In what can best be described as a moment of detente in Hollywood, John Stamos and Jerry O’Connell were all smiles as they appeared in a photo shared this weekend.

The selfie, which O’Connell posted to Instagram on Saturday, shows him posing with his wife Rebecca Romijn’s ex-husband at comedian Howie Mandel’s 70th birthday celebration in Van Nuys, California. Stamos’ current wife, Caitlin McHugh, appeared between the two men in the photo.

In his caption, O’Connell compared himself and Stamos to President Donald Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who shared a surprisingly friendly meeting at the White House last week.

“Beautiful family and beautiful people,” he wrote, before wishing Mandel a happy birthday.

Mandel, meanwhile, jokingly took credit for the reconciliation in the comments, writing, “This is what I do. I bring people together. You’re welcome.”

Actors John Stamos, left, and Jerry O'Connell had an unexpectedly upbeat reunion at comedian Howie Mandel's 70th birthday gathering.
Actors John Stamos, left, and Jerry O’Connell had an unexpectedly upbeat reunion at comedian Howie Mandel’s 70th birthday gathering.

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Stamos and Romijn separated in 2005 after seven years of marriage. Romijn married O’Connell in 2007, while Stamos and McHugh have been married since 2018.

O’Connell’s strained relationship with Stamos dates back to 2023, when Stamos spoke candidly about his previous marriage in a memoir, “If You Had Told Me.”

In an interview with People around the time of his memoir’s publication, Stamos said he had once thought of Romijn as “the devil,” noting, “I couldn’t believe how much I hated her and it ruined my life.”

Speaking with Howard Stern that same month, the “Three by Three” actor also recalled feeling “emasculated” by Romijn during their relationship, given his rising star at the time.

That same year, O’Connell appeared on News’ “The Talk” and said he had made a conscious decision to keep his opinion of Stamos’ comments a secret.

“My wife’s ex-husband recently wrote a biography and he referred to my wife in a negative way,” the “Jerry Maguire” actor said. “And a lot of people have asked me about that in the press, and it would be easy for me to say, ‘Fuck you, how dare you ask me that?’ But in reality, it will draw attention to a situation that I don’t want to feed into.”

Although Stamos’ comments about Romijn made headlines, he also told Stern that he had begun to reevaluate his role in the demise of his first marriage while recovering from alcohol addiction.

“If I hadn’t gone through what I went through with Rebecca, I wouldn’t have been with Caitlin,” he said. “I wouldn’t know what to be like.”