Lori Loughlin Wants to Get ‘Her Life Back’ and Start Working Again Following Prison Release

Lori Loughlin is ready to return to work after completing her nearly two-month prison sentence for her role in the 2019 college admissions scandal.

A source tells ET that the 56-year-old actress — who was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, on Dec. 28 — has started talking about “getting her life back.” Loughlin shares two kids, Olivia Jade, 21, and Bella, 22, with husband Mossimo Giannulli, who began his five-month prison sentence for his involvement in the scandal in November.

“[Lori] would love to start working again one day, but she is scared people won’t work with her,” the source says, adding that Loughlin has already “had her team put out feelers.”

According to the source, prison was “unlike anything Lori has ever experienced in her life,” and heading home “was like a dream come true.”

The source adds that Loughlin’s own time in prison really gave her some “time to think.”

“While she kept her girls quiet for so long regarding details of this experience, she realizes that talking about this is a healthy part of the process to get past it all,” the source says. “She was really proud of Olivia for speaking out [on Red Table Talk] and taking the steps she needed to move forward from this scandal.”