01of 10Pete DavidsonCindy Ord/Getty; Leon Bennett/GettyTheSaturday Night Livestar revealed that theAmerica’s Funniest Home Videoshost wasthere for himduring a dark time in his younger years.“Bob Saget was one of the nicest men on the planet,” Davidson said ina statement.“When I was younger and several times throughout our friendship he helped me get through some rough mental health stuff. He stayed on the phone with my mom for hours trying to help in anyway he can - connecting us with doctors and new things we can try,” he shared of Saget. “He would check in on me and make sure I was okay.”
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Pete Davidson
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TheSaturday Night Livestar revealed that theAmerica’s Funniest Home Videoshost wasthere for himduring a dark time in his younger years.
“Bob Saget was one of the nicest men on the planet,” Davidson said ina statement.
“When I was younger and several times throughout our friendship he helped me get through some rough mental health stuff. He stayed on the phone with my mom for hours trying to help in anyway he can - connecting us with doctors and new things we can try,” he shared of Saget. “He would check in on me and make sure I was okay.”
02of 10Lori LoughlinABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty"Words cannot begin to express how devastated I am. Bob was more than my friend, he was my family," Loughlin, who acted alongside Saget in the hit sitcom, said in astatementafter his passing.In recent years, the comedian was there for his costar as she faced scrutiny for her involvement in the 2019 college admissions scandal, for which sheultimately completeda two-month prison sentence.In October 2019, Saget addressed his friendship with Loughlinduring an interview withFox News,voicing his faith in his friend.“I love the people I love, and people go through life, and stuff happens … I love the people I love, and I have empathy for people that are in my life for 35 years,” he said at the time. “I don’t cut people out.”
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Lori Loughlin
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“Words cannot begin to express how devastated I am. Bob was more than my friend, he was my family,” Loughlin, who acted alongside Saget in the hit sitcom, said in astatementafter his passing.
In recent years, the comedian was there for his costar as she faced scrutiny for her involvement in the 2019 college admissions scandal, for which sheultimately completeda two-month prison sentence.
In October 2019, Saget addressed his friendship with Loughlinduring an interview withFox News,voicing his faith in his friend.
“I love the people I love, and people go through life, and stuff happens … I love the people I love, and I have empathy for people that are in my life for 35 years,” he said at the time. “I don’t cut people out.”
03of 10Deon ColeEmma McIntyre/Getty; Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via GettyTheBlack-ishstar shared a text from Saget wishing him condolences after the loss of his mom, even though the two had only met briefly in the past. “Please be thoughtful. Please be kind,” Cole captioned the screenshot of the heartfelt text.
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Deon Cole
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TheBlack-ishstar shared a text from Saget wishing him condolences after the loss of his mom, even though the two had only met briefly in the past. “Please be thoughtful. Please be kind,” Cole captioned the screenshot of the heartfelt text.
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Jodie Sweetin
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The actor was among theFull Housecast members whoreportedly staged an interventionfor Sweetin in 2004 as she struggled with an addiction to methamphetamine,ABC Newsreported.
Remembering her lateonscreen fatherwith love, Sweetin fondly recalled “spending weekends at his house with his daughters when I was young, and having blueberry pancakes” and how he always said “I love you” when their conversations came to a close.
05of 10Perez HiltonPerez Hilton/TwitterThe bloggerrememberedSaget as “one of the nicest guys in showbiz,“writingthat he “always made me feel included, appreciated and important. He was the man!“Inanother post, Hilton said that he last spoke with the star in March 2020 – “peak pandemic scariness” – and shared a screenshot from their conversation.“This exchange is so telling. He was concerned about my well-being,” Hilton said of the messages, in which Saget stressed that he stay safe during the time of uncertainty. “And he was concerned about making sure that a fellow comedian [Tom Learher] got his shine! That was #BobSaget.”
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Perez Hilton
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The bloggerrememberedSaget as “one of the nicest guys in showbiz,“writingthat he “always made me feel included, appreciated and important. He was the man!”
Inanother post, Hilton said that he last spoke with the star in March 2020 – “peak pandemic scariness” – and shared a screenshot from their conversation.
“This exchange is so telling. He was concerned about my well-being,” Hilton said of the messages, in which Saget stressed that he stay safe during the time of uncertainty. “And he was concerned about making sure that a fellow comedian [Tom Learher] got his shine! That was #BobSaget.”
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B.J. Novak
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In an episode of his podcastBob Saget’s Here For You, Novak opened up about how Saget helped his mom feel confident that her son would be okay in L.A. when he left home to write for Saget’s showRaising Dad.
“When I moved out to write on your show, I’m sure you remember, you called my mom at home. And my mom was very worried. And you said ‘I’m gonna take care of him, I’m gonna make sure he’s a good person, I’m gonna look out for him.’ And that’s what made her comfortable to send me out to L.A,” Novak said.
“And then when I got there, you were at the clubs every right!” he joked. “You did not, on the face of it, seem to be a good influence at the beginning, but you were, because of your heart.”
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Josh Radnor
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“I had so much imposter syndrome whenHIMYMstarted, thought I’d be found out, kicked off set & sent home,” Radnor wrote on Twitter. “When I’d run into Bob on the Fox lot in those early days he’d gush over my performance & tell me how he was studying me to make sure his vocal performance felt right.”
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Jeffrey Gurian
Speaking withPix 11the day after Saget died, the comedian said his last conversation with Saget exemplified his thoughtfulness.
“He sent me a message when I was in the hospital with COVID double pneumonia. That’s the kind of guy he was,” Gurian said of their last chat inspring 2020.
“My last interview with him was at Madison Square Garden when he came out for the Garden of Laughs [a benefit for children in need],” he continued. “Bob would always come out when there was a charity involved, not only forscleroderma, which washis favorite charity, but for anything where people needed him. He just wanted to go out and make people laugh.”
“He was literally one of the nicest guys in show business. I’ve been covering the scene for more than 20 years and Bob was really a one of a kind.”
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Charitable Works
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His charity work was done quietly, too: following his death, CNN’s Jake Tapperremembered his workwithHomes for Our Troops, and how Saget had most recently donated six one-on-one Zoom calls as part of an auction for the organization.
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Sophie Anne Seaman
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Oneexample of Saget’s scleroderma supportin motion came through his relationship with 9-year-old Sophie Anne and her family.
Martha and Jeff Seaman, Sophie Anne’s parents, told the outlet the comedian helped them feel hopeful when they struggled after their daughter’s diagnosis.
source: people.com
