Shannen Doherty Recalls 'Difficult' Beverly Hills, 90210 Firing With Jason Pries

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00:00 It wasn't anybody's responsibility but mine,

00:03 but I certainly wish that I had been sort of sat down

00:07 and sort of looked at it and said,

00:08 the end result is you're gonna get fired

00:10 because none of us are willing to put up with it anymore.

00:13 - Shannon Doherty recalls getting axed

00:15 from Beverly Hills 90210 in a candid chat

00:18 with co-star Jason Priestley.

00:21 - I definitely went through a lot of growing pains

00:24 on that show and there were really hard moments for me

00:26 towards my last season.

00:28 It was incredibly difficult.

00:31 - Just how personal are you getting in this podcast?

00:33 - It's all about the past, the present, the future,

00:36 what happened on 90210.

00:38 - Yeah, one month after Brenda Walsh herself

00:40 dropped that hint to ET,

00:42 (upbeat music)

00:45 the actress is looking back on her shocking exit

00:48 from the 90s teen drama,

00:50 a move she admits came after she often arrived late

00:53 to the set, inconveniencing the cast and crew.

00:56 - I was in a really horrible marriage

00:59 and there were things transpiring in that marriage

01:02 that made it very hard for me

01:04 to consistently be on time for work.

01:07 And I know that that became a very big problem

01:10 for the rest of you.

01:11 - At the same time,

01:12 Shannon was married to actor Ashley Hamilton.

01:14 They divorced the same year Shannon said goodbye

01:17 to the show after four seasons.

01:19 - It wasn't anybody's responsibility but mine,

01:22 but I certainly wish that I had been sort of set down

01:26 and sort of looked at and said,

01:27 "Listen, the end result is gonna be this.

01:31 The end result is you're gonna get fired."

01:33 And I understand that you have a issue in your personal life

01:37 but that also can't bleed into work.

01:40 You also have to get your (beep) together.

01:42 - It hasn't been a big difference for me.

01:44 I have a different car parked next to me now.

01:46 That's about it.

01:47 - Now, 30 years later,

01:48 Jason's only showing love for his onscreen sister.

01:52 - I wish that I would have known more

01:54 about what was happening in your personal life at the time.

01:58 I could have hopefully managed it

02:00 with more compassion and more caring.

02:05 - Yeah.

02:06 - But we only knew what we knew.

02:09 The hardest thing for me was,

02:11 you know, the show is about Brandon and Brenda.

02:15 And all of a sudden we were gonna lose

02:17 one of the members of the Walsh family.

02:18 How would we find a path to move forward with the show?

02:22 - Another co-star offering compassion.

02:24 - I live on the beach.

02:25 What can I say?

02:26 - Brian Austin Green.

02:28 Shannon says they recently had a heart to heart.

02:31 - What Brian and I were talking about the other day was,

02:33 did I, was I transparent about sort of everything

02:37 that I was facing at the time?

02:39 And the truth is, I probably wasn't.

02:42 - Brian praised Shannon last year

02:44 for sharing her ongoing cancer battle with fans.

02:47 - She just persevered.

02:49 She gets through whatever's going on.

02:51 And even if it's hard, she will share that.

02:55 And I think it benefits people that are around her.

02:59 To see somebody going through a difficult situation

03:02 and still keeping their head up.

03:03 - As Shannon tells it, be it 90210 or her health struggles,

03:07 she's all about honesty these days.

03:10 - You reach a certain age in your life and you just go,

03:12 "Well, everything in the world has been written about me

03:15 "and 90% has been false.

03:18 "So how about I just tell my truth now?"

03:22 And I think that that's where I'm at.

03:24 - You have to look back and learn and grow and evolve.

03:28 And I think for me also doing the podcast right now,

03:32 it seems to be very cathartic.

03:33 It's like the best form of therapy you can have.

03:38 (upbeat music)

03:40 (upbeat music)

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