John Stamosis looking back at his diva moment on the set ofGeneral Hospital.During an appearance on SiriusXM’sThe Jess Cagle Show, theFull Housealum, 60, recalled becoming frustrated whenElizabeth Taylorvisited the set of the ABC soap opera.“She’d been on the show, and she was friends with Tony Geary,” he said of Taylor. “I had this, it was one of those scenes where it was the first time when my mother was dying on the scene in the show and I never really experienced that and I was trying to say, ‘My mother’s dead. My mother’s dead,’ in my head and my head was like, ‘No she’s not. She’s teaching CCD down in Orange County.’“John Stamos and Elizabeth Taylor.Noam Galai/Getty, Gregg DeGuire/WireImageStamos, who played Blackie Parrish onGeneral Hospitalfrom 1982 to 1984, then called out the Hollywood legend, whodied in March 2011, for being in his eye line during filming.“I heard this rustling, and it was, I couldn’t get through the scene,” he recalled. “I was f—ing it up. I couldn’t get to that emotional place and I heard rustling and I heard a pop like this and then I was like, ‘Get that old lady out of my eye line,’ and the old lady was Elizabeth Taylor.”He added the late actress had “popped a bottle of champagne in the director’s chair, and she was saying that she wanted to see him with Blackie.“Janine Turner and John Stamos on ‘General Hospital’.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via GettyIn his new memoirIf You Would Have Told Me, Stamos shared that he only learned Taylor’s identity from his costarChris Robinsonafter the incident.“I can’t believe I lost my s— in front of Elizabeth Taylor,” Stamos wrote, perTooFab. “My dad is going to kill me.”He continued: “I mute my tantrum, apologize profusely, make some excuse about calling her old, then slither back to the set and continue the scene. This time, I cry my eyes out.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.If You Would Have Told Meis available wherever books are sold.
John Stamosis looking back at his diva moment on the set ofGeneral Hospital.
During an appearance on SiriusXM’sThe Jess Cagle Show, theFull Housealum, 60, recalled becoming frustrated whenElizabeth Taylorvisited the set of the ABC soap opera.
“She’d been on the show, and she was friends with Tony Geary,” he said of Taylor. “I had this, it was one of those scenes where it was the first time when my mother was dying on the scene in the show and I never really experienced that and I was trying to say, ‘My mother’s dead. My mother’s dead,’ in my head and my head was like, ‘No she’s not. She’s teaching CCD down in Orange County.’”
John Stamos and Elizabeth Taylor.Noam Galai/Getty, Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
Noam Galai/Getty, Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
Stamos, who played Blackie Parrish onGeneral Hospitalfrom 1982 to 1984, then called out the Hollywood legend, whodied in March 2011, for being in his eye line during filming.
“I heard this rustling, and it was, I couldn’t get through the scene,” he recalled. “I was f—ing it up. I couldn’t get to that emotional place and I heard rustling and I heard a pop like this and then I was like, ‘Get that old lady out of my eye line,’ and the old lady was Elizabeth Taylor.”
He added the late actress had “popped a bottle of champagne in the director’s chair, and she was saying that she wanted to see him with Blackie.”
Janine Turner and John Stamos on ‘General Hospital’.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
In his new memoirIf You Would Have Told Me, Stamos shared that he only learned Taylor’s identity from his costarChris Robinsonafter the incident.
“I can’t believe I lost my s— in front of Elizabeth Taylor,” Stamos wrote, perTooFab. “My dad is going to kill me.”
He continued: “I mute my tantrum, apologize profusely, make some excuse about calling her old, then slither back to the set and continue the scene. This time, I cry my eyes out.”
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If You Would Have Told Meis available wherever books are sold.
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