Candace Cameron Bure opened up about why she decided to leave Los Angeles.
The 48-year-old actress, who is starring in the new Christian drama “Unsung Hero,” previously revealed that she had moved away from Hollywood.
During an interview with Fox News Digital, Bure shared that security concerns played a major role in her decision.
“We didn’t feel safe anymore,” the former “Full House” star admitted. “And that was the biggest reason that we moved.”
“Not everyone in Hollywood lives behind guard gates, and we weren’t behind gates,” Bure explained.
Bure recalled that her family had “quite a few problems over the years” with fans taking photos, hiding on their property and coming up to their door.
“It’s amazing what people feel they can do,” she said. “And wanting to be a part of your life in some way. Some of it is innocent, some of it wasn’t. But it’s quite unnerving when you’re just trying to be a person and live life, and you don’t know what’s around the corner.”
Last month, Bure shared a post on her Instagram Story, in which she wrote, “Many of you have asked, ‘Did you move?’ Yes.'”
“‘Why?’ Mostly for security reasons,” she continued. “Also, family dynamics have changed. The kids don’t live in Los Angeles anymore. Mama will go where they go! I travel a lot. The seasons of life.”
Bure and her husband, Valeri, 49, are parents to daughter Natasha, 25, and sons Lev, 24, and Maksim, 22. In a January interview with Fox News Digital, Bure shared how she and Valeri were navigating life as “empty-nesters.”
The “Fuller House” alum explained that the couple have remained close to their adult children due to the “strong relationships” the family built when they were younger.
“We cultivated those strong relationships as they were young and all throughout their years in their small youth and then teenage years,” Bure said. “And now that they’re adults … now’s the time where you get to be friends with your kids. And it’s pretty awesome, but it’s all in the foundation and the groundwork that we get to have this fruitful relationship as adults.”
In August 2023, Natasha announced she was moving from her “little bubble” in Los Angeles to Austin, Texas.
“I have so many friends that I really love, but I want to get out of my comfort zone and try something new,” she explained in a YouTube video.
While Bure didn’t previously reveal where she had moved after leaving L.A., she told Fox News Digital that she still lives in the Golden State.
‘There have been all kinds of stories as to where we moved, and none of them are right,” Bure said. “None of them. We didn’t move to Nashville. We didn’t move to Texas. We’re actually still in California. We just moved up north. We’re no longer in Los Angeles.”
While she is no longer a resident of the city, Bure was born and raised in L.A. The actress rose to fame at the age of 11 when she landed the role of Donna Jo “D.J.” Tanner on the hit ABC sitcom “Full House.”
While speaking with Fox News Digital, Bure credited her parents with helping her stay grounded when she was a child star.
“Even though I had a full-time job and we were on a show, I went home and still had to do chores and take out the trash and do homework and make sure grades were good,” she said. “All the things that we want our kids to do and help them learn to do.”
Bure also said that she was grateful to her parents for helping her avoid the pitfalls that other child stars have faced in Hollywood as she shared her reaction to the bombshell docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.”
The five-part Investigation Discovery series, which premiered last month, explored the toxic culture behind some of the Nickelodeon network’s most famous children’s shows of the 1990s and 2000s.
In the documentary, former child star Drake Bell revealed that he had been sexually abused when he was a minor by Nickelodeon voice coach and convicted sex offender Brian Peck.
Bure told Fox News Digital that she found the docuseries “really difficult to watch.”
“You realize that there are very different experiences in the entertainment industry,” she said. “Some are wonderful. I had a wonderful experience. Not only were my parents wonderful, but so were the people on the show.”
“We had good people around, but there’s bad people in the world, and it’s just so unfortunate to see that sometimes these kids got stuck with some bad people, and it’s awful to watch and really heartbreaking,” Bure continued.
“I feel so much for them and I feel for their parents because especially when you’re new to the industry and you don’t really know, you know, I think there are a lot of parents that want the best for their kids, but they believe everything that they’re being told and they don’t want to ruin it for their kids. And that’s the heartbreaking part, is that they get taken advantage of, too.”
The “Dancing With The Stars” alum urged caution while sharing her advice for people who are just starting their careers in the entertainment industry.
“I would first and foremost try to make sure that whoever they connect with is a trusted name, meaning they have a good reputation, that they talk to enough people and that person has a good reputation,” Bure said. “However, there are people, as we know, even from this documentary that had great reputation, that weren’t good people, when behind closed doors.
“So you gotta trust your instincts. You gotta trust your gut. And if something doesn’t feel right, if there feels like a red flag, you gotta just wave the white flag and, like, get out.”