The entire set of 90210 hated Shannen Doherty

They hated paragraphs too.

She introduced Tori to a man who beat her. That was the final nail in her coffin.

To be referred to as, “Oh, the Shannen One.” Enough said.

This is all old news (except for the guy that beat Tori Spelling)

Considering they all reunited (including Shannen) for the 90210 reboot last year - they have pretty much kissed and made up,

Shannen & Jennie he re-connected and become friends again long before BOTH 90210 reboots

now saying this, the only person that stood by Shannen through the whole original 90210 drama was her friend Holly Marie Combs (before and after "Charmed")

But now apparently Holly Marie & Shannen are no longer friends.

Shannen also didn’t get along with Alyssa Milano

The person who is being interviewed in OP's link (Larry Mollin) is fucking annoying.

Rambling and repeating themselves and sounds like a HUGE rambling drama queen. Jesus Christ.

If she performed her script letter-perfect, then the writers should have put in her script ‘in this episode don’t be a bitch to your co-stars’

She was a cunt to everyone

I remember devouring the Enquirer back in the 90's and I know they covered this...

R7 LOL

Ridiculous. IF Shannen hadn't introduced Tori to the abusive man, we wouldn't have gotten the inspiration for Donna's powerful story of being abused by Ray.

They should thank Shannen for that!!

She's nothin' but an asymmetrical face-havin', Picasso-lookin' Republican.

Anyone ever meet her? I wonder how she is in real life. I always liked her, she doesn’t seem to go into the whole bullshit of sucking up to her peers. She never seemed to latch onto others to further herself. Maybe her career suffered as a result. But she was never in the Lindsay Lohan or Mischa Barton category of messed up.

R9, and let's not forget that Nick Savalas and Nicolette Sheridan are half-siblings.

I know Shannen has owned up to being difficult, but I also believe the writer. Shannen was really the only one recognized for her acting in roles other than 90210. A lot of the other castmates were probably jealous. I imagine Tori Spelling could be just as difficult - if not more - at times.

I've never understood why Shannen had to leave when Jennie and Tori seemed to be just as cunty, if not worse. At least Shannen was a good actress. Tori stayed, obviously, because of nepotism, not because of any inherent talent.

Larry takes himself very, very seriously.

[quote] Tori stayed, obviously, because of nepotism

Why do you say nepotism? Is there any proof?

What drug is the writer on while giving this information?

Most of this we already knew, but Tori Spelling’s boyfriend was some GOOD tea, thanks for digging that up R9.

Will always love Shannen. As everyone seems to agree, her work speaks for itself and some of her best acting is also on Charmed. The woman is indeed a professional. But I agree with R15 and R16. Tori CANNOT act her way out of a paper bag, she’s never been cute, and I am SURE she was drama because she was “the Old Guy’s” daughter. Hell, even her own Mama don’t deal with her.

As the writer said, I think they were jealous. I got into celebrity gossip at the tail end of the Shannen Doherty/Tara Reid party girl era and Shannen always knew when to go home. People are mad because Shannen is headstrong, no nonsense professional. People are haters.

The real tea NOW is why her and Holly are no longer friends....

Shannen was the only real name when 90210 started. Heathers, Little House, Our House, etc...

Sure Priestley had that one season nun comedy but who the hell were Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering or Luke Perry before 90210?

R20 from the hints that seem to be dropped in interviews... I think Holly maybe didn’t like dealing with a Shannen who was going through health issues and maybe didn’t want to be all about fun all of a sudden. Nothing official but that’s the impression I’ve got.

I loved Shannen in Heathers - Heather Duke is one of my favorite characters and she nails every line.

I've always been a bit sad that she seems to be so difficult and has had such serious health issues as well.

I do sympathise with Shannen. From what I read about her since leaving 90210 it seems she was frustrated that the show didn’t aspire to be more than a nighttime soap in the last series. I think she’d rather have been on a more hard hitting show than one about a bunch of young adults and their first world problems. By the time she left the show it seemed nobody wanted to work with her and that seems to have been cemented after her second chance with Charmed. Oh well... if it weren’t for her health issues maybe she could have made another come back on a limited series or something, perhaps that format would have suited her more.

