Dave Coulier used a group text to tell his Full House colleagues that he was battling cancer.

The 65-year-old actor told People Wednesday that he received an ‘immediate’ response after telling his costars that he’d been diagnosed with stage 3 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The St. Clair Shores, Michigan-born actor told the publication, ‘I didn’t want them to hear it from someone else, so I sent a text message out.

Coulier – who played Joey Gladstone on Full House from 1987-1995, and Fuller House from 2016-2020 – said that the group text is composed of the show’s creator Jeff Franklin and costars John Stamos, Lori Loughlin, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber and Scott Weinger.

‘It was just this outpouring of, “I will be there. You just name the time, and I know you’re in great hands with [wife Melissa Bring] but what can we do?”‘ he said.

Dave Coulier, 65, says he used a group text to tell his Full House colleagues that he was battling cancer. Pictured Sunday in Michigan

Coulier sent a group text to a thread including (L-R) Candace Cameron Bure, Andrea Barber, Jodie Sweetin, Lori Loughlin and John Stamos. Pictured on Stamos’ Instagram in 2019

Coulier, who’s also worked on popular shows such as Robot Chicken, How I Met Your Mother and It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, said of the show’s inner circle: ‘It really is overwhelming the love that we have for each other.

He said of Stamos: ‘He goes, “If you want to just sleep, I’ll just sit by you or if you want to listen to music or just talk, whatever.” And I’m just like, “Wow. That’s like a brother. That’s just truly a brother.”‘

Coulier said of the show’s inner circle: ‘It really is overwhelming the love that we have for each other’

Coulier discussed his diagnosis with Hoda Kotb on the Today Show earlier Wednesday

The cast of the series, including the late Bob Saget, was pictured in January 2017 in LA

Coulier, who discussed his diagnosis with Hoda Kotb on the Today Show earlier Wednesday, told the publication that he was diagnosed last month after dealing with an upper respiratory infection.