Dave Coulier and Alanis Morissette dated in the early 1990s
Jodie Sweetin spent much of her childhood growing up on the set of Full House, meaning many of her memories from that time come from watching the adult cast members’ lives unfold around her.
The actress was only 5 years old when the series began, playing Stephanie Tanner for the show’s entire eight-season run from 1987 to 1995. One of those memories that Sweetin remembers involves her costar Dave Coulier and singer Alanis Morissette, who briefly dated in the early 1990s.
Their past relationship has long been rumored to be connected to Morissette’s hit song “You Oughta Know,” and during a recent appearance on the Only Child with Bob the Drag Queen podcast, Sweetin made it clear she believes those rumors are “true.”
Sweetin recalled occasionally seeing Morissette around set while the singer was dating Coulier. “Like, early on, he dated her way, way back in the day,” she explained. “She was like, super young.”
“I vaguely remember her,” Sweetin admitted.
At the time, Sweetin recalled Morissette being around “18 or 19,” while Coulier was in his early 30s. When Morissette released her hit song “You Oughta Know” in 1995, one year after she and Coulier split, Sweetin said the lyrics caught her attention.
After hearing it, she started connecting some of the themes in the song to what she remembered from that time. “Some of the lyrics in there, I was like, ‘I know who that’s about,’” the now 44-year-old recalled.
When asked if any particular line stood out to her, Sweetin pointed to lyrics about a new partner that looks like “an older version” of Morissette.
“His next girlfriend looked rather similar,” she admitted.
The podcast conversation also touched on whether Sweetin ever discussed the rumored inspiration for the song with Coulier himself.
“Not at the time, but I’ve since talked to him about it, like, as an adult,” she said. “It’s like, you know, you kind of suddenly, you age out of being, like, ‘the kid,’ and then they were like, ‘We’re gonna tell you all the s— you missed,’ you know?”
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Coulier has also addressed the topic publicly himself. In 2022, he appeared on a SiriusXM radio show hosted by Jim Norton and Sam Roberts, where he reflected on his past relationship with Morissette.
When the song first came out, he admitted the lyrics quickly made him wonder if he was the subject — it didn’t take long for Coulier to realize that he likely was.
“I’m listening to the lyrics going, ‘Ooh, oh no. Oh, I can’t be this guy.’ And I went to the record store, bought the CD and I went and I parked on a street and I listened to the whole record,” he told the hosts. “I started listening to it and I thought, ‘Ooh, I think I may have really hurt this woman.’”
Morissette’s album Jagged Little Pill later won five Grammy Awards in 1996, including Album of the Year.
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