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What Makes A Child Star Turn Into An Activist? Jodie Sweetin On What Made Her An Outspoken Trump Critic, Sobriety, And If Nixon Is A Textbook Middle Child.

The tragic murders of Rob Reiner and MIchele Singer Reiner have Trump reacting, Charlie Wortman, a Junior at Brown, joins us to discuss the tragedy that unfolded on his campus over the weekend.

She has written more books than most people have read. Author, podcast host, and full-time badass Stefanie Wilder-Taylor joins The Moment ladies to break down the hellscape that was the last 72 hours.

Here’s what’s happening in the news:

  • The horrific murders of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer-Reiner have brought out the best and worst in the country. The Reiners are being remembered not just for their film contributions but also for their years of advocacy for the LGBTQIA community. Regrettably, Trump has used their tragic passing to make it about himself in the worst way possible.

  • Charlie Wortman, a Junior at Brown University, was studying in the library on Saturday when shots rang out across campus. Charlie joins The Moment LIVE to share his experience and what he hopes lawmakers will hear from the cries of Gen-Z, who have grown up against the backdrop of gun violence.

You first met Jodie Sweetin when she entered your living rooms as Stephanie Tanner on Full House , but there is SO much more to her story than the role that made her famous. She joins The Moment LIVE today to discuss her activism, addiction, and eventually Abe Lincoln.

What makes a child star turn into one of Trump’s most vocal critics? Jodie Sweetin is a bit of a Renaissance woman: actor, author, podcast host, and ardent activist, she joins The Moment LIVE to discuss it all.

Jodie breaks down how her childhood in Orange County prepared her to tackle injustice, even if it wasn’t the popular opinion. We get into how she and her TV sister Candace Cameron Bure have taken different approaches to political issues and how she processes those differences.

Open about her struggles with addiction and the road to recovery, Jodie shares how getting sober in the spotlight thrust her into becoming a spokesperson for addiction. We also discuss how addiction plays a role in a family system, as we have learned more about the murders of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer-Reiner.

Lastly no one leaves The Moment LIVE without having the most bizarre knowledge put to the test. Jodie uses her unique skillset to play “Middle Child In Charge” the only game that currently involves Richard Nixon and birth order.

As always we ask that you follow our guests, Jodie Sweetin and Stefanie Wilder-Taylor.

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***Special thanks to Vienna DeGiacomo for producing this episode!

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