Who Is Dave Coulier’s Wife? Inside His Marriage to Melissa Bring & Relationship History
In March, Dave Coulier confirmed he was in remission after completing chemotherapy following his October 2024 non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis. Now, just nine months later, the Full House star revealed he’s been diagnosed with HPV-related oropharyngeal tongue cancer, a completely separate diagnosis from his non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Throughout the ordeal, he’s had the support of his wife, Melissa Coulier (née Bring), but it has not been easy. “It’s emotional,” Coulier said on the Today show. “It’s psychologically draining. It’s also a big drain to my wife, Melissa, which is the biggest drain on me, seeing how this affects her.”
Scroll down to learn more about Dave and Melissa’s marriage, as well as his past relationship history.
Who is Dave Coulier’s wife?
Melissa Bring is a “wellness advocate and fitness instructor,” according to her Instagram bio. She has various certifications, including ACE Certified Fitness Instructor and Function First Pain-Free Movement Specialist, according to her website.
Melissa began living a holistic lifestyle after being diagnosed with lupus. According to her website, she now lives a “pain-free” life without medication, and wants to help others “reclaim their health and energy.” In addition to leading fitness classes, Melissa speaks at wellness events and other public gatherings.
She cofounded the company Live Well Lead Well with her friend Melanie, a certified holistic nutritionist and health coach. According to Instagram, the company provides “real wellness tools you can actually use • No diets, no guilt, just nourishing food • Movement that feels good, not punishing • Mindset shifts to reconnect with you • And the occasional reminder to laugh at the chaos.”
Before Melissa put her energy into her wellness brand, she was a photographer. She began her photography career in Montana, where she grew up, then studied photography in Florence, Italy, and moved to Los Angeles, where she’s worked with clients including Tony Hawk and Harper Collins.
How did Dave Coulier meet his wife?
Dave and Melissa met in 2005 when he was on a trip to Montana with friends. The group dined at the restaurant where Melissa worked, and he accidentally tripped her.
“12 years ago today this guy tripped me and I fell for him, literally!” Melissa wrote on Instagram in 2017.
The two tied the knot in July 2014 in Montana. They currently live in Michigan.
Do Dave Coulier and his wife have kids?
No, Dave and Melissa do not have any children together, although they are parents to dogs Cooper and Ziggy. Dave has one child, a son named Luc, from a previous relationship (more on that below). Through Luc and Luc’s wife, Alex, he also has a grandson, Chance, born in March 2025.
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“I love being a stepmom!” Melissa previously confirmed to her Instagram followers during a Q&A.
Who was Dave Coulier’s first wife?
Dave’s first marriage was to Luc’s mother, Jayne Modean. In 1990, she guest-starred on an episode of Full House as an adult version of Michelle Tanner (Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen). She and Dave tied the knot later that year and divorced in 1992.
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Jayne previously worked as an actress and model, although her last credit was in the 1991 television film Backfield in Motion. According to her Instagram, she is now remarried to a man named Jay.
What happened between Dave Coulier and Alanis Morissette?
After his divorce from Jayne, Dave famously dated Alanis Morissette from 1992 to 1994. She was 18 years old when their relationship began, while he was 33. They met at an all-star hockey game in Canada, where he was participating in the event and she was performing the national anthem.
When Alanis released her breakup anthem “You Oughta Know” in 1995, it was widely speculated to be about Dave, and he has publicly stated that he believes the track was inspired by him. In 2013, he told HuffPost Live that the lyric, “I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner,” really struck a chord.
“We had already broken up,” he shared. “She called, and I said, ‘Hey, you know, I’m right in the middle of dinner. Can I just call you right back?’ And so I remembered that line when I heard ‘You Oughta Know,’ and it was more like, ‘Uh-oh.'”
However, in a 2014 interview with BuzzFeed, he clarified, “I asked Alanis, ‘I’m getting calls by the media, and they want to know who this guy is.’ And she said, ‘Well, you know it could be a bunch of people. But you can say whatever you want.’ So one time, I was doing a red carpet somewhere, and they just wore me down, and everybody wanted to know, so I said, ‘Yeah, all right. I’m the guy. There I said it.’… It’s just become this silly urban legend that I just have to laugh at.”
In 2022, he recalled hearing the track for the first time in the car and realizing he could be the subject. “I’m like, ‘Wow, this is a really cool hook.’ And then I start hearing the voice. I’m like, ‘Wow, this girl can sing.’ And I had no idea, you know, that this was the record. And then I was listening to the lyrics going, ‘Oh. Oh no! Oh, I can’t be this guy.'”
He then picked up Alanis’ Jagged Little Pill record and listened to it all the way through. “There was a lot of familiar stuff in there that her and I had talked about. Like, ‘Your shake is like a fish.’ I’d go, ‘Hey, dead fish me,’ and we’d do this dead fish handshake. And so I started listening to it, and I thought, ‘Oh, I think I may have really hurt this woman.’ That was my first thought.”
While appearing on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in 2019, Morissette noted that “about six people” have “taken credit” for being the subject of the track and said she would not be revealing the truth. “I am intrigued at the thought, or at the fact, that more than one person has taken credit for it. I’m thinking, I don’t know if you want to take credit for being the person I wrote ‘You Oughta Know’ about,” she admitted.
However, in her 2021 documentary, Jagged, she said Dave was not the person who inspired the beloved song.
Today, Alanis and Dave are on amicable terms after reconnecting years after their breakup. “She couldn’t have been sweeter,” Coulier recalled. “And I said, ‘What do you want me to say when people ask me about this relationship?’ And she said, ‘You can say whatever you want.’ So she was really sweet about it. She was kind.”
