Longtime Hallmark star and “Full House” alum Jodie Sweetin will soon wrap up an epic European adventure with her mom, Janice, after spending the first half of May 2025 together in England.
Sweetin has shared several updates throughout their trip, starting with a May 5 Instagram post with the first photos from their vacation, writing, “The ‘Mom and Me Take the UK’ is off to a good start! Big shoutout to @visitlondontaxitours and our amazing driver Sam for the ultimate London ride. And @mayfairchippy … your fish & chips? *chef’s kiss* 😘 More adventures coming soon!”
Jodie Sweetin Says Her Mom ‘White Knuckled It’ While She Drove Them Through English Countryside
Sweetin, who stars in Hallmark’s “The Jane Mysteries” movie franchise with Stephen Huszar, shared photos in her first post of some of the sights she and her mom had already seen, including touring Westminster Abbey.
On May 7, Sweetin provided an update, posting a photo of her and her mom, dressed up for afternoon tea at the Ritz London after visiting the famed Tower of London.
She wrote, “A royal kind of day! We spent it soaking in the sunshine at the Tower of London, then wrapping it up with the dreamiest afternoon tea at @theritzlondon”
Afternoon tea at the Ritz, according to the luxury hotel’s website, includes a selection of over 20 types of tea, champagne, and a spread of “finely cut sandwiches, freshly baked scones with Cornish clotted cream and strawberry preserve, and a mouth-watering range of exquisitely presented pastries and teacakes.” The cost is around $105 per adult.
Sweetin’s “Full House” co-star and podcast co-host Andrea Barber commented, “You and Janice look so lovely! 💞”
A week later, on May 14, Sweetin posted another series of photos and revealed that their visit to the English countryside included her getting behind the wheel while her mom “white-knuckled it.”
Sweetin wrote, “Just a few more snaps from our UK adventure! Swipe to see a Full House surprise from the cutest little restaurant in Penzance – and huge shoutout to @theeliteduchytouringcompany and our amazing guide Pete for showing us the absolute best of Cornwall. 🏰”
“And, yes, I drove us through the English countryside (on the left side of the road!),” Sweetin added, “and my mom only white-knuckled it… three or four times? 😂 From Stonehenge and Bourton-on-the-water to Sudeley Castle and Broadway Tower. Then to see Tolkien’s ‘Doors of Durin’ from LOTR in Stow-on-the-Wold, and all the charming stops in between – this trip has been magic. ✨ One last stop to go!”
Jodie Sweetin’s Mom Says She Tried to Make Her Childhood as ‘Normal’ as Possible Despite Her Hollywood Stardom
In 2022, Sweetin opened up on the “Conversations With Olivia Jade” podcast about the unconventional way she was adopted by her parents, through an interfamily arrangement.
The actress, who is now a mom of two teenage girls, explained that when she was a baby, her adoptive dad Sam saw her at the home of his ex-wife Rose, with whom he already shared three children. Rose was the aunt of Sweetin’s biological dad, she said.
After Sam and Rose divorced and he remarried Janice, he would still check on Rose and his kids, Sweetin explained.
“(Sam) would go over there to check on her, check on the house, make sure things were working right, whatever,” she said. “He was still around that family, and he saw me there.”
“My parents really wanted to have kids and they were having some struggles, so it wound up that they were able to adopt me sort of through that chain,” Sweetin said. “It’s an interesting story, and actually, I think it’s a story that happens a lot.”
Sweetin continued, “People don’t really talk about it, because I think there’s this weird sense of shame if there’s an interfamily adoption. But I think that interfamily adoption happens a lot, so I like sharing my story now, because I think that more people are like, ‘Oh my gosh, me, too.’ It doesn’t feel as isolating and weird and outside of the norm.”
In 2023, Janice appeared with Sweetin and Barber on their “How Rude Tanneritos” podcast and said her daughter wanted to be an actress and model from the time she was in preschool. When Sweetin wound up on “Full House” as a child actor, Janice said she felt it was her job to make sure her daughter’s life was well-rounded.
“But I worked very hard not to be (a stage mom),” Janice said. “To make sure you were having fun, you were enjoying it, your needs were being met. You were well fed, you were happy, you were keeping your grades up at school, you had friends outside of the show, and we tried to make it as normal for you as we could.”
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Jodie Sweetin Takes Mom on Epic European Vacation: ‘This Trip Has Been Magic’