Gie Knaeps/Getty; Bob D'Amico/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Jodie SweetinandAndrea Barbertook a brief respite from their long march of rewatching oldFull Houseepisodes for the IHeartRadioHow Rude, Tanneritos!podcast. (They both suggested that season eight is gonna' get rough.) The latest gab session was instead devoted to taking questions from the fans — which led to a surprising story about a rock & roll legend. A listener asked if Sweetin, who was between the ages of five and 13 during the original broadcast, and Barber, who was 11 to 19, ever got starstruck during production. And both agreed that the answer was no. Sure, they had respect for special guests likeFrankie Valli,Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, andThe Beach Boys, who all made memorable appearances, but they were too young to fully recognize their greatness. Sostarstruck? No. "But I was juststruck," Sweetin remembered, kicking off a recollection. "You werestruck," Barber confirmed, clearly knowing where this story was going. "Struck byLittle Richard. To preface this, Little Richard, now I know, was groundbreaking for his time, and just absolutely brilliant. But at the time, he was, like, your parents' generation. You're like, 'Whatevs.' Now I'm like, 'You got to meet Little Richard!'" she explained. "So we're standing next to him, in Joey's room, and he's playing the keyboard, as one does. Well, he does his big finish, with 'Whooooooo!'" Sweetin remembered. "Very animated," Barber added, saluting the great showman. ABC/Courtesy Everett Sign up forEntertainment Weekly's free daily newsletterto get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. "So he just threw his hand back and got me in the face!" Sweetin said, before adding, "Let me state: not intentional! Nor did he continue on. He stopped with 'I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.' No teeth were knocked out, no noses were bloodied. But I still like to tell the story that I got backhanded by Little Richard." "You gotta love a performer that's so in the zone," Barber mused. Just to prove that the gals did not hallucinate this, here is Little Richard "awhooooooo!"ing his way through a guest appearance onFull Houseback in 1994. He sings "The Itsy Bitsy Spider." We hope he was well compensated. To hear Sweetin and Barber answer more questions from their fans, check out the latest episode ofHow Rude, Tanneritos!below. Read the original article onEntertainment Weekly
