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If there’s one thing that you probably wouldn’t have put on your Bingo card, it’s having outspoken Christian and former Full House star, Candace Cameron Bure, who has never shied away from discussing her faith publicly, go into at great length when talking about her sex life and God. Yes, you read that correctly. On a recent episode of The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast, the host sat down with Bachelor Nation’s Madi Prewett to talk about all sorts of interesting things that might be considered taboo on another show. One of the big things that caught a lot of people’s attention was a confession about sex and how it relates to her connection to God. Intrigued yet?
Candace Cameron Bure divulges the thing that ‘weirds’ her out the most about sex.
For a lot of people, the idea of talking openly about sex when you’re a person of faith, isn’t exactly a familiar concept. Say what you will about actress and outspoken Christian, Candace Cameron Bure, but perhaps she’s working to fight against that, even just a little.
On an episode of The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast, she opened up to reality TV star, Madi Prewett, about one aspect of sex that never fails to “weird” her out, even at almost 50 years old. “A visual of God watching me having sex weirds me out,” Candace candidly admitted to her guest. Of all the things you never thought you’d hear someone publicly discuss!
The mom of three went on to say, “It totally just depends on your upbringing and what your past experiences have been or the things that you were taught as a kid. I’m almost 50 and some of those adolescent thoughts never quite leave your mind.” Okay, is she digging herself even deeper with that admission or could it perhaps work to create an even bigger conversation about religion?
This led to a discussion about purity culture and what that can all mean for religious folks.
While her guest, Madi Prewett admitted to similar feelings about sex that made her think things like, “Lord, help me to invite you into this and not feel like this is a weird or shameful thing for you because you created it,” Candace shared that she had “very kind of weird, confused feelings” about sex when she married her husband, Valeri Bure, almost 30 years ago.
Candace admitted that “purity culture,” which is the idea around extreme abstinence and waiting until you’re married to have sex with your husband for religious reasons, expected her to remain a virgin until she was married. But then when you finally tie the knot, it’s kind of like, “‘Okay, now you’re married, go for it.'”
The podcast host discussed how “there wasn’t a good bridge there” because she still experienced feelings that “felt shameful” when going from a person who was abstinent to someone who people were saying, “now you can do whatever you want.”
Some might say that it feels like a somewhat strange concept that’s not really set up to help people have a healthy relationship with their sexuality. Anyone else agree?
You might be surprised about how open the ‘Full House’ star has been about discussing sex with her three kids.
In an episode from her podcast that was released in February, Candace spoke about how she’s had “very open conversations with [her] kids” as they got older about sex. She even went as far to say that she “grossed them out all the time” by bringing up the topic of sex in places like the car where they couldn’t “escape.” That almost seems like a form of punishment, Candace!
On her latest podcast episode, the best-selling author said that she has “three kids [who] are in their 20s,” so she’s “done a lot of parenting and had a lot of conversations in this area over the years.”
It’s nice to think about how she’s hopefully an open and accepting parent for her kids, especially as they grown into adults with long-lasting relationships of their own, but how often are these discussions about sex taking place with them? Is it all a little too much? You decide!
