John Stamos raises eyebrows with bald cap tribute to cancer-stricken Dave Coulier

John Stamos sparked contention aft sporting a bald headdress to amusement his enactment for pal Dave Coulier, who precocious revealed his crab diagnosis.

Both Stamos and Coulier shared a bid of photos to Instagram connected Monday, the archetypal of which sees the duo lasting side-by-side, some of their heads wholly hairless. The adjacent shows Coulier getting a shave from his erstwhile “Full House” co-star portion the 3rd shows his woman and Stamos kissing his freshly bald head.

“Nothing similar throwing connected a bald cap and flexing immoderate Photoshop skills to amusement immoderate emotion and solidarity with my bro @dcoulier,” Stamos said successful the caption.

“You’re handling this with truthful overmuch spot and positivity—it’s inspiring,” helium continued. “I cognize you’re going to get done this, and I’m arrogant to basal with you each measurement of the way. I emotion you.”

Stamos wrapped his connection with praise for Coulier’s wife, Melissa, calling her “the astir wonderfulest” and “a existent lifeline.”

The tribute left societal media users divided, with immoderate criticizing Stamos’ motion arsenic superficial.

“Hate to beryllium that idiosyncratic but this is much insulting by putting connected a bald cap past not shaving ur head,” 1 remark reads. “A idiosyncratic with crab doesn’t person a ‘cap’ they tin instrumentality off.”

Dave Coulier, left, and John Stamos be 2016 TV Land Icon Awards astatine The Barker Hanger connected April 10, 2016 successful Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for TV Land)

Another added: “Seriously conscionable couldn’t shave your caput bro?? lol.”

Coulier was speedy to support his person successful a connection shared to his Instagram connected Tuesday, blasting the negativity surrounding the post.

“It’s our relationship (me and John) and this is however we are handling a precise pugnacious time,” helium wrote. “I’m a comedian and wit is what drives me. John knows however to cheer maine up and I laughed retired large erstwhile helium showed up wearing a bald headdress – being a existent loving person and a brother.”

Stamos starred arsenic the hair-obsessed Jesse Katsopolis alongside Bob Saget’s Danny Tanner and Coulier’s Joey Gladstone connected “Full House.” The amusement ran from 1987 to 1995 and the trio precocious reprised their roles connected Netflix’s spinoff, “Fuller House.”

Earlier this month, Coulier revealed helium was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He said that portion the crab is aggressive, his doctors anticipation helium volition beryllium successful remission erstwhile helium finishes chemo successful February 2025.