Five years after a sensational college admissions scandal that spent nearly two months in federal prison, Lori Loughlin continues her return to television with her first major magazine interview since finding herself at the center of national controversy.
Loughlin (59) appears on the cover of the latest issue of First for women and in an accompanying article, he discusses his life in 2024 without directly addressing the scandal.
“We face different obstacles every day. But for me, it’s like the song says: “I fall, but I get up,” he says. “Nobody said life would be uncomplicated; We all make mistakes, but the most significant thing is to persevere.”
In 2019, she and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were named along with several other parents in a nationwide FBI investigation into William Rick Singer, who was paid vast sums of money to fraudulently inflate children’s test scores and bribe college officials to secure their admission. Loughlin and Giannulli pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with the case, which was dubbed Operation Varsity Blues. The Full house the actor was sentenced in October 2020 to two months in prison; she was released in December 2020, just before serving her full sentence.
After her release, Loughlin returned to acting on Great American Family When hope calls in behind schedule 2021. She recently appeared before a wider audience by playing an elevated version of herself in the HBO series Curb your enthusiasmfarewell season that recently ended. In the March 10 episode, she parodied herself with a storyline centering on her reputation being damaged by the scandal.
But the magazine cover story brings Loughlin back to her public persona, which is uncomplicated to like. Although she avoids discussing the controversies with which her name is so closely associated, she does talk about her current views.
“I try to be a forgiving person. I’m not a person who sticks to things. Something happens to everyone. We have all been in situations where we could ask for forgiveness, but to ask for it you also have to learn and know how to forgive,” he says, discussing the power of continuing his career.
“My family didn’t hold any grudges,” he adds. “I didn’t grow up in a home where if you made a mistake, you weren’t forgiven. Nobody is perfect, we all make mistakes. That’s why I was always told to let it go. And I think for your health you have to let go of everything because you can’t hold on to negativity. Life is too brief.”
Since Loughlin has already spent time behind bars, she seems ready to move on and has shown that she’s even willing to laugh about it a little. In her Curb episode, the actress turned to improv comedy’s chief curmudgeon, Larry David, to sponsor her into his elite country club after she became a social pariah in Los Angeles. But she eventually revealed herself as someone who cheated on the golf course, lied to get disabled parking privileges, and flirted to get the best tee times.
Loughlin did not give interviews after the role, but Curb said executive producer Jeff Schaffer Hollywood reporter after the episode that she immediately said yes when they approached her for the story, and that she enjoyed the episode after it aired.
“We called her manager, who loved it, and then we talked to Lori and she said, ‘I’m in, I’m totally ready.’ And she was. She was wonderful,” Schaffer said. “Everything we threw at her could be done. She makes the episode. I’m so glad she wanted to do it.”
He added: “It’s great to be able to laugh at myself. It’s a great way to leave the past behind. I hope this will support her career. She was great and should work. She was really fun and great to work with.”
Such a humorous and self-deprecating role is one thing that gives her a sense of gratitude.
“I’m grateful,” she says First for women. “So I would say I am robust, grateful, open and kind,” she adds.
