Get to Know Lori Loughlin's Daughters Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose Giannulli
Lori Loughlin played Aunt Becky on the beloved sitcom Full House, but in her own house, she is a mom to daughters Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose Giannulli. In 2019, the TV star and her husband Mossimo Giannulli were accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to get both of their daughters admitted as recruits for the University of Southern California crew team, even though neither of them participated in the sport. Over a year later in May of 2020, the couple agreed to plead guilty for their alleged roles in the college admissions scandal.
Prior to the scandal, Loughlin's daughters found fame on social media and the Hallmark Channel. The mom of two has previously shared that she never pushed her kids. "I always say do the best you can,” Loughlin told Page Six in 2017. “My husband, too, their dad, we were never like, 'At school you got to get straight As.' We were never those parents. We were always like you know what, give it your all. Do the best you can, cause in life if you give it your all and you do the best you can that's it. That's all you can do and that's enough. In my opinion."
Here is everything you need to know about Lori Loughlin's daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose, including what they are doing now.
Olivia Jade Giannulli
Olivia is the Fuller House star’s youngest child. Loughlin and Giannulli welcomed their second daughter Sept. 28, 1999.
Is Olivia Jade still a student at USC?
No. In October of 2019, the USC Registrar confirmed to USA Today that Olivia, who began her studies in the fall of 2018, was not currently enrolled at the university.
Did Olivia Jade want to go to USC?
Olivia initially did not want to attend college, but her parents told her she had to go. According to Olivia, her mother and father wanted her to have “that experience cause both of them didn’t go to college.” Prior to USC, the social media influencer expressed her desire to drop out during her senior year from her all-girl private school in order to focus on YouTube. "I told my mom I wanted to quit school and then she was like, 'That's not happening,' and so she made me stick it out. And then my dad made me go to college, which sounds so annoying because I know I'm very lucky to have an education,” she said in a video with fellow YouTuber Brandon Calvillo. Olivia confessed that she didn’t really care about school in a video that she has since deleted. "I don't know how much of school I'm going to attend but I'm going to go in and talk to my deans and everyone and hope that I can try and balance it all," she shared. "But I do want the experience of, like, game days and partying, I don't really care about school. As you guys all know."
When did Olivia Jade return to YouTube post-scandal?
The vlogger made her grand return in December 2019. “Obviously I've been gone for a very long time,” she said, revealing that she debated coming back. “I’m legally not allowed to speak on anything going on right now,” Olivia noted, referencing the scandal. “I want to move on with my life.”
How many followers does Olivia Jade have?
The former USC student has over 1.9 million YouTube subscribers and over 1.2 million Instagram followers.
What does Olivia Jade post about on her YouTube channel?
Since sharing her first video in 2014, Olivia has shared videos on beauty, her routines, makeup looks, tutorials, teaching her mom slang terms and more. “I post videos talking about makeup, fashion, lifestyle, and occasionally ill do some challenges,” she penned in her "about" description. “I have a strong passion for makeup and fashion and I love sharing my passion with all of you guys here on youtube.”
Olivia told PEOPLE in 2017 that her obsession with makeup started at a young age because of her mom. She said, “I think ever since I was young, my mom had her makeup professionally done for events so I would always watch makeup artists kind of sculpt her face a little bit.”
When did Olivia Jade break her Instagram silence after the college admissions scandal?
Months after the scandal broke, the influencer took to Instagram to wish their mother a happy birthday. “One day late. happy birthday. i love you so much,” she wrote alongside a vintage photo of her and Loughlin.
Where is Olivia Jade now after the college admissions scandal broke?
Since her return to YouTube, Olivia hasn’t been active on the video-sharing platform. Following her initial “hi again” video, the influencer has only posted one other video about her “everyday routine.” Meanwhile on Instgaram, she has shared various selfies and photos of herself, though she changed things up in January to mark Kobe Bryant’s death and in May 2020 to participate in Blackout Tuesday amid the George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests.
Olivia found herself on the receiving end of backlash when she posted a message on her Instagram Story about using white privilege to stop racism. She began her lengthy post writing, “Need to understand that just ‘not being racist’ is not enough. if you hear people saying disrespectful things. CORRECT THEM. Don’t sit there & allow this to continue happening.”
