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Lori Loughlinis back where it all began.
TheFull Housealum, 57, returned to television on Saturday in the two-hour season 2 premiere of GAC Family’sWhen Hope Calls.
In the two-part special calledA Country Christmas, Loughlin resumed her role as Abigail Stanton from the Hallmark Channel seriesWhen Calls the Heart, which she left in 2019 after being indicted as part of the college admissions scandal.
“If you have GAC, be sure to check out this wonderful woman’s performance tonight,” wrote Olivia, 22, above an image of her mother stepping out of a horse-drawn carriage in a preview of the special.
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In the next slide, Olivia shared a selfie of her mom andWhen Hope Callscostar Daniel Lissing, who reprised his role as Jack Thornton in the GAC special.
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This is Loughlin’s first role since serving prison time after pleading guilty to fraud alongside husband Mossimo Giannulli in May 2020. The couple was accused of paying college admissions scam ringleader Rick Singer $500,000 to falsely designate daughters Olivia andBella Giannulliasrecruits to the University of Southern California crew team.
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Loughlin was sentenced to two months in jail, a $150,000 fine, and 150 hours of community service. Mossimo, 58, received a five-month jail sentence in addition to a $250,000 fine and 250 hours of community service.
Olivia defended her mother in a November episode of herConversations with Olivia Jadepodcast, calling Loughlin “the most incredible mother in the world” with the “kindest heart.”
“Even though I also wasgetting dragged negatively, it didn’t nearly affect me as much as seeing Mom having all this thrown on her,” the YouTuber said at the time. “She really took this whole thing on her back, solely. There are a lot of people that were in this case, and a lot of other parents, and I do not know one other person’s name.”
Regarding the “frustrating” time, Olivia said, “It caused a lot of anger within me when I would read stuff about her. And I think it’s interesting that when I would read stuff about myself … it didn’t nearly affect me the same way if I read it about our own mom.”
Bella, 23, later added that paparazzi were regularly watching the family. “Anytime I would leave the house, the second you pull out of that driveway, there’s a car … bumper to bumper, they are right behind you,” she explained. “They will go to all extremes, they don’t care who they will harm in the way, they just want to get the photo.”
source: people.com
