Candace Cameron Bure spoke with Mayim Bialik on her podcast, “Breakdown” and spoke on a myriad of topics, including her struggles with an eating disorder, parenting, and Bialik and Bure sharing their experiences as child stars on “Blossom” and “Full House” respectively. Bure also discussed being married to her husband, former hockey player Valeri Bure, for 26 years. Bure recalled meeting her husband at 18 years old and she was struck by his “maturity” and strong work ethic. Bure admitted that things at the beginning were “not easy” as she switched from being a professional actor to a stay-at-home mom and “hockey wife” for ten years. Yet, looking back, she stated she would do it all over again.

In speaking about she and her husband’s relationship after 26 years, she stated that they are still in love. “It’s an important part of the relationship that we make time for one another, that we still love each other both physically, you know, spiritually, mentally, all of the things. It all comes hand in hand,” she said. “Sex obviously is important,” and that “sex within marriage gets such a bad rap,” she said, also noting the common trope that long-term marriages become sexless. Bure stated that “sex is a gift from God to be within the constraints of marriage and that it is to be celebrated and a huge part of marriage.”

“I’m not trying to talk about my sex life, but I do think it is important to share what a healthy sex life within marriage can be just in saying like that that’s important,” she said. Bure had previously defended herself in 2020 from criticism when she posted a picture of herself and her husband on social media with her husband’s hand over her breast. After being criticized as the image being “inappropriate” by Christian social media users, Bure asserted on Instagram, “For all you Christians that are questioning my post with my husband’s hand on my boob, my husband of 24 years, thinking it was inappropriate, it makes me laugh because it’s my husband. We have so much fun together. He can touch me anytime he wants and I hope he does. This is what a healthy, good marriage and relationship is all about so I’m sorry if it offended you.” She later added that she was, “actually not sorry.”

The situation illustrated the struggle Christians have in how to address sex. “Marriage After God,” a podcast by Aaron and Jennifer Smith, authors of Marriage After God: Chasing Boldly After God’s Purpose For Your Life Together, addressed the issue in their blog. “Somewhere among the Christian culture, it has been drilled into our hearts and our minds that it is not appropriate to talk about sex. Perhaps it was or wasn’t an intentional agenda to squash the word sex out of the Christian vocabulary, but in my experience, it has happened and I am not the only one who has noticed,” they wrote. They also stressed the importance of discussing intimacy in a Biblical, married setting because, “If Christians do not speak up about God’s great design of sex and intimacy in marriage, those who hear the very loud conversation going on will only hear the world’s point of view.  We need to step into the arena and share the good news about sex, the truth about sex.”