Candace Cameron Bure’s love for her husband, Valeri, keeps getting stronger. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, the producer and actress, who recently celebrated her 28th wedding anniversary, opened up about her marriage and explained why she’s “more committed” to her partner now than when they wed. Bure said, “The love has grown over the years. When you really do go through the depths of the valley, and you come back out on top as many times as you go through that roller coaster of life within marriage, every time you come back on top, it’s like another notch in the belt of commitment, staying together.”
She continued, “We’ve been together for 30 years, and that’s a pretty big milestone,” said Bure. “I truly love him more today and am more committed to him today than I was when we first got married. He’s my partner for life.” The “Full House” alum recently gave a special shoutout to her husband on Instagram. The caption read alongside a series of photos of the couple and their children throughout the years, “28 years today! How it started and how it’s going.” Bure, who married the former hockey player in 1996, said the key to a successful marriage stems from their joint commitment to God.
She said, “Marriage is so wonderful. And yet, there have been so many ups and downs over the years. I’ve said it before, but the secret has not just been the commitment to God and the blueprint that God provides us biblically within a marriage, but it’s honoring one another. And in that, even when I may not, he may not deserve it, we honor each other because it’s honoring God. And I think that’s where the focus is for us. That we honor God in all our actions first and foremost, but that is an outpouring of the love that we share together whether we really feel like it or not at the moment.”
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The duo share three children: daughter Natasha, 25, and sons Lev, 24, and Maksim, 22. As a mom to three adult children, Bure said the upcoming season of her podcast will focus heavily on navigating parenthood. She said, “I just feel like you have to be intentional about your parenting. You have to make decisions as to what type of parent you want to be, what kind of training you want to do with your children and what type of guardrails you want on their life.”
She added, “As a parent, sometimes it’s really difficult. Sometimes, it’s hard to stick to what you want to do. Because there might just be an easier way, or you just feel so bad, you feel like the mean parent, and you just want to give your kids whatever they want. But when you step back and look, you have to realize that this is a way in which we’re going to shape them throughout their entire youth. And then they have the ability to choose whatever they want when they become adults.”
The “Fuller House” alum explained that the couple have remained close to their adult children due to the “strong relationships” the family built when they were younger.