Here are some photos of Lori Loughlin at HollyRod Foundation’s DesignCare gala in June. This was one of her first times on any kind of “carpet” in LA since she was released from federal prison in December 2020. Lori served about two full months of her sentence for her role in the far-ranging Operation Varsity Blues criminal conspiracy. That two-month sentence came after Lori and her husband took plea deals. As part of Lori’s plea deal and probation, she had to put in a certain number of hours at a charity. She chose Project Angel Food. To her credit, once Lori completed her 100-hour mandatory community service, she continued working with the organization and she still volunteers there. I mean, she wants credit for it, just as she wanted credit for privately paying for two students’ university costs. But hey, it’s better than nothing. It was her work with Project Angel Food that brought us Lori’s first public comments since her 2020 allocution.
In her first television interview since going to prison for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get her two daughters into the University of Southern California, Lori Loughlin opened up about how she felt after the college admissions scandal.
Over the weekend, Loughlin appeared in a KTLA-5 TV special for Project Angel Food, a Los Angeles-based organization that prepares and delivers healthful meals to people in need. The former “Full House” star has been volunteering with Project Angel Food since completing her prison sentence in December 2020.
“That’s what Project Angel Food is: working with people who have hit a low in their life,” Loughlin said during the “Lead With Love 3″ telecast.
“They have welcomed me with such open arms at a time when I was feeling particularly down and broken. That’s how I found a home here, and that’s what I feel like they did for me. … I’m so proud to be here and working with this organization because they really do care. … It’s more than just feeding people. It’s about loving people and helping people.”
This reminds me of Halle Berry’s years-long work with the Jenesse Center. Halle started working with Jenesse as part of a community service/probation situation too, and then once she completed her hours, she continued to work with them and she’s one of their biggest fundraisers and celebrity patrons now. I imagine that’s what Lori is aiming for – she will make Project Angel Food her issue. I still think Lori is a massive pill and she should have done more time than two months, but I don’t hate the fact that she’s committed to highlighting this cause and volunteering at Project Angel Food.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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- LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – JUNE 18: American actress Lori Loughlin arrives at HollyRod Foundation’s DesignCare 2022 Gala held at RJ’s Place on June 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 700966086, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Lori Loughlin, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – JUNE 18: American actress Lori Loughlin arrives at HollyRod Foundation’s DesignCare 2022 Gala held at RJ’s Place on June 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 700966260, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Lori Loughlin, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – JUNE 18: American actress Lori Loughlin arrives at HollyRod Foundation’s DesignCare 2022 Gala held at RJ’s Place on June 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 700966280, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Lori Loughlin, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
Martha did 5 months in a penitentiary and mounted a successful comeback. I’m sure this one will be welcomed with open arms too.
I am glad she stuck with the volunteer job, good for her.
The Hallmark ladies are milkin’ it this week.
Ugh. No doubt she’ll follow this up with a memoir and turn her crime into a PR stunt. She’s a rich, entitled woman who thought nothing of becoming a criminal so she can have even more. She should retire permanently and stay out of the public eye and take the husband and daughters with her.
If she *truly* just spent the rest of her years trying to do charity work and generally rehab her image but didn’t immediately jump back into “celebrity” beyond using it to support the charities she’s working with (especially making affordable access to education an issue she’s committed to).
That would be a good choice and eventually, I’d probably be fine with her again. But she’s going to have to prove that this is going to last more than a couple of weeks or until she gets a role that’s not a really bad off-brand Hallmark movie.
I kind of doubt it though.
I blame Mossimo more for this mess.
Honestly, Lori was exposed, she was charged, and punished. She did her time. I think it’s time to let it go and move on. She deserves to have a life and career again. She paid her dues enough.
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Did everyone else know she was a completely different person than Candace Cameron Burre? Honestly thought they were one person.
If you grew up watching Family Matters you do.
You mean Full House right?
But @Mrs Robinson, I definitely see what you mean. It’s the the same basic look
Hard to have a whole lot of sympathy for this privileged, entitled, woman. The whole college bribe scandal was quite disgusting. Glad she’s continuing on with the charity work, hopefully it’s genuine and not just as an attempt to rehab her tarnished image…
Project Angel Food is an amazing organization in Los Angeles. If this brings awareness to their philanthropy, it’s a win for all.
She looks horrible as a blond. Brunette hair is much more flattering to her.
I mean…yeah. She committed crimes and served time in prison, of course she felt “down”. And she should have!
Hopefully she’s sincere about her work with this charity, maybe doing that will help her improve as a person as well.
I guess this is all good as long as she’s not doing these things cynically to rehab her public image. (If image rehab is an unintended byproduct of her charity work then everyone wins, just not if it’s the sole intention.) But I can’t help thinking that if she paid half a million dollars in bribes to steal college spots for her children, then she hasn’t repaid her societal debt until she donates half a million dollars to fund tuition for deserving and resource-poor prospective students. Funding two individual students is a good start, but not enough.
@ Lionel, I think that your suggestion is a lovely idea!!! Imagine how many low income families could benefit from that money!! So many low income families do not have the resources to send their children to college as they did not attend either. This lack of a high education causes a perpetual repetition of families stuck in poverty.
I wonder if she felt down because (maybe) her daughter didn’t bother to see her in prison? I recall seeing Olivia Jade after she reached out to Jada Smith to appear on Red Table Talk and it sure didn’t sound like she’d talked to parents.
Imagine how “down” numerous smart, talented, hardworking students felt when they didn’t get into college because they were robbed of their places.
She feels down and broken because she was caught and went to jail and was publicly shamed. Still feel she can re-claim good p.r. by continuing with charity work indefinitely.