John Stamos Learned The Hard Way That If Tony Danza Wants Your Girl, Then Tony Danza Takes Your Girl

Dante10/23/2023 9:10 PM

NY POST- John Stamos claims he caught his then-girlfriend and model Teri Copley in bed with fellow actor Tony Danza during their short-lived romance in the 1980s.
In his memoir “If You Would Have Told Me,” out Tuesday, the “Full House” alum revealed that he discovered Copley cheating with the “Who’s the Boss?” star one night.
“I call her from the road, but the girl who breathlessly picked up the phone after one ring is now giving me busy signals and dial tones,” Stamos, 60, wrote in an excerpt obtained by Entertainment Weekly. “When I get home, I call her throughout the day and into the evening. No response. Strange. We’ve gone from talking on the phone every few hours to silence.”
Initially brushing it off as Copley, 62, being busy at a modeling gig or an audition, Stamos wrote that he began to get concerned as time went on.

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Upon arrival, Stamos discovered the house had “no lights on” and “no movement behind the windows” despite a car being in the driveway.
“A black 1957 Porsche 356 Speedster, vintage convertible. Strange. I shuffle to the car with my stomach sinking and take a quick look inside,” Stamos wrote. “There’s a hairbrush, keys, boxing gloves, and a half-unrolled poster of my girlfriend, naked, barely covered by a white sheet. Half of her butt is showing. I’ve never seen this poster before.”
Unable to enter the house from either the front or side doors, Stamos said that he remembered that he and Copley used to sleep in the guesthouse in the backyard.
“The blinds are closed, but the door is slightly open,” he continued. “I take a peek inside and see four feet protruding from the shabby-chic, floral-print duvet that once kept me warm.”

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“My Tiny Dancer is in bed with Mr. Porsche Speedster. They are sleeping. I can’t tell who he is, but I recognize Teri’s ass barely covered by the sheets. It looks like her new poster,” the “You” star recalled, describing the moment as “my worst nightmare. I try to hold back tears,” he shared. “Time slows until I’m frozen. I can’t breathe. A few tears roll down my face, and it pisses me off. They snap me out of my daze, and I feel angry and confused. I could explode.”
Ultimately, Stamos revealed that he decided to “run like hell” — but not before stealing the poster from the mysterious car.
“I stare at the two-dimensional, half-dressed woman that I thought I knew. She’s signed the poster, with little hearts, ‘My Dear Tony, I’ll love you forever. XO, Teri,'” Stamos noted. “Tony? Who the hell is Tony?”
It wasn’t until Stamos was speeding home, and with a little help from a catchy Elton John tune, that he realized “the name of my rival.”
“Hold me closer, Tony Danza,” Stamos emphasized.

The 80s were a bizarre time man.

I'm by no means saying Teri Copely wasn't a fine looking lady.

But to be fought over by two of the hottest guys in the world?

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This wasn't Helen of Troy we're talking about.

And it's not like this was before either of these guys' primes. They were each cleaing up pretty damn well for themselves. Look at these track records -

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Natasha Henstridge

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Emma Samms

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Lori Loughlin

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Demi Moore

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Denise Matthews

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Marlee Matlin

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Paula Abdul

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Rebecca Romijn

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Denise Richards

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Renée Zellweger

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I don't think anybody would argue that life is good being John Stamos.

But what people might be surprised to learn, is Tony Danza was the real alpha of the 80s. The Who's The Boss star was hotter than molten lava.

Put it this way, the guy was so fucking massive that HE got to sing to FRANK SINATRA on his 80th birthday!

(Figure that one out)

He was also fighting the finest trim in the world off with a stick.

Morgan Fairchild back in the 80s was as good as it gets.

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(She still brings it if we're being totally honest)

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But that's not the point of this blog. The point of the blog is that I can't imagine a worse guy to have his sights set on your girl than the real-life Tony Micelli

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That's like King Edward Longshanks declaring prima nocta. It's game over. Even for studs like John Stamos. It's sad he had to find out the hard way, catching his girl in bed with Danza, and finding cinemax softcore posters of her in his car parked in the driveway, with love letters inscribed on them.

p.s.- I will never understand how Stamos didn't lock down Aunt Becky back in the day. every opportunity in the world, most beautiful chick in the game, on-screen chemistry off the charts, biggest Rippers fan on the planet, and they even dated off and on.