00:00 It felt like I would be a bad mother if I didn't do it.
00:05 So I did it.
00:06 It was sort of like my daughter's future,
00:08 which meant I had to break the law.
00:10 Desperate housewife, Felicity Huffman,
00:12 breaking her silence on the college admissions scam,
00:14 telling KABC News she had second thoughts
00:17 driving her daughter to take her SATs,
00:19 knowing she had paid a proctor $15,000
00:23 to falsify her test score.
00:25 She was going, "Can we get ice cream afterwards?"
00:28 Scared about the test, what can we do that's fun?
00:31 And I kept thinking, "Turn around, just turn around."
00:35 And to my undying shame, I didn't.
00:39 The actress also shared new details
00:41 about the FBI raid on her house.
00:44 They woke my daughters up at gunpoint.
00:46 Then they put my hands behind my back and handcuffed me,
00:50 and I asked if I could get dressed.
00:52 I thought it was a hoax.
00:54 I literally turned one of the FBI people
00:56 in a flak jacket and a gun, and I went,
00:57 "Is this a joke?"
00:59 It wasn't.
01:00 Felicity pled guilty and served 11 days in prison.
01:03 ET was at her sentencing.
01:05 The 56-year-old actress will also have to pay
01:07 a $30,000 fine and perform 250 hours of community service.
01:12 That community service had a big impact on Felicity.
01:16 She worked for a nonprofit
01:17 that helps formerly incarcerated women
01:19 reintegrate back into society.
01:21 Today, she's on the board.
01:24 Actress Lori Loughlin, who served two months in prison
01:26 for her role in the scam, is also focusing on service
01:29 at LA's Project Angel Food.
01:31 They have welcomed me with such open arms
01:33 at a time when I was feeling particularly down and broken.
01:38 Lori's Full House co-star, John Stamos,
01:40 recently revealed to ET how he reached out to her
01:43 when the scandal broke.
01:44 I called her in Canada.
01:45 I said, "You okay?"
01:46 She says, "Yeah, why?"
01:47 Then I hear a click on the phone.
01:48 I go, "Did you hear that click?"
01:49 She goes, "Oh yeah, I think they're bugging my phone."
01:51 I said, "Brr!"
01:53 So then I turn on the news,
01:55 and I say, "Are you watching the news?"
01:56 She says, "No."
01:56 I said, "There's a press conference on about you guys."
01:59 She goes, "What channel?"
02:00 I have it in my text.
02:02 All caps.
02:03 Every channel.
02:04 She got through it, and I'm proud of her.
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