Shannen Doherty On Why She Was Fired From ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ – Hollywood Life

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Shannen Doherty has a proof for why she was fired from Beverly Hills, 90210 after 4 seasons. The 52-year-old actress welcomed former co-star Jason Priestley on the January 22 episode of her podcast, Let’s Be Clear With Shannen Doherty, and she or he revealed that her struggling marriage to then-husband Ashley Hamilton performed a component in her sudden exit from the sequence.

“I used to be in a extremely horrible marriage, and there have been issues that have been transpiring in that marriage that made it actually laborious for me to be on time for work,” Shannen stated to Jason, 54.  “And I do know that that turned a really large drawback for the remainder of you, appropriately.”

Shannen, who performed Brenda Walsh, sister of Jason’s Brandon Walsh, took fault for her poor work ethic as a solid member on the teenager drama. Nevertheless, she did specific that she wished the producers intervened to set her straight on the time.

“I actually want that I had been kind of sat down and kind of checked out and stated, ‘Pay attention, the top result’s going to be this, you will get fired as a result of none of us are prepared to place up with it anymore. ‘And I perceive that you’ve got a problem in your private life, however that can also’t bleed into work, you additionally should get your s**t collectively,’ ” she defined.

“I don’t suppose anyone knew that my father was tremendous sick, and I don’t suppose anyone knew that my husband was a large drug addict … and it was all-consuming for me,”  Shannen famous, as she acknowledged that she may’ve been extra upfront with producers about what she was going by means of in her private life. “I didn’t even wish to depart the home as a result of I used to be scared that he would go and get medicine,” she added.

Jason, 54, advised his former on-screen sister that he was unaware of her private struggles again then and had a tough time together with her leaving the show in 1994.

“I want that I’d’ve identified extra about what was occurring in your private life on the time as a result of I may have hopefully managed it with extra compassion and extra caring, however we solely knew what we knew,” he stated. “The toughest factor for me was the present was about Brandon and Brenda, it’s concerning the Walsh household and unexpectedly we have been going to lose one of many members of the Walsh household.”

Shannen is currently battling stage 4 breast cancer that has unfold to her bones and mind. She had a mastectomy and likewise underwent chemotherapy and radiation. She had a mind tumor eliminated in early 2023.