‘Mean Girls’ After Candace Cameron’s Exit, Actress Protects Hallmark: ‘Everything Is Centered Around The Heart’

Lacey Chabert, actress, made it clear that her support for the Hallmark Channel was strong after Candace Cameron Bure, former Hallmark Channel star and presenter, decided to move on to a relationship with Great American Family.

Bure, who has appeared in many Christmas movies as well as a Hallmark mystery-movie franchise, revealed the surprising move in 2022. She later explained that the change in leadership at Hallmark had factored into her decision — as did her personal faith and her desire to keep telling stories with traditional marriage at the center of the story.

The “Fuller House” star’s comments drew backlash from a number of people, ranging from long-time co-star Jodie Sweetin To “One Tree Hill” Former Hallmark actress Hilarie Burton Morgan. Actor Neal Bledsoe was also a Great American Family actor. abruptly cut ties with the network in the wake of Bure’s comments.

Chabert, who took over some of the Christmas promotional duties in Bure’s absence, defended Hallmark. She claimed that she had “found a real home” Chabert shared his thoughts on the channel in a recent interview Vulture “I’m able to be more of who I am here than possibly anywhere else I’ve worked.”

“Any shift I’ve felt has been embracing our creative ideas,” Chabert said, responding to Bure’s claim that the change in leadership at Hallmark had made the network a very different place. “And it’s my responsibility to the audience who continue to tune into my movies that I give the best I have to offer. That’s always my mission. I’ll never abandon what Hallmark means for me, which is that everything is centered around the heart. I don’t think there are any plans for that to change anytime soon.”

The “Mean Girls” The Hallmark Channel alum declined to comment further. However, she explained that she had no ill will towards the actresses and actors who left the Hallmark Channel.

“You know what, I wish everybody the best. I really can’t comment on it further other than I care about everybody involved,” She said.

Chabert has appeared in some 30 movies during her tenure with the Hallmark Channel and doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon.