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Hours earlier than the 2022 Tony Awards aired, John Stamos took to Twitter to name out the Tony Awards for leaving his beloved Full Home co-star Bob Saget out of the in memoriam phase. “Upset to listen to that @bobsaget will probably be LEFT OUT of the In Memoriam phase tonight @TheTonyawards. Bob was good in The Drowsy Chaperone & Hand to God. Come on @BroadwayLeague and @TheWing! Do the fitting factor! Bob liked Broadway and I do know the neighborhood liked him,” John tweeted.
Upset to listen to that @bobsaget will probably be LEFT OUT of the In Memoriam phase tonight @TheTonyawards. Bob was good in The Drowsy Chaperone & Hand to God. Come on @BroadwayLeague and @TheWing ! Do the fitting factor! Bob liked Broadway and I do know the neighborhood liked him.
— John Stamos (@JohnStamos) June 12, 2022
Bob appeared on Broadway twice throughout his decades-long profession. He first starred in The Drowsy Chaperone in 2006. He later returned to Broadway within the Tony-nominated Hand to God in 2015. Regardless of John’s tweet, Bob was not added to the in memoriam tribute on the final minute.
A number of followers shared John’s disappointment about Bob being disregarded. “The truth that Bob Saget wasn’t within the “In Memoriam” is disgraceful. #TonyAwards,” one fan tweeted. One other wrote, “WHERES BOB SAGET ON THE IN MEMORIAM PART WHAT GIVES #TonyAwards.”
The 69-year-old abruptly handed away on January 9, 2022, whereas in Orlando, Florida, for a comedy present. He was discovered unresponsive in his lodge room at The Ritz-Carlton Orlando. An post-mortem later revealed that Bob died of a mind bleed after “blunt head trauma” that doubtless occurred due to an “unwitnessed fall.”
Bob’s household and mates have been devastated by his surprising passing. “I’m damaged,” John stated in an announcement on Twitter. “I’m gutted. I’m in full and utter shock. I’ll by no means ever have one other good friend like him. I really like you a lot Bobby.”
John gave the eulogy at Bob’s funeral and known as the comic his “new guardian angel.” John and Bob’s closest mates — together with Dave Coulier, John Mayer, Jeff Ross, Jim Carrey, and extra — not too long ago got here collectively to have fun Bob’s life within the Netflix’s Soiled Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute.
Bob’s widow, Kelly Rizzo, additionally appeared within the tribute. “I do know he’s wanting down and is so completely happy. Bob deserved all of the love on the earth and I liked him greater than something,” a tearful Kelly stated.
