Danny Pintauro slams Candace Cameron Bure, says 'The View' interview was 'horrifying' and 'lowest point'
AUSTIN, TEXAS: Actor Danny Pintauro has opened up about his interview on ‘The View’ in 2015 with actress Candace Cameron Bure. The interview was soon after Pintauro revealed that he was HIV positive and he had come in to help raise awareness about the condition. However, things took an awkward turn when Bure went on to attack Pintauro and shame him on the interview, leaving a lot of the viewers shocked.
According to the Daily Mail, Pintauro was speaking on the ‘Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef’ podcast when he said he was very disappointed with the poor way in which he was treated. He also expressed sadness at how Bure had continued to pressure him with questions about his HIV status, completely disregarding the fact that he was uncomfortable.
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“Have you seen that interview? You need to go watch it. You will walk away from it feeling very angry,” he said, referring to the interview with Bure. “She basically said, do you take responsibility for getting HIV because you were living a promiscuous lifestyle?” he recounted. “And, turned on the spot to my husband and said do you have unprotected sex with your husband?” He then went on to add, “I mean it was horrifying…It was one of the lowest moments of the journey I had after coming out to Oprah. And so it’s not surprising to me that she’s taking this stance with Christmas movies that she’s gonna be involved in.”
Pintauro also seemed quite shocked at her extreme stance and wondered how she got to that position. “She must have tons of people in her life that are LGBTQ+, at least from her past. And how she got to this place is just a little concerning to me. It’s almost like she went backward in a way," Pintauro reportedly said.
While he did say he was disappointed at her poor treatment of him, he believed that if Bure were to be a bit more open-minded, she could be a force for good, but he acknowledged that it may not happen in the near future. “But I do not see that happening anytime soon,” he said, adding, “I don’t know enough about her backstory to know but her brother has become ultra-extreme. Has he worn off on her?” He wondered if Bure’s parents pushed her in an alt-right direction. “So, I don’t know, it’s just disappointing either way, that’s for sure,” he added.