Why Kimmy's parents weren't on the final season of 'Fuller House'

• Warning: There are major spoilers ahead for the "Fuller House" finale.
• Jimmy and Kimmy Gibbler's parents never show up on the final episodes of the show.
• Candace Cameron Bure said they considered introducing the Gibblers, but it would have been tough to introduce two characters in nine final episodes.
• "Because they would be so significant, I think they thought it would detract from the wedding," Cameron Bure told Insider.
• The actress said the Gibbler parents should have been added a season or two ago.

The "Fuller House" triple wedding finale is filled with many surprise guests from the past along with Joey McIntyre. But Jimmy and Kimmy Gibbler's parents were among the no-shows.

"It was something that they thought about and because we knew it was the last season, I think it was hard for the writers to introduce what would have been two very significant characters," Candace Cameron Bure, who plays D.J. Tanner, told Insider.

"If they wanted to do that, it should have been probably in an earlier season or two for it to make sense," Cameron Bure added of how Kimmy's parents should have been introduced on the show much earlier. "Because they would be so significant, I think they thought it would detract from the wedding."

Jimmy and Kimmy's parents were the focus of the mid-season premiere.

When Joey announced he was throwing an engagement party, he surprised the Gibbler kids by saying their parents were coming. The entire episode revolved around Jimmy and Kimmy preparing for a reunion with their mom and dad who they hadn't seen in years.

How many years? Apparently, the pair never even met their teenage granddaughter, Ramona, because they were too busy traveling the world.

By the episode's end, the Gibbler parents don't show up. Instead, they send along a singing telegram to reveal the news. Jimmy's not surprised, but Kimmy is completely distraught.

Upset, she tells Joey this is likely a confirmation her father won't be at her wedding to walk her down the aisle.

Kimmy tells Joey she spent so much time with the Tanner family growing up because her parents were never around. As a result, they always felt more like her real family. Joey shared that was the same reason he spent so much time with Jesse and Danny on the original "Full House."

"Kimmy, I don't like to talk about it very much, but I didn't have the greatest family life either," said Joey. "That's why all you guys became my family."

After realizing how much they had in common, Joey asked Kimmy if he could walk her down the aisle at her wedding. Cameron Bure said that was on purpose to set up the meaningful moment on the finale between Joey and Kimmy so it didn't feel out of the blue.

"That's why they really set it up in a previous episode when Joey is throwing the engagement party that the parents don't show up," said Cameron Bure. "It's actually quite sad, but it gives you that beautiful moment when Joey tells Kimmy that he would love to walk her down the aisle."

"So then when we get to the wedding day, you see the reason, and I think that was the problem that they were trying to solve," she added.

Cameron Bure said it wouldn't have made sense to only have the Gibbler parents on the finale.

"I think if you bring the Gibbler parents on, those characters are so extravagant and they're so big and bold that it's almost like there wasn't room," said Cameron Bure. "We already have so many cast members on our show. That's another part of it. It's very hard to serve such big characters that would actually need their own story lines when you already have so many others to service."

You can read our full interview with Cameron Bure here. The final nine episodes of "Fuller House" are currently streaming on Netflix.

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