--- title: Fuller House has given up on trying to get the Olsen twins description: Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen will not be swinging by the Tanner house anytime soon canonical: https://time.com/4955625/fuller-house-has-given-up-on-trying-to-get-the-olsen-twins/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-25T16:03:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:29.798Z og:title: Fuller House Has Just Given Up on the Olsen Twins Now og:description: Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen will not be swinging by the Tanner house anytime soon og:url: https://time.com/4955625/fuller-house-has-given-up-on-trying-to-get-the-olsen-twins/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf35c56bc1f459d40/6988db7297cdff45fe6b2361/gettyimages-109429220.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: MARY-KATE/ASHLEY OLSEN;JOHN STAMOS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fuller House Has Just Given Up on the Olsen Twins Now twitter:description: Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen will not be swinging by the Tanner house anytime soon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf35c56bc1f459d40/6988db7297cdff45fe6b2361/gettyimages-109429220.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Fuller House_ Has Given Up on Trying to Get the Olsen Twins by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 25, 2017 4:03 PM UTC  FULL HOUSE Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images FULL HOUSE Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty ImagesABC Photo Archives—ABC via Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 25, 2017 4:03 PM UTC Sorry _Full House_ fans: Michelle Tanner is never appearing on [_Fuller House_](http://time.com/3769918/full-house-fuller-house/)_._ In an interview with [TVLine](http://tvline.com/2017/09/22/fuller-house-season-3-olsen-twins-not-invited-interview/), the show’s creator admitted that after “three years of invitations,” he has given up asking Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen—the twins who shared the role of Michelle—to consider taking a moment out of their busy schedules to stop by the show that made the famous. In the words of Stephanie Tanner: “[How rude!](https://media.giphy.com/media/zJ1ASNErTzPbi/giphy.gif)” While fans may want to see Michelle Tanner reunite with her _Full House_ siblings on [the Netflix reboot](http://time.com/4235830/fuller-house-review/), which launched its [third season](http://time.com/4502920/fuller-house-season-2-date/) over the weekend, it’s easy to understand why the Olsen twins are abstaining from the project since they are pretty busy running [their wildly-successful fashion empire.](http://www.refinery29.com/2017/06/158718/mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen-net-worth-empire) Based on comments they’ve made in interviews, they aren}t very nostalgic about their childhoods. [Mary-Kate told _Marie Claire_,](http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a5174/mary-kate-olsen-interview/) “I look at old photos of me, and I don’t feel connected to them at all…I would never wish my upbringing on anyone.” Their decision not to stop by the show for a Tanner family reunion has lead to frustration from fans and, apparently, the reboot’s creator, too. “Personally, I’ve given up asking them,” explains show creator Jeff Franklin in the [TVLine](http://tvline.com/2017/09/22/fuller-house-season-3-olsen-twins-not-invited-interview/) interview. “The door is open, but I’m not going to be calling them anymore to invite them.” That hasn’t stopped [John Stamos](http://time.com/4247683/john-stamos-fuller-house-reviews-late-night-with-seth-meyers/), who played Uncle Jesse on the show, from trying to extend an olive branch of sorts. He posted an adorable video of the twins from the set of _Full House_ with the hashtag #NetflixandHug yesterday, showing that he’s still hoping for a guest appearance from his TV nieces. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4955625/fuller-house-has-given-up-on-trying-to-get-the-olsen-twins/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4955625/fuller-house-has-given-up-on-trying-to-get-the-olsen-twins/"},"headline":"Fuller House Has Given Up on Trying to Get the Olsen Twins","datePublished":"2017-09-25T16:03:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:29.798Z","description":"Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen will not be swinging by the Tanner house anytime soon","url":"https://time.com/4955625/fuller-house-has-given-up-on-trying-to-get-the-olsen-twins/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Netflix","Full House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf35c56bc1f459d40/6988db7297cdff45fe6b2361/gettyimages-109429220.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf35c56bc1f459d40/6988db7297cdff45fe6b2361/gettyimages-109429220.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MARY-KATE/ASHLEY OLSEN;JOHN STAMOS","caption":"MARY-KATE/ASHLEY OLSEN;JOHN STAMOS","creditText":"ABC Photo Archives—ABC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4955625/fuller-house-has-given-up-on-trying-to-get-the-olsen-twins/","name":"Fuller House Has Given Up on Trying to Get the Olsen Twins"}}]}] ```