8 Juicy Offscreen Moments From Hallmark Stars In 2023

Remember when Hallmark disassociated themselves from Lori Loughlin after her involvement in the infamous 2019 Varsity Blues scandal, where it was discovered that she and her husband had paid USC half a million dollars in exchange for their daughters’ admission to the university? Hallmark didn’t hesitate to remove her shows and movies from the platform then, but years later, it appears that they had changed their tune! In 2022, her “Garage Sale Mysteries” made it back to circulation, and a year later, Brian Bird, the co-creator of “When Calls the Heart,” hinted at Loughlin’s big comeback. “Our attitude always has been, as the producing team around the writing team around When Calls the Heart, that what better place for second chances than Hope Valley?” he said on the “Heart to Hearties” podcast. “So, in theory, it should work, right? But again, can’t fully promise it, but we’re working on it.”