Tonight Dec 11 Stamos Kisses Dude On A&E. Is Gay Your Thang?
PASADENA, Calif. — John Stamos may have a famous face, but it doesn’t help when it comes to meeting women, he says.
The actor, veteran of the hit series, “Full House,” was divorced last year from model Rebecca Romijn, and was flung back into the dating game.
“Unless it’s a setup dinner, I’m really clumsy about walking up to a girl and talking,” he says. “I don’t go out very much, so it’s a little difficult. It’s difficult anywhere, probably. People say it’s hard to stay married in Hollywood. I think marriage is hard for anybody and you look around and everybody in this country (has problems). Everybody wants a fast way out of everything, everything is so instant. It’s difficult for anybody anywhere,” says Stamos.
“It’s all balanced,” he shrugs, resting his neck on the back of his chair. “I’m not complaining about it. My life is really great. The key is — and what I’ve been working on — is just being a really good person, being in a good place, being happy with myself, setting up a nice, good quality life for myself, and the right woman will come along when it’s time.”
Marriage is on his mind today, admits Stamos, who’s seated in a judiciously decorated lounge of a hotel here, because he’s starring in “Wedding Wars,” a romantic comedy due Dec. 11 on A&E.
This role flips 180-degrees from the unshaven intern he plays on NBC’s “ER,” or the jaunty New York publicist from “Jake in Progress.” Stamos plays a gay wedding planner in “Wedding Wars” — a first for him.
“In the show my brother and I have always had a contentious relationship because my character’s gay,” Stamos says.
“His brother is getting married to the governor’s daughter, so to make things nice, he hires me to plan the wedding. And a week before the wedding the governor comes on television and says he’s against gay marriage. My character is very childlike. He says, ‘If my brother can have a lollipop, why can’t I?’ And he acts out like a kid. He says, ‘I’m going on strike.’ It’s fun.
“It’s an important topic, a hot button one at the moment, but I think it’s a good way to present it. It’s kind of funny, a romantic comedy.”
Stamos, 43, is particularly adept at romantic comedy, dating back to his eight years as the long-haired party animal on “Full House” and his two most recent (and underrated) series, “Jake in Progress” and “Thieves.”