Tori Spelling remembers his last conversation with Shannen Doherty.
ET has confirmed that Doherty has died. July 13 at the age of 53 following a years-long battle with cancer. In the last episode of THE 90210MG podcastSpelling, 51, recalls her last conversation with her late husband. Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star.
“I’ve had a lot of deaths in my life, and I don’t believe in regrets, but I do have a lot of regrets that I didn’t have time to have a second chance to move past the things of the past and look at all the good things and really talk about it and have that last conversation,” Spelling said. Jennie Garth and Amy Sugarman in the podcast episode aptly titled “Remembering Shannen Doherty.”
She added: “I feel like she and I had that, and I’m very grateful for that.”
But it was difficult for Spelling to talk about Doherty. When asked how she was doing since Doherty’s death, Spelling said, “Not well.”
Even though Spelling doesn’t feel emotionally ready to talk about Doherty’s death, she said she wanted to do it anyway for fans.
“For me, honestly, as you know, I didn’t want to do this,” she said. “I didn’t feel emotionally ready. And I know a lot of people are speaking out and giving beautiful tributes to him, but I just wanted to, oh, obviously, do this for the fans, so this episode is for them, not for us.”
Spelling said she initially struggled to understand what had happened.
“I guess it was just this belief that she had fought so hard and she was such a warrior. And she showed her whole life and her career that you are all she can overcome. So even though we know the answer is so evil and it takes everyone we love, I don’t know,” she said. “I guess she made you believe that she was the one who would make it and she was so hopeful.”
Garth and Sugarman said they felt almost scared after Doherty’s death, especially because the former 90210 co-star Luke Perry died at the age of 52 in 2019 after suffer from a stroke before filming the rebootBut Spelling didn’t question his mortality.
“I’ve lived my whole life in fear, I’ve always been a fearful person, and I didn’t feel any fear at all when she passed away,” she said. “I just felt sad. I was sad for the second chapter that she had, and I was so excited for that chapter for her and I wanted her to have it so badly.”
In 1990, Doherty and Spelling got their big break playing Brenda Walsh and Donna Martin, respectively, in Beverly Hills, 90210Despite low ratings in its inaugural season, 90210 eventually became one of the most popular shows of the ’90s and transformed the cast from newcomers to certified stars.
Doherty and Spelling would later reprise their roles on the CW television series. 90210 spin-off, which aired from 2008 to 2013. In 2019, the two starred in BH90210. The show featured originals 90210 cast members Garth, Brian Austin Green, Jason PriestleyGabrielle Carteris and Ian Ziering as enhanced versions of themselves. The series was canceled after one season.
“I replay everything,” Spelling said on the podcast. “It’s all the memories that aren’t captured on camera that stay with me.”
She also recalls a scene from her childhood with Doherty and Garth. It was a nighttime scene set during Marianne Moore’s party at her Beverly Hills home while her parents were away.
“That’s the one that stuck with me the most,” Spelling said. “It may not have been our first scene, but it was the first time I remember the three of us really bonding and thinking that we were all going to be friends, that this was more than just being on camera.”
She continued, “I was hoping to fit in with you, and you both accepted me so much. Yeah, I remember that night we laughed. I mean, we filmed all night until the sun came up, which was a lot for teenagers, you know. It wasn’t… As adults, like now, we’re hardened by the process of filming all night, we’re so used to it. But back then, it was a lot.”
When news of Doherty’s death broke, She was remembered by many friends and co-starsincluding David Arquette, Holly Marie Combs, Lisanne Falk And Sarah Michelle GellarAt the time, Spelling paid tribute to Doherty on her Instagram Story.
Spelling then posted a lengthy message to his late co-star in a Instagram job.
“Fuck them…” That’s what Shan would say if I told her I felt the pressure of having to summarize a 36-year relationship and the heartbreak I feel for a fire that went out too soon on social media,” she wrote. “I was 15 when Shan and I met. I was the boss’s daughter with no voice and she was the star with a big voice. She took me under her wing. She gave me the belief that I had a voice and that I was worthy. We quickly became the best of friends.”
“We were each other’s partners in crime, true confidants, support systems through difficult relationships, roommates of sorts at times, travel buddies and so much more. She always stood up for me. She always had my back. She always believed in me when I didn’t or couldn’t believe in myself. We were young. We let a lot of external and internal influences shape our friendship. In a world where we often don’t get to catch up with the childhood friendships that shaped so much of who we become, we were lucky enough to be able to. I’m grateful that @theshando and I were able to go back in time as adult friends and remember why we really loved each other in the first place. To reminisce. And to laugh again in iconic ways like we used to. No one could make me laugh like that. Deep laughs!”
“She was a rebel at a time when most women didn’t feel comfortable being strong. She never tried, she just was. She embodied sexiness, strength, selflessness, empathy, and all of it topped off with a wicked sense of humor! Her sardonic humor was one of my favorites. And no one made a pie and chips like Shan!” Spelling concluded. “Shan… I will carry the torch. Take my power! And I will remain a rebel for you. I love you with all my heart. Always. 🖤💔.”
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