Hold onto your scrunchies, Full House fans—this throwback story is sweeter than a Tanner family kitchen moment! Scott Menville, the actor who played Jodie Sweetin’s first onscreen crush Chuck in the beloved ’90s sitcom, just spilled hilarious details about their mortifying first kiss scene… and it’s not what you’d expect!
In a recent podcast interview, Menville, now 52, laughed as he recalled the iconic Season 3 moment when his character locked lips with Sweetin’s Stephanie Tanner. “I was 10, she was 9, and neither of us had any idea what we were doing,” he admitted. “The director kept saying, ‘Just go for it!’ and we both turned beet red. I wasn’t quite a ladies’ man back then—more like a ‘please don’t make me do this’ guy!”
The scene, which aired in 1990, marked Sweetin’s first-ever onscreen kiss—and fans went wild. But behind the giggles? Pure panic. “Jodie kept whispering, ‘Is this right? Are we doing it wrong?’” Menville shared. “I told her, ‘Just close your eyes and count to three!’ Spoiler: It worked… but we both burst out laughing after.”
The nostalgia bomb has fans flooding social media with clips of the awkward but adorable smooch. “Chuck was Stephanie’s OG crush—this is peak ’90s gold!” tweeted one user. Others joked, “Danny Tanner definitely gave Chuck the ‘respect my daughter’ talk later.”
Menville, who’s now a prolific voice actor (Teen Titans, SpongeBob), stayed friends with Sweetin over the years. “She’s still the same hilarious, down-to-earth person,” he said. Meanwhile, Sweetin, 42, has become a fan-favorite advocate and podcaster, often sharing Full House behind-the-scenes tea herself.
Could this viral flashback mean a Fuller House Chuck cameo? Menville teased, “Never say never! But maybe skip the kissing this time…”