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Inspiring 'People' Cover Has All Of America Wondering Who Ex-Crankhead Jodie Sweetin Is

Seth — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:40:00 EDT

As we mentioned yesterday, the cover of the current issue of People magazine bears the image of Jodie Sweetin—famous for being a former meth addict, star of Full House, and host of a waist-down exotic dancing competition, in that order—holding proof positive of a God that believes in second chances: Zoie, her 7-week-old baby daughter. (Who, contrary to an erroneous rumor floating around the internet, was not named for a two-headed pygmy rabbit who'd frequently appear after several sleepless nights on the pipe, offering Sweetin companionship and life coaching whenever it could.)

People, it goes without saying, is a top-tier publication with tens of millions of dollars to spend on the world's most highly anticipated, Rapture-hastening celebrity birth-exclusives. So if you're left wondering how Sweetin, whose last IMDb credit came over two years ago as the voice of "He's so gross Penguin" in TV dad Bob Saget's aquatic-fowl parody Farce of the Penguins, managed to parlay a crank habit into some blue-chip glossy coverage, you're not alone. Still, when you account for the looming deadlines of a slow celebrity-news week, the titillating possibilities of bold, five-word cover line reading, "FROM METH ADDICT TO MOM," start to come into crisp focus—to say nothing of setting the stage nicely for its follow-up report, "FROM METH ADDICT TO MOM BACK TO METH ADDICT TO BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN TO FOOD NETWORK STAR: JODIE SWEETIN'S INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF FAITH."

Jodie Sweetin: From Meth Addict to New Mom [People]

Short Ends: Sweetin Rising

Mark — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:44:05 EST

· A bikini-assisted appearance on E! continues to propel once-forgotten Full House middle child Jodie Sweeten up the horny websearch charts.
· Dude—Snapes on a Plane!
· The way to an Academy member's voting heart is almost certainly through his perforated liver.
· The Smoking Gun guys are definitely keeping themselves busy today.

Short Ends: The Sweetin Question

Mark — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:32:37 EST

· Today's most-emailed question: Why is a search for Jodie Sweetin (you know, the middle child on Full House) the third-ranked query on MSN today? (Scroll to bottom right of the page.) Answer: We have no f'ing clue. Please enlighten us.
· To be perfectly honest, she kind of sounds like the ideal housemate.
· If you show up to photograph an event, and you don't recognize anyone who strolls across the red carpet, did that carpet ever really unfurl?
· You can pay porn stars a lot of money to have sex with you? Who knew?
· Ryan Phillippe was voted Hollywood's hottest dad, but Ken Sunshine might demand a do-over given Affleck's big news today.
· We really hope that you haven't been missing out on the brilliant death-throes of our talented friend over at Oddjack. Stop by and pour out a little liquor for AJ's scorched bit of blog-earth while perusing this post on the odds of a Simpson-Lachey reunion.