Dave Coulier Embraces Positivity Amid a Second Cancer Diagnosis

As he faces cancer for the second time since 2024, actor Dave Coulier is incredibly aware of the power of positive thinking.

“It’s everything,” Coulier said of staying positive in a recent interview with CURE.

Best known for his role in the sitcom “Full House,” Coulier, 66, announced on Dec. 2 that he had been diagnosed with early-stage tongue cancer, known as oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, in October. This diagnosis came seven months after he announced that he was cancer-free from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which he had been diagnosed with in 2024.

Coulier, in conversation with CURE, reflected on the importance of laughter in life and shared memories of bonding with his friend and co-star Bob Saget, who died in 2022.

Read more of our conversation with Coulier as he opens up about facing cancer for the second time here!

Transcript

You’re someone who has brought joy and laughter to so many people. How important is staying positive right now?

The one thing cancer is not going to take — I'll say a couple of things: cancer can't take away my love of other people. It can't take away my creativity, and it sure as hell is not going to take the laughter out of my life, and laughter is really important.

And Bob Saget was a brother to me, and Bob could be very dark. And there was a time when Bob lost both of his sisters and I lost my sister at the same time, and we could be very dark with each other, and that was just our way, dark gallows humor, but we laughed our way through all of that stuff, as painful as it was. Being comedians, we went to a very dark place that we knew would strike a nerve with both of us, because we've heard every joke, we've written every joke, we've said every joke. For us, we had to do a real deep dive with each other to really mine what's funny about this, and we did. I hear Bob's voice in my head a lot, saying funny things to me. I wish I could call him.

He's truly missed. I saw John Stamos this past weekend at Steel City Con in Pittsburgh, and John and I referenced Bob probably at least a dozen times, like, “If Bob was here.” And we did a panel and talked to 500 or so people in a conference room, and we were making Bob jokes, and people were asking us about Bob. He's just such a part of our lives. We were like the three amigos. It was so much fun, the three of us being together. But we're going to keep his spirit alive forever.

Transcript has been edited for clarity and conciseness.

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