Although she is still as much a familiar face in Hollywood as she was in the ‘90s, Candace Cameron Bure has opted to completely vacate LA. The Full House alum cited safety concerns as the driving force behind her exodus.
Other actors associated with the ABC sitcom have also faced security risks due, in some way, to Hollywood. Bure’s former co-stars needed security teams after they received so many death threats. Bure, a mother of three, wants to keep her family away from the dangers she has continued to see in the Golden State.
Candace Cameron Bure describes feeling unsafe in LA
48-year-old Bure shares children Lev, Natasha, and Maksim with her husband of 28 years, Valeri Bure. As of March 2024, Bure’s three children have moved out, but the environment in LA still had her worried for herself and her loved ones.
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Still, it’s a relocation that took some of her fans by surprise, and Bure recently came forward to explain the situation, which was influenced in many ways by her family.
“Many of you have asked, ‘Did you move?’ Yes,” she shared on an Instagram Story from last spring. “Why?’ Mostly for security reasons. Also, family dynamics have changed. The kids don’t live in Los Angeles anymore. Mama will go where they go! I travel a lot. The seasons of life.”
What’s necessary isn’t always easy
To an extent, Bure leaving LA was a chance for growth, as the actress explained that she wanted to “get out of my comfort zone and try something new.” She added, “I want to meet new people. I want to learn lessons, I want to grow and I feel like where I am right now in my life, this is like the perfect opportunity to go and get out of my comfort zone and go do something that is different and that I normally wouldn’t do.”
There was also a bit of necessity inspiring the move from LA, Bure also confirmed.
“We didn’t feel safe anymore,” explained Bure in April. “And that was the biggest reason that we moved.” She further revealed, “Not everyone in Hollywood lives behind guard gates, and we weren’t behind gates. It’s amazing what people feel they can do. And wanting to be a part of your life in some way. Some of it is innocent, some of it wasn’t. But it’s quite unnerving when you’re just trying to be a person and live life, and you don’t know what’s around the corner.”
Indeed, her Full House co-stars know a thing or two about that, as at one point John Stamos and Jodie Sweetin, who played Jesse Katsapolis and Stephanie Tanner respectively, received death threats from viewers. They also needed a security team that thwarted some truly harrowing near misses. Mostly, Bure’s worries came from people causing problems with “cameras and hiding, and people just coming up to our door.”
