John Stamos Takes Part in 'What Were You Like in the '90s?' Social Media Trend with Nostalgic Uncle Jesse Photos
John Stamos Takes Part in 'What Were You Like in the '90s?' Social Media Trend with Nostalgic Uncle Jesse Photos
Virginia ChamleeThu, March 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM UTC
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John StamosCredit: ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty; Michael Kovac/Getty -
John Stamos is taking part in a throwback social media trend
In a new Instagram video, the Full House actor shared a video of himself now, contrasted with photos of himself then
The "What were you like in the '90s" trend sees users sharing similar posts, all set to the Goo Goo Dolls song, "Iris"
John Stamos is taking part in the "What were you like in the '90s?" trend currently sweeping social media.
In a video shared on his Instagram page recently, 62-year-old Stamos posted a video with the words, "Dad, what were you like in the 90s?" over top.
While the beginning of the video shows Stamos now, it then cuts to a montage of images of the actor in the 1990s — including some of him in Full House, him posing next to a motorcycle, and him carrying his then co-star, Lori Loughlin.
He captioned the video, simply, "Memories!"
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Other social media users weighed in on the video in the comments, with one writing, "Every girl's first crush, Uncle Jesse🤣🫶🏻"
Added another, "Have mercy!" a nod to his Full House character's oft-repeated catchphrase.
John Stamos with Mary Kate Olsen on Full HouseCredit: ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Like other social media users, Stamos' post is set to the Goo Goo Dolls song, "Iris."
Other celebrities who have taken part in the trend include Drew Barrymore, Brooke Shields, and Kristin Davis.
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Stamos played Uncle Jesse on Full House, which followed a recently widowed father who enlists his brother-in-law and childhood best friend to help him raise his three daughters.
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He recently teamed up with fellow cast member Jodie Sweetin (who played Stephanie Tanner on the show) for another social media video, in which the two wore matching blue sweatsuits, and danced to Taylor Swift's "Opalite."
"If Uncle Jesse and Stephanie Tanner had social media today," the text over top of the video read.
Wrote Stamos in the caption: "I'd follow them."
Full House originally aired on ABC from 1986 to 1995.
While Stamos told PEOPLE back in 2022, during the show's 35th anniversary, that he felt it was "time to move on" from Full House when it ended, he said he has since embraced the show's legacy.
"When it ended, it was time to move on. I was trying to keep my distance from it," he said. "And it just got bigger every year, bigger and bigger, and I realized, 'Why am I running from this?' I got to the point too where I'd done enough work that I felt I was able to do other things and prove myself as an actor. And so now I just absolutely love it. I just love it."
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