John Stamos credits his therapist with saving his life and career.
The actor and singer, whose son Billy, six, joined him on stage during a Beach Boys concert, opened up about being in therapy at the season two premiere for Hulu’s Unprisoned in New York City on July 16.
‘I probably wouldn’t be here [without him],’ he told Page Six.
Stamos, 60, revealed he has been going to acclaimed psychiatrist Phil Stutz, who was featured in the Jonah Hill documentary Stutz, for about two decades.
‘When I went to Stutz one of the first times, he said, “You know if you weren’t so f–ing stupid you’d realize how good you have it,” and I was like, “You’re right,”‘ he explained.
John Stamos, 60, said he ‘probably wouldn’t be here’ if it weren’t for his therapist (Pictured in New York City July 16)
The actor also persuaded his late Full House co-star Bob Saget to give therapy a try.
‘He drove me crazy [when we first met] and I said, “You gotta go into therapy if you want to be friends with me,” so he went to Stutz and Stutz helped him too.’
Saget died in January 2022 from a head injury in Orlando, Florida.
Stamos said his therapist ‘was big into helping me get sober,’ after his 2015 arrest for driving under the influence.
He went into a treatment facility one month following his arrest, according to his memoir, If You Would Have Told Me.
Stamos, 60, stars as Murphy, a new character in Unprisoned.
The comedy stars Kerry Washington as a relationship counselor whose father (Delroy Lindo) gets out of jail and moves in with her and her teenage son.
The comedy has a 93-percent rating from critics and a 94-percent rating from viewers on Rotten Tomatoes.
Stamos has been a patient of Dr. Phil Stutz, who was featured in the Netflix documentary Stutz, for some 20 years
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The actor persuaded his late Full House co-star Bob Saget to give therapy a try. ‘He drove me crazy [when we first met] and I said, “You gotta go into therapy if you want to be friends with me,” so he went to Stutz and Stutz helped him too’
Unprisoned focuses on Kerry Washington, a relationship counselor whose father (Delroy Lindo) gets out of jail and moves in with her and her teen-aged son
The actor told Good Morning America he used his experience as a patient of the straight-talking shrink for his role. ‘I give free therapy to people,’ the former teen heartthrob joked (Pictured in New York City July 16)
The actor told Good Morning America he used his experience as a patient of the straight-talking shrink for his role.
‘I give free therapy to people,’ the former teen heartthrob joked.
‘I’m fascinated by therapy. It’s what makes people move and go and what they do and what they don’t do,’ Stamos explained.
Unprisoned season two is streaming on Hulu.
