The CEO of Great American Family has made an effort to distance the network from Candace Cameron Bures controversial claims regarding LGBTQ+ content, but nonetheless stopped short of a complete rebuttal.

Bure in 2022 left the Hallmark Channel, where shed appeared in numerous films for more than a decade, to join Great American Family as its chief creative officer. In a November interview with The Wall Street Journal discussing her new position, she said the networks emphasis on traditional marriage meant that viewers shouldnt expect to see LGBTQ+ storylines in its movies.

The Full House stars comments were swiftly condemned by fellow actors as well as LGBTQ+ advocacy groups . Speaking to Variety in an interview published Wednesday, Great American Family CEO Bill Abbott emphasized that Bure was not speaking on behalf of the network in her Wall Street Journal chat.

In terms of her personal views, its like the disclaimer you see at the end of a movie or a series that says, The views reflected here are not necessarily those of the company, he said.

But when asked if LGBTQ+ storylines and same-sex relationships would, in fact, be featured on the network, Abbott said that was a very good and fair question but nonetheless remained vague.