Olivia went on to address her own privilege saying, “As a person who was born into privilege based on my skin color & financial situation, i was not always aware that these issues were still so present. And that makes me feel awful. But that also fuels me. It makes me want to learn more and do more and be better for all my beautiful black friends and any other person who faces discrimination.”
She added, “I’m not racist and i never have been but i need to speak up about this because just not being racist isn’t enough. It outrages me. It makes me feel sick. It brings me to tears. THERE SHOULD NOT BE SUCH A GAP BETWEEN PEOPLE LIKE THIS. We need to support and stand up and speak and use our WHITE PRIVILEGE TO STOP THIS.”
Critics slammed the beauty influencer calling her "tone deaf." Another tweeted, "SHES THE DEFINITION OF WHITE PRIVILEGE SHE CONTRIBUTED TO IT WILLINGLY…her parents cheated her way into a school and only got 2 months in jail..she is not allowed to speak on the matter."
She's back to posting regularly on YouTube, where you can find daily vlogs, hair transformations and more, just like the old days pre-scandal.
Related: John Stamos Speaks Out About Lori Loughlin Amid College Admissions Scandal
Isabella Rose Giannulli
Who is Isabella Rose?
Loughlin gave birth to her first child, Isabella, Sept. 16, 1998.
Is Isabella Rose still a student at USC?
Like her younger sister, USA Today confirmed in October of 2019 that Isabella was not currently enrolled at USC. Bella began attending the university in 2017.
When did Isabella Rose break her silence on social media post-scandal?
Isabella also broke her social media silence in 2019 to celebrate her mother's birthday. In her tribute, Bella simply wrote: "happy birthday mama. I love you ❤️."
How many followers does Isabella Rose have?
While Olivia boasts over 1 million followers, Isabella has 268 thousand. "I just have followers from [my mom] mostly and then like my sister's YouTube followers," she said during an AOL Build session in 2016.
What does Isabella Rose do?
Isabella is more low-key than her sibling, but enjoys posting photos of herself on Instagram. She is also an actress. Bella has appeared in Hallmark movies, including Homegrown Christmas, with her famous mother. The aspiring actress told TODAY's Hoda Kotb in 2017 that she wants to do "probably movies or TV." She said, "I just love all of it. It's so fun. Like I'd be happy to do anything." Isabella made her acting debut in 2016's Every Christmas Has a Story. The budding star was admittedly happy to work with her mom on the movie. "I look up to her obviously like she's my mom and she's so talented so like having her by my side the whole entire time was amazing," Belle said on the TODAY show in 2016.
Did Isabella Rose want to go to college?
Back in 2017, Bella made an appearance on the TODAY show alongside her mom, during which she told Kotb that she wanted to study acting.
What has Isabella Rose said about Olivia Jade?
Given their proximity in age, it's no surprise that the sisters have a close bond. "She's like my best friend. Like a built-in buddy since birth. She's like the one person like I know I can rely on for like anything so it's amazing," Bella said of Olivia at a 2016 AOL Build session. "I'm her biggest fan."
Have either of Lori Loughlin's daughter said anything about the college admissions scandal?
Bella hasn't publicly spoken about the scandal. "I’m legally not allowed to speak on anything going on right now,” Olivia said in her first YouTube video post-scandal.
Then, in December 2020, she appeared on Red Table Talk. Olivia began her chat with Jada Pinkett Smithand the rest of the panel with the obvious: “It’s been hard, I think for anybody, no matter what the situation is, you don’t want to see your parents go to prison. But also, I think it’s necessary for us to move on and move forward.”
“I think that this has been a really eye-opening experience for me…and although there’s a lot of negative around it, and a lot of mistakes and wrongdoings, it’s led me to have a completely different outlook on a lot of situations,” she said, adding that she didn’t feel as badly about losing followers or brand endorsements as much as she felt terrible for living in “[her] own little bubble” for so long.
“I really felt most moved by the fact that we did all of this and were so ignorant, and I feel like a huge part of having privilege is not knowing you have privilege,” she admitted. “And so when it was happening, it didn’t feel wrong. It didn’t feel like, ‘That’s not fair, a lot of people don’t have that.'”
Next, read up on the College Admissions Scandal Netflix documentary.
