After facing recent challenges and public scrutiny, Christian actor Candace Cameron Bure said she has been welcomed into the “James 1 Club” by her brother. Initially, Bure was confused by Kirk Cameron’s reference. “What are you talking about, and why are you so happy?” she asked the fellow actor. “They’re saying bad things about me in the news.”
When Bure looked up the Scripture, she realized her brother was referencing the words, “Consider it joy…whenever you face trials of many kinds” (James 1:2). That testing, James continues, leads to perseverance and maturity (vs. 3-4).
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Bure, 47, spoke about those trials earlier this month on her self-titled podcast. Co-host Bianca Juarez Olthoff asked Bure to describe a challenge in her life that eventually felt like a gift. In response, Bure shared that she’s faced “some recent challenges in my life that I have not really publicly discussed yet.” Although she has “taken punches before in my industry,” she said the recent media coverage was at a whole different level.
Bure, chief creative officer for the Great American Family (GAF) channel, has been accused of being homophobic because she defends traditional marriage. Bure, the “Full House” and “Fuller House” alum who has starred in numerous Christmas movies, left Hallmark for GAF in 2022.
On her Dec. 13 podcast, Bure said people likely assume her “skin is a lot thicker than it is” because she has strong beliefs and leads with her faith. “So when I had a lot of these bullets kind of hit me in the last year or so, they’ve been a really big challenge to me personally, to my heart, to my character, to my relationships, to my jobs,” she said. “And I remember being so upset over it because it’s like, how do you recover?”
Bure continued, “I’ll just say it. Cancel culture is very real. And they were trying to cancel me.”
After sharing the James 1 epiphany from her brother, Bure noted that being in that “club” has become very meaningful to her, as she has continued to face new trials. “And I know they’re still gonna come,” she said. “They’re still here. They’re waiting for me.”
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During her conversation with Olthoff, Bure admitted she “could have bailed” on public life. “Cause truly, I just wanna live my life with conviction, but I’m just trying to live my life. I’m not necessarily trying to put my life on anyone else,” she said.
“You don’t have to necessarily be [a public figure] to live with conviction,” Bure added. “But when you do in a public place, then you have to be ready for some of those fiery darts to be thrown at you in a bigger public platform. They’re in front of everyone.”
