Jodie Sweetin recalls the time Little Richard accidentally smacked her during ‘Full House’ performance

Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber took a brief respite from their long march of rewatching old Full House episodes for the IHeartRadio How Rude, Tanneritos! podcast. (They both suggested that season eight is gonna’ get rough.) The latest gab session was instead devoted to taking questions from the fans — which led to a surprising story about a rock & roll legend.

A listener asked if Sweetin, who was between the ages of five and 13 during the original broadcast, and Barber, who was 11 to 19, ever got starstruck during production.

And both agreed that the answer was no. Sure, they had respect for special guests like Frankie Valli, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and The Beach Boys, who all made memorable appearances, but they were too young to fully recognize their greatness.

So starstruck? No. “But I was just struck,” Sweetin remembered, kicking off a recollection.

“You were struck,” Barber confirmed, clearly knowing where this story was going.

“Struck by Little Richard. To preface this, Little Richard, now I know, was groundbreaking for his time, and just absolutely brilliant. But at the time, he was, like, your parents’ generation. You’re like, ‘Whatevs.’ Now I’m like, ‘You got to meet Little Richard!'” she explained.

“So we’re standing next to him, in Joey’s room, and he’s playing the keyboard, as one does. Well, he does his big finish, with ‘Whooooooo!'” Sweetin remembered.

“Very animated,” Barber added, saluting the great showman.

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“So he just threw his hand back and got me in the face!” Sweetin said, before adding, “Let me state: not intentional! Nor did he continue on. He stopped with ‘I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry.’ No teeth were knocked out, no noses were bloodied. But I still like to tell the story that I got backhanded by Little Richard.”

“You gotta love a performer that’s so in the zone,” Barber mused.

Just to prove that the gals did not hallucinate this, here is Little Richard “awhooooooo!”ing his way through a guest appearance on Full House back in 1994. He sings “The Itsy Bitsy Spider.” We hope he was well compensated.

To hear Sweetin and Barber answer more questions from their fans, check out the latest episode of How Rude, Tanneritos! below.