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| | Shannen Doherty reveals that her breast cancer has spread | | Added 558 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Shannen Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. In 2016 she underwent chemo and radiation when the cancer spread to her lymph nodes, and documented shaving her head on Instagram. By 2017 she was in remission, but in early 2020 she announced that it had returned as stage 4. It had actually returned a year earlier, but she kept it a secret because she didn?t want work opportunities to disappear, and she didn?t want people to start saying goodbye prematurely. Then at the end of April this year Shannen filed for divorce from her husband of 11 years and strongly hinted that it was due to his cheating on her with his agent. So while he was (apparently) elsewhere, this week Shannen posted videos on her Instagram of what she was going through mere months before the split:
?Charmed? and ?Beverly Hills, 90210? actor Shannen Doherty said on Instagram Tuesday that her breast cancer, which she was first diagnosed with in 2015, has spread to her brain.
The news was shared with an emotional video of Doherty, 52, crying as she underwent radiation. The process entails patients wearing a custom-made mask that keeps the head still during the treatment so that the lasers can hit the tumor as accurately as possible.
?On January 5th, my ct scan showed Mets in my brain,? Doherty said. ?January 12 the first round of radiation took place. My fear is obvious.?
Doherty says that she is ?extremely claustrophobic? and that ?there was a lot going on in my life? when the treatment was conducted. The announcement came a day after she shared another video in which she was being fitted for the radiation mask after she received her CT scan.
?That fear? The turmoil? the timing of it all? This is what cancer can look like,? she added.
Doherty has been dealing with her cancer diagnosis for years. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, after she says that her dog Bowie started to ?obsessively sniff? her side. By 2016, the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes, and she had to undergo eight rounds of chemotherapy and radiation.
She went into remission in 2017, but a year later, her tumor markers became ?elevated,? according to the Associated Press. Then in 2020, she announced on ?Good Morning America? that it had returned as stage 4, meaning that it has spread beyond its original location, according to the American Cancer Society.
Doherty broke the news that her cancer has spread weeks after the ?Heathers? star filed for divorce from her husband, Kurt Iswarienko, her representative told the Associated Press. They had been married for 11 years.
?Divorce is the last thing Shannen wanted,? her publicist told the outlet. ?Unfortunately, she felt she was left with no other option.?
[From CBS News]
I don?t want to waste any more space here on her ex, his actions speak for themselves. What does deserve attention is Shannen?s bravery in sharing these videos. They are vivid and horrific. The first, from January 9th, shows her being fitted for the protective mask. Her head rests on the back part of the mask, and a malleable cover is placed over her head. The top piece has an opening around Shannen?s eyes and nose, but not her mouth. A popsicle stick is placed over the piece at the mouth area for Shannen to bite down on (through the mask material). After she bites down three medical attendants set about fastening the top piece to the part her head is resting on, this is done one-by-one with five screws that audibly snap into place, effectively bolting her to the table. Whoever is filming this (I hope it?s a friend) has moved closer to Shannen at this point and we can see her quietly crying and trembling underneath the blanket. That was just the fitting.
The second video, taken three days later, is much shorter and shows Shannen already bolted into the mask, popsicle stick-bit in place and under a neon red light. We hear clanking noises in the background, as well as attendants saying ?That?s perfect. That?s fantastic, right there. Ooh that?s pretty good.? I presume they are commenting on something like a piece of equipment being set up properly, but it cannot be understated how jarring it is to hear those background comments (made by men), that sound like bad photoshoot dialogue, in juxtaposition with what we?re seeing: an extreme close up of the tears running down Shannen?s face. The video pulls back and ends with a doctor saying ?That?s the hard part, Shannen, and now we?re gonna get going.?
I?m sure everyone reading this has their own personal connection to cancer through someone in their lives, if not themselves directly. I do. My family does. The disease and the treatments push the limits of what it is to be human. The nearly two million people who follow Shannen on Instagram will watch these videos and think, ?I know that,? and hopefully will feel less alone.
One last thought: a dog can save your life.
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| | Shannen Doherty: it's hard to relate to female characters with Botox, plastic surgery | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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| | Shannen Doherty on cancer: 'Your body never fully bounces back, I?m critical of myself' | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I saw the Beverly Hills, 90210 reboot, and I didnt love it or hate it. It was a fun distraction for an hour. It was late summer mind candy with a heavy dose of nostalgia, for which I am a complete sucker. Without revealing anything, Shannen Doherty?s character was an amusing commentary about her rumored contentious relationships with castmates.
Shannen sat down for an interview with People to chat about her recovery journey after being diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago:
Following a painful and terrifying battle with breast cancer, Shannen Doherty is now in remission. But the actress, who currently stars on BH90210, the buzzy reboot of Beverly Hills, 90210, says her recovery is a daily process.
?I don?t think you?re ever on the other side [of cancer],? Doherty, 47, tells PEOPLE. ?I don?t think about the fact that I?m in remission. I look at it like I?m lucky to be alive every minute, every second of the day.?
?I really took good care of myself, and I came out of it in as good of condition I think somebody [in my situation] could be in,? says Doherty. ?But the funny thing with cancer is that once you?re no longer on chemo or radiation, people think you?re fine, that you bounce back. But what they don?t realize is that your body has been through something so incredibly difficult that your body never fully bounces back.?
Shannen said that the long hours spent filming are grueling and that they?ve left her exhausted and have taken a toll on her. She also talked about the process of learning to accept her body:
?I?m trying to figure out how to accept who I am now,? says Doherty. ?I?m never going to be the size I used to be. Some of my meds that I?m on keep zapping the collagen out of me, so I?m never going to have a wrinkle-free face. I?m critical of myself. But there are some things you can?t fight.?
[From People]
Shannen also said she?s ?really terrible with self-care,? and that she has a ?tunnel vision mentality? at work. I can definitely identify with that. When I was writing my dissertation, I forgot about just about everything else and was awful about taking care of myself; I am still paying for that in various ways. For one thing, my sleeping pattern is still wonky: I went from being a night owl to a late-late-late night owl, and it?s been really difficult to try to switch back to something resembling a typical sleep/wake schedule.
I feel for Shannen; I can?t imagine how stressful it is to be both recovering from cancer and doing it in image-obsessed Hollywood. It sounds like she?s figured out, logically, that what she looks like doesnt determine her worth or value as a person. Focusing on her recovery one day at a time is what matters. But it also sounds like she?s still working on internalizing that and believing it. I hope that she eventually reaches the place where she fully accepts herself for who she is now.
Note by Celebitchy: I understand where Shannen is coming from and I feel for her. She looks incredible to me.
photos credit: Backgrid and WENN
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| | Shannen Doherty calls Angelina Jolie 'badass,' says Lindsay's situation is 'tragic' | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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We haven’t heard much from 90210 alum Shannen Doherty since her unsuccessful turn on Dancing with The Stars last season. She was on the 90210 remake for a few episodes in 2008 but was reportedly fired for being difficult to work with. There were rumors that Doherty was trying for her own reality show with her photographer boyfriend, but nothing came of that. Now Shannon has a new memoir coming out in early November called Badass: A Hard-Earned Guide to Living Life with Style and (the Right) Attitude. In a promotional interview with Parade magazine she explains just how different she is from the latest crop of actresses trying to out do her in the attitude department. It’s like she thinks she invented mean girl entitlement and that she did it with more panache and none of the credit. Doherty says she’s changed though, and that she’s learned from her past. Here’s part of what she said:
On her reputation
“I have a rep. Did I earn it? Yeah, I did. But, after awhile you sort of try to shed that rep because you’re kind of a different person. You’ve evolved and all of the bad things you’ve done in your life have brought you to a much better place.”
Claims she wasn’t that bad
“The irony is that, if I was doing the same stuff now, I wouldn’t be getting the attention. Like I never did a sex tape. I never didn’t wear panties and flash a camera. You sort of stop and go, ‘Wow, it’s sort of what’s acceptable now.’ And, then, they always have excuses. When I made a mistake, I would admit to it. These girls don’t seem to see their own mistakes, much less learn from them.”
On Lindsay Lohan
“It’s such a horrific situation that I don’t even know what to say. I just have kind of tried to tune it out. I totally understand that it’s newsworthy, but it just seems so tragic to me. I mean, Lindsay’s dad giving a press conference at the end was just like, ‘Oh, my God.’ I’ve been acting for 29 years. My parents have never given a press conference, ever. It all seems so exploitative.”
Advice to Lindsay
“I think that it’s still about having faith in yourself. You’ve hit some road bumps and maybe they made you fall down and you’ve got some gravel and asphalt in your face because things are that bad. But have faith because you can get better and you can become the woman that I’m sure you want to be.”
What badass means to her
“Badass is a little tongue in cheek. But, at the same time, it’s very poignant because it’s sort of telling the things that I went through and the mistakes that I made when I was in my 20s. I had this amazing career in front of me and because of some things I did, my career really suffered. Thank God that I’ve had some second chances.”
“You can either be a bad girl in life, or you can become a badass. It means owning who you are and being compassionate and knowing when you’ve made a mistake and not repeating it. And, also not being afraid to kick some ass and take names.”
On people dissing her online
“Perez Hilton has been very nice to me, so I clicked on his site recently to see some reader comments about me. The majority of them had really nasty things to say. I was devastated. So I called a friend of mine who said ‘Everybody has haters. It doesn’t matter how huge of a star you are. People want to take other people down.’ My mom has always told me, ‘You know what kind of person you are, so hold your head up high and just keep believing in yourself. But it’s hard, especially when you click on a bunch of haters.”
On Angelina Jolie being a badass
“My book gives a couple of examples of celebrities I really admire who I think are badasses. One of them is Angelina Jolie. When she was in her 20’s, she had the vial of blood and the knives and everything. You were like, ‘Okay, she’s brilliant, she’s talented, she’s stunning, but what about the weird stuff?’ Now, you see the progression that she’s made as a mature woman. Angelina is an inspiration.”
[From Parade, subheaders added]
Yes Doherty screwed herself out of gigs on 90210 and Charmed, got arrested in 1996 and got a DUI in late 2000. In her mind she’s not like Lindsay because she plead guilty for DUI and did her community service and probation without complications. The result for her career seems to have been about the same though.
39 year-old twice divorced Doherty also talked about her piss poor taste in men and how she was hoping to “save” some of the guys she was with. She added “like any badass, I think I’ve learned from my mistakes.” She never went to jail at least. I don’t think it makes her “badass” to do stupid destructive things and then follow judge’s orders. Badass is being yourself but not sabotaging your career.
Shannen Doherty is shown out on 6/17 and 6/26/10. How fake does her hair look? Credit: WENN.com
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| | Shannen Doherty Steps Out Post-DWTS Dismissal | | Added 14 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Enjoying some time on the East Coast, Shannen Doherty was spotted out and about in New York City earlier today (April 1).
The ?Charmed? chick looked cute and casual as she strolled around Manhattan, sporting a black jacket and black trousers.
As for her recent elimination from ?Dancing with the Stars,? Shannen said she wasn?t expecting the kibosh.
"I'm never really surprised by anything that happens, but yeah, it was [fellow celebrity-participant Pamela Anderson] and myself in the bottom two and I definitely think that was surprising for both of us."
Partner Mark Ballas added, "She had a lot of potential, she danced really well, and for someone who's never really worked out or danced a step in her life I think she did excellent. So if we would have continued in the competition I would have continued to push her every day."
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| | Shannen Doherty Kicks Off Christmas at Disneyland Paris | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Making her way overseas for a promotional stop, Shannen Doherty attended the Disneyland Magic Christmas Season Launch at Disneyland Resort Paris on Saturday (November 7).
The “Beverly Hills 90210” babe seemed to be having a marvelous time, posing for pictures alongside Mickey and Minnie Mouse, as well as Santa Claus.
As for work duties, Shannen recently kicked off filming as the lead role in a new Hallmark Channel original movie slated for an October 2010 air date called “Growing the Big One”.
Industry reports tells that Miss Doherty stars as “a young woman who inherits her family farm, which is deeply in debt. She decides to enter a pumpkin-growing contest, hoping that the winnings could help save the business, and winds up falling in love with both her new partner in the contest and the simