'Full House' Star John Stamos Explains Why He Refuses to Join 'Dancing with the Stars'

On July 7, John Stamos‘ episode on Bobby Bones‘ The Bobbycast podcast premiered. While some of the conversation focused on his Full House days and Bob Saget, things took an interesting turn when Stamos admitted that he had no idea Bones had been on — and won —Dancing With the Stars. The interviewee began asking his interviewer a flurry of questions.

“Wait, so you were on there? You won?” Stamos asked. “Were you a dancer before? And you won that thing?” While Bones tried to steer the conversation back to his point, Stamos clearly wanted to know more.

“So why did you get on?” Stamos continued. “They just asked you, and you thought, ‘F**k it, I’m going to do this, and I’m going to take the challenge of my life?”

Why Stamos Constantly Rejects the Show

After Bones explained why he agreed to Dancing With the Stars, he finally managed to take back control, asking Stamos, “So how many times have you been asked to do that show?”

“Every single season,” Stamos claimed. “I said, ‘Stop, don’t ever ask me again. I’m never going to do that show.”

Bones tried to convince him that he’d “love it,” but Stamos wasn’t having it.

“What makes that show good is people suffering and looking like fools,” he explained. “They’re breaking their feet, and you know, the calluses.”

Ironically, one of Bones’ fellow contestants was Stamos’ Fuller House co-star, Juan Pablo Di Pace. Once he realized that Bones had won, despite Di Pace getting “tens every single week,” Stamos couldn’t hide his shock. “How did you get more votes than the guy from Fuller House?” he exclaimed.

A Decade of Turning Down the Dance Floor

While it may seem like Stamos was exaggerating when he claimed he’s asked to appear on the ABC reality show every year, he was first mentioned as a dream guest by professional dancer Karina Smirnoff in 2010. “I have a wish to dance with John Stamos,” she told PEOPLE at the time. “He could be a great dancer.”

But even then, Stamos knew that was something he definitely wasn’t interested in. “I’m not doing Dancing with the Stars. Flattered to be asked,” he wrote on X (via PEOPLE). “I’m not a dancer. I’d put my foot in my mouth faster thanJohn Mayer.”