From Variety · Isabelle Farina · · 1m 20s
John Stamos, 40 years in, finally gets it
A Childhelp advocate since his twenties, Stamos teared up explaining what changed when he became a dad.
In brief
A Childhelp advocate since his twenties, Stamos teared up explaining what changed when he became a dad. Advocacy you have practiced for decades can still hit differently once it stops being abstract. Originally reported by Variety.
Stamos breaks down
John Stamos teared up on Thursday while talking about fatherhood in a speech at an awards dinner. The subject, not the stage, got to him.
The room he was in
The occasion was The Creative Coalition's 12th Annual TV Humanitarian Awards, the group's yearly nod to people in television who put their platform to work.
Almost forty years
Stamos has backed Childhelp for nearly four decades. That is most of his adult life, tied to one cause rather than a rotating list of them.
What Childhelp does
The organization works on child abuse treatment and prevention, helping kids after harm and trying to stop it before it starts.
Then Billy arrived
Eight years ago his wife, Caitlin McHugh, gave birth to their son Billy. Stamos became a father for the first time, and the work stopped being theoretical.
“the meaning of his advocacy changed for him when he became a father”
Same cause, new weight
Nothing about Childhelp's mission changed. What changed was the man describing it, who now has a kid of his own to picture.
The headline
Advocacy you have practiced for decades can still hit differently once it stops being abstract.