Being on a Spelling show had some stigma in the 80s and 90s. The Ryan Murphy troop seem to have more opportunities.

[Quote] it seems she was frustrated that the show didn’t aspire to be more than a nighttime soap in the last series.

Shannen had the same problem with Charmed. Wanted it to go in a darker direction.

[Quote] The Ryan Murphy troop seem to have more opportunities.

Not the Glee ones. Half of them are dead.

R26 I think Shannen wanted a HBO version of Charmed. I can’t blame her really.

I would like a modern HBO version of Charmed as well- with a lot of male witch butt and full frontal, kind sir.

R27 sounds like she wanted it to be as good as Buffy.

R28 i think Charmed will be staying on the CW. But there's always Dante's Cove lol

The older Nick Savalas looks kind of hot.

R14 Are they real half-siblings, or are they porno wink-wink “...but you’re my HALF-brother” half-siblings? 🤔

[quote]Being on a Spelling show had some stigma in the 80s and 90s.

Not true. Aaron was big time in TV. In fact, he produced Dynasty, Starky &Hutch, the Mob Squad, Charly's Angels, Melrose Place, Hart to Hart, and others.

I actually do remember reading about Nick Savalas in the tabloids. He and Tori, Shannen & Chris Foufas (and then Dean Factor) used to go out and also on vacations together. His abusiveness was in the tabloids; telling Tori how ugly she was, and physical abuse, too.

R32 those shows were hits but I think it was tough for the actors to get work after starring in his shows. They became too identified. I think even Rupert Everett in his book used to describe parties being littered with whoever was “hot” on some Spelling show, as though it just referred to some flavour of the month. His shows were like a factory it seems. It churned out actors who mostly just floundered afterwards.

R32 Maxwell Caulfield said the same thing, that being on a Spelling show although great at the time, doesn’t really give you much clout afterwards. People see you as more of a pretty face than an actor.

That guy's right that the early writers on 90210 knew what they were doing. The show was fun and watchable and made you care about the characters and their story arcs. Once they bumrushed the old crew and made Jason Freaking Priestly an exec producer, the whole thing turned to shit. Season 5 was the last season with the old writing crew and the last watchable season.

Is there a chance that Shannen is on the spectrum? It’s always harder to identify females who are, but it would explain some of the continued awkwardness socially that she seems to have on every set and why she she comes off as more oblivious about it than vicious?

R37 I think she’s aware of the perception of her. So I think that rules her out of being on the spectrum. I think she’s just been in the business so long, she’s possibly a bit out of touch. Now I wonder what would have happened if she’d ever been recorded pulling a Christian Bale or Tom Cruise rant at somebody. I can’t imagine such a tantrum from her. Would love to be a fly on the wall of some of these sets.

I worked as an entertainment reporter back in the 1990s and it was mostly fluff stuff or legit stuff but every now and then I had to get tabloid-y so when Shannen started acting up I was assigned to go to the courthouse and dig up some papers on a lawsuit.

She had some problems with ex-fiance Dean Factor - I recall reading in the papers she threatened to have some black guys sodomize him on his front lawn.

Check out the link for some other histrionics. I'll never get these hollywood brats lucking out and throwing it all away. They're unhinged.

R7 Lmao.

[quote]I recall reading in the papers she threatened to have some black guys sodomize him on his front lawn.

Yep. I remember reading that story back in the day. Hot!

Very honest interview here. She owns her shit but also calls it out

R36 no, season 7 was the last watchable season.

R43 season 7 was a struggle to get through.

Didn't Shannen steal Melissa Gilbert's man, or something like that?

R45 yeah she did. And good for her.

She banged Melissa's first ex-husband after they split

After this revelation I think I saw Shannen on “The Talk” sitting next to Sara Gilbert. No tension there. If she was going after Melissa Gilbert’s exes specifically, I would have set my target on Rob Lowe!