John Stamos claims he caught his then-girlfriend and model Teri Copley in bed with fellow actor Tony Danza during their short-lived romance within the Nineteen Eighties.
In his memoir “If You Would Have Told Me,” out Tuesday, the “Full House” alum revealed that he discovered Copley cheating with the “Who’s the Boss?” star one night.
“I call her from the road, however the girl who breathlessly picked up the phone after one ring is now giving me busy signals and dial tones,” Stamos, 60, wrote in an excerpt obtained by Entertainment Weekly. “Once I get home, I call her throughout the day and into the evening. No response. Strange. We’ve gone from talking on the phone every few hours to silence.”
Initially brushing it off as Copley, 62, being busy at a modeling gig or an audition, Stamos wrote that he began to get concerned as time went on.
Remembering her ex-husband was on the town, Stamos said he hopped in his automotive and drove to her place.
Upon arrival, Stamos discovered the home had “no lights on” and “no movement behind the windows” despite a automotive being within the driveway.
“A black 1957 Porsche 356 Speedster, vintage convertible. Strange. I shuffle to the automotive with my stomach sinking and take a fast look inside,” Stamos wrote. “There’s a hairbrush, keys, boxing gloves, and a half-unrolled poster of my girlfriend, naked, barely covered by a white sheet. Half of her butt is showing. I’ve never seen this poster before.”
Unable to enter the home from either the front or side doors, Stamos said that he remembered that he and Copley used to sleep within the guesthouse within the backyard.
“The blinds are closed, however the door is barely open,” he continued. “I take a peek inside and see 4 feet protruding from the shabby-chic, floral-print duvet that after kept me warm.”
“My Tiny Dancer is in bed with Mr. Porsche Speedster. They’re sleeping. I can’t tell who he’s, but I recognize Teri’s a– barely covered by the sheets. It looks like her recent poster,” the “You” star recalled, describing the moment as “my worst nightmare.”
“I attempt to hold back tears,” he shared. “Time slows until I’m frozen. I can’t breathe. Just a few tears roll down my face, and it pisses me off. They snap me out of my daze, and I feel offended and confused. I could explode.”
Stamos said he debated what to do next.
Ultimately, Stamos revealed that he decided to “run like hell” — but not before stealing the poster from the mysterious automotive.
“I stare on the two-dimensional, half-dressed woman that I assumed I knew. She’s signed the poster, with little hearts, ‘My Dear Tony, I’ll love you perpetually. XO, Teri,’” Stamos noted. “Tony? Who the hell is Tony?”
It wasn’t until Stamos was speeding home, and with a little bit help from a catchy Elton John tune, that he realized “the name of my rival.”
“Hold me closer, Tony Danza,” Stamos emphasized.
The Post reached out to Danza, 72, Stamos and Copley for comment.
The ugly claim is one among several the Hollywood hunk drops in his explosive recent memoir.
The “Grandfathered” star reveals he “hated” ex-wife Rebecca Romijn, 50, after their nasty divorce in 2005.
“My first marriage was shattering to me. I used to be shattered for way too long, too,” Stamos told People. “I mean, a 12 months, okay, good. However it went on [for] years and years.”
“In my mind back then, she was the Devil, and I just hated her,” he continued. “I couldn’t imagine how much I hated her, and it ruined my life. Looking back, and I discuss it [in the book], since it’s one among the steps in AA where the fourth step is you lay out all of your grievances, the whole lot that individuals did to you. I am going like, ‘None.’”
Stamos also alleged he was sexually assaulted by his babysitter as a baby.
“I didn’t want the headlines to be that, and I didn’t want the book to be over that,” Stamos wrote. “It was a page or something, but I felt I needed to discuss it. It was weird. It was something that, I feel, I used to be probably like 10 or 11 [when it happened]. I shouldn’t have needed to cope with those feelings”
When you or someone has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.
John Stamos claims he caught his then-girlfriend and model Teri Copley in bed with fellow actor Tony Danza during their short-lived romance within the Nineteen Eighties.
In his memoir “If You Would Have Told Me,” out Tuesday, the “Full House” alum revealed that he discovered Copley cheating with the “Who’s the Boss?” star one night.
“I call her from the road, however the girl who breathlessly picked up the phone after one ring is now giving me busy signals and dial tones,” Stamos, 60, wrote in an excerpt obtained by Entertainment Weekly. “Once I get home, I call her throughout the day and into the evening. No response. Strange. We’ve gone from talking on the phone every few hours to silence.”
Initially brushing it off as Copley, 62, being busy at a modeling gig or an audition, Stamos wrote that he began to get concerned as time went on.
Remembering her ex-husband was on the town, Stamos said he hopped in his automotive and drove to her place.
Upon arrival, Stamos discovered the home had “no lights on” and “no movement behind the windows” despite a automotive being within the driveway.
“A black 1957 Porsche 356 Speedster, vintage convertible. Strange. I shuffle to the automotive with my stomach sinking and take a fast look inside,” Stamos wrote. “There’s a hairbrush, keys, boxing gloves, and a half-unrolled poster of my girlfriend, naked, barely covered by a white sheet. Half of her butt is showing. I’ve never seen this poster before.”
Unable to enter the home from either the front or side doors, Stamos said that he remembered that he and Copley used to sleep within the guesthouse within the backyard.
“The blinds are closed, however the door is barely open,” he continued. “I take a peek inside and see 4 feet protruding from the shabby-chic, floral-print duvet that after kept me warm.”
“My Tiny Dancer is in bed with Mr. Porsche Speedster. They’re sleeping. I can’t tell who he’s, but I recognize Teri’s a– barely covered by the sheets. It looks like her recent poster,” the “You” star recalled, describing the moment as “my worst nightmare.”
“I attempt to hold back tears,” he shared. “Time slows until I’m frozen. I can’t breathe. Just a few tears roll down my face, and it pisses me off. They snap me out of my daze, and I feel offended and confused. I could explode.”
Stamos said he debated what to do next.
Ultimately, Stamos revealed that he decided to “run like hell” — but not before stealing the poster from the mysterious automotive.
“I stare on the two-dimensional, half-dressed woman that I assumed I knew. She’s signed the poster, with little hearts, ‘My Dear Tony, I’ll love you perpetually. XO, Teri,’” Stamos noted. “Tony? Who the hell is Tony?”
It wasn’t until Stamos was speeding home, and with a little bit help from a catchy Elton John tune, that he realized “the name of my rival.”
“Hold me closer, Tony Danza,” Stamos emphasized.
The Post reached out to Danza, 72, Stamos and Copley for comment.
The ugly claim is one among several the Hollywood hunk drops in his explosive recent memoir.
The “Grandfathered” star reveals he “hated” ex-wife Rebecca Romijn, 50, after their nasty divorce in 2005.
“My first marriage was shattering to me. I used to be shattered for way too long, too,” Stamos told People. “I mean, a 12 months, okay, good. However it went on [for] years and years.”
“In my mind back then, she was the Devil, and I just hated her,” he continued. “I couldn’t imagine how much I hated her, and it ruined my life. Looking back, and I discuss it [in the book], since it’s one among the steps in AA where the fourth step is you lay out all of your grievances, the whole lot that individuals did to you. I am going like, ‘None.’”
Stamos also alleged he was sexually assaulted by his babysitter as a baby.
“I didn’t want the headlines to be that, and I didn’t want the book to be over that,” Stamos wrote. “It was a page or something, but I felt I needed to discuss it. It was weird. It was something that, I feel, I used to be probably like 10 or 11 [when it happened]. I shouldn’t have needed to cope with those feelings”
When you or someone has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.
