Exclusive | John Stamos told Beach Boys Mike Love that Brian Wilson died: He didnt say one word for 2 hours

Wouldn’t it be awful.That’s how John Stamos felt having to break it to Mike Love that his Beach Boys bandmate — and cousin Brian Wilson — died at 82 on Wednesday.The “Full House” actor, who has been an honorary Beach Boy playing drums and guitar with the band for 40 years, was traveling with Love when he received the heartbreaking news.“I was with Mike, I got off the plane, and I got the text,” Stamos, 61, exclusively told The Post on the red carpet of the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday before he enshrined Love at New York’s Marriott Marquis.“I was like, ‘Oh boy, I guess I better [tell him].’ I said, ‘Mike, your cousin passed away,’ and his face went blank.”“And we sat in the car for two and a half hours or so … he didn’t say one word,” he continued.

“And I didn’t ask him anything, ask him how he was feeling.I knew how he was feeling.”Indeed, Stamos — having grown up idolizing the Beach Boys long before he got to know and play with the ‘60s trailblazers of the California sound — understood the profound loss that frontman Love, 84, was processing about the group’s mastermind.“You know, they had 80-plus years together,” he said.

“They made beautiful music together.”But Stamos shares in the collective grief that the world is feeling after the death of the “God Only Knows” giant, one of pop’s true visionaries who changed music as we know it.“Without Brian Wilson, life would be a mistake,” he said.“It’s been a big blow to all of us.”Stamos first played with the Beach Boys four decades ago at the Washington Monument on the Fourth of July in 1985.“This July 4th will be 40 years of nagging them and stalking them,” he said.But Stamos has been much more than just a stan.

He helped introduce the Beach Boys to a new generation by featuring them on his TV sitcoms “Full House” and “You Again?” He also appeared in the video for their 1988 No.1 hit “Kokomo” and d...