John Stamos says he 'hated' 'Full House' when he first started the show

WASHINGTON (TND) — Fans of the '90s sitcom "Full House" may have had their hearts broken – for a second time – by Uncle Jesse, aka John Stamos, last week.

The prolific TV actor appeared on the popular interview show "Hot Ones" and candidly admitted that he "hated" "Full House" when he started working on it.

Part of that intense dislike of the program on Stamos' part revolved around a misunderstanding that the adults – him, Bob Saget and Dave Coulier – were the comedic and attention centers of the show rather than the family unit.

It was sort of pitched to me as 'Bosom Buddies' ... with a couple of kids in the background," he explained. "And as we're casting it, [I thought] we're spending a lot of time casting these kids that are gonna be in the background.

Stamos went on to explain how he felt upstaged by one of his young co-stars during the first table read for the show, and promptly demanded his agent get him off the show following that initial production session.

"We did a table read of it and I was the star, I was coming off of 'General Hospital'," he recalled. "And we sit down and started reading and Jodie Sweetin, who plays Stephanie, reads her lines and people are dying laughing: people are screaming. ... They couldn't even hear my lines they were laughing so hard at her."

Stamos said he ran into the lobby of the building they were in and used a payphone to call his agent and asked him to "Get me the f***" off this show!"

However, after being encouraged to stick with it, Stamos said he eventually "got" what the show was really about and ended up "loving it.

"I said, 'What am I doing? It's a beautiful show, we build with sweetness and kindess'," he admitted. "There was no central character on the show, is what I realized. The central character is love."

Stamos appeared on "Hot Ones" to promote his forthcoming memoir, "If You Would Have Told Me."