Katie Couric (left) told Kelly Rizzo (right) and John Stamos that she went on a date with Bob Saget (middle).Photo:Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty, Mike Coppola/Getty
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Katie Courichas more fond — and intimate — memories ofBob Sagetthan most.
The formerTodayco-anchor revealed to the late comic’s wifeKelly RizzoandFull HousecostarJohn Stamosthat she and Saget — whodiedin January 2022 at age 65 — once enjoyed a romantic evening together.
“I really liked him. I found him so cute and funny and amusing,” the broadcaster, 66, said on the latest episode of herNext Question with Katie Couricpodcast.
“And I did think we shared a pretty nice kiss in the foyer of my apartment,” she added.
Bob Saget and Kelly Rizzo, who married in 2018.Amanda Edwards/Getty Images
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Rizzo — whotied the knot with Sagetin 2018 — told the host, “He always thought you were lovely. He was a big fan. He adored you.”
“Well, not enough to call me again,” Couric joked. “But that’s OK because it all worked out.”
“He found the love of his life with you,” she told Rizzo, 44.
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After joining the episode, Stamos divulged more details about the host’s short-lived romance with hisFull Housecostar.
“Katie, if you and I went out instead of you and Bob, we’d probably still be dating,” he joked.
“What was Bob thinking?” quipped Rizzo.
“Out of me, Coulier, and Saget, you could have started with me,” theFull Housealum said, to which Couric replied, “Well, you didn’t ask, John,” then added, “I don’t think you were available at the time.”
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“I used to have to Cyrano him,” he continued. “Like, I would tell him what to text and what to say, and what to do on these dates.”
While preparing the comedian for with his date with Couric, the actor said he remembers texting him: “Don’t blow it. Act smart around Katie. She’s a very intelligent woman. She’s not just beautiful. Be careful, Bob.”
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After mentioning the kiss once more, Couric shared that Saget was a “good kisser” — “as Kelly knows.”
“I know too,” Stamos said. “There are three of us here that have kissed him.”
“We were like [an] old married couple,” Stamos added of his friendship with the late comedian. “We didn’t have sex and we argued a lot.”
Stamos divulged more about his relationship with Saget in his memoirIf You Would Have Told Me, which he said he was inspired to write after penning a heartfelt speech forSaget’s memorial service.
While discussing the book, the actor told PEOPLE that hedoes everything he can to keep his late friend’s memory alive.
“I talk about him all the time,” he said. “You know that movieCoco, where they say, ‘You have to keep talking about the people that are dead or they’ll die again up there,’ or whatever. Put pictures up. I talk about him all the time.”
“And if I don’t, I can hear him complaining up there,” he added. “But that’s the way I’ve kept him alive.”
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source: people.com
