“Full House” Actress Andrea Barber Recounts Waking Up from Kidney Surgery to the OJ Bronco Chase: 'A Fever Dream'

Virginia ChamleeTue, April 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM UTC

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Full House actress Andrea Barber is recounting the unique circumstances she was in the day of the now-infamous OJ Simpson Bronco chase

Barber shared the story on an episode of her Full House rewatch podcast

"We watched the Bronco chase as I was, like, coming out of anesthesia," she shared

Andrea Barber is opening up about the unique way she learned about the 1994 O.J. Simpson Bronco chase.

The actress, who played Kimmy Gibbler on Full House and reprised her character on the Netflix reboot from 2016 to 2020, told the story to Jodie Sweetin on their Full House rewatch podcast, How Rude, Tanneritos!

Sharing that she suffered from kidney stones, Barber revealed that she underwent a medical procedure on June 17, 1994 that required her to undergo anesthesia.

California Highway Patrol chase Al Cowlings, driving, and O.J. Simpson, hiding in rear of white Bronco on the 91 Freeway, just West of the I5 freeway. The chase ended in Simpson's arrest at his Brentwood home.Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty

— sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories."They put me to sleep. So, you know, it wasn't like too painful," Barber, 49, shared. "And so I'm waking up from the anesthesia ...This was like three weeks before I graduated from high school. Anyways, we watched the Bronco chase as I was, like, coming out of anesthesia."She continued: "As I was waking up from anesthesia, the Bronco chase was happening. And so my parents, we, you know, had it on the radio. People were watching it in the hospital.""So I just was like, 'What did I wake up to? Like, what is happening right now that O.J. Simpson's being chased down the freeway? ' " Barber said, adding: "That was a fever dream. So anytime anyone mentions the Bronco chase, I think of my kidneys — and now you will, too."

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The now-notorious Bronco chase occurred when Simpson, who died at age 76 in April 2024, was ordered to turn himself into police on June 17, 1994 following the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson. Simpson and her friend, waiter Ronald Goldman, were stabbed to death on June 12, 1994. Their bodies were found outside of her Los Angeles-area home in the early hours of June 13.

But Simpson did not follow orders, and his whereabouts remained unknown until that evening, after 6 p.m. local time, when he was spotted in a Bronco with close friend and former NFL teammate Al Cowlings, driving down a Southern California interstate.

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Swarms of police vehicles and news helicopters began pursuing Simpson as the car traveled to the athlete's home in Brentwood, with the chase continuing for 60 miles at low speeds. As curious onlookers pulled over to watch, millions at home tuned in, too.

The Bronco ultimately arrived at Simpson's L.A.-area home at 8 p.m., with police, and snipers, surrounding the house. Simpson eventually exited the vehicle — in which the LAPD found makeup adhesive, a fake mustache and goatee, Simpson’s passport and a gun — and surrendered to authorities. He was ultimately acquitted of criminal charges in relation to Nicole Brown Simpson's murder, in what was dubbed "The Trial of the Century." He was later sued in civil court by the Browns and Goldmans and found liable.

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