellor, and became a public advocate for addiction recovery.

• On 30 April 2010, Sweetin’s representative confirmed that she and her then-boyfriend of one year, Morty Coyle, were expecting a child. Their daughter, Beatrix, was born in 2010.

• Sweetin and Coyle got engaged in January 2011 and were married on 15 March 2012 in Beverly Hills.

• She filed for legal separation from Coyle in June 2013, and their divorce was finalised in September 2016.

• Jodie appeared as ‘Stephanie Tanner’ in Netflix’s series ‘Fuller House’ (2016-2020).

  

• On 22 January 2016, Sweetin announced her engagement to Justin Hodak, who, like her, was in recovery from drug addiction.

  

• By March 2017, she obtained an emergency restraining order against Hodak, and on 24 March 2017, she publicly announced their separation after he violated the order.

• Hodak was sentenced a few weeks later in connection with the case.

• She competed as a contestant on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars season 22 in 2016 and finished in sixth place.

• In 2017, Jodie played the role of ‘Grace Long’ in the film ‘Finding Santa.’

  

• She worked in many other films, including ‘Entertaining Christmas’ (2018), ‘Love Under the Rainbow’ (2019), ‘A Cozy Christmas Inn’ (2022), and ‘The Heiress and the Handyman’ (2024).

  

• Jodie appeared as a guest panellist on CBS’s show ‘The Talk’ (2018-2019) for two episodes.

• In 2021, she played the role of ‘Vanessa’ in the film ‘Just Swipe.’

  

• In 2022, she participated in the reality show ‘Beyond the Edge,’ which aired on CBS.

  

• Jodie appeared as a contestant on Food Network’s show ‘Worst Cooks in America’ in 2022. She competed in season 24, the celebrity edition titled “That’s So ’90s.”

  

• In 2022, she competed in the music game show ‘Name That Tune,’ which aired on Fox.

  

• On 17 January 2022, Sweetin shared that she was engaged to Mescal Wasilewski, a clinic social worker. The couple married on 30 July 2022.

• In 2024, Jodie starred as ‘Jane Da Silva’ in ‘The Jane Mysteries: A Deadly Prescription,’ ‘The Jane Mysteries: Death at Moseby,’ and ‘The Jane Mysteries: Too Much to Lose.’

  

• Jodie Sweetin is an avid animal lover and has a pet dog named Isa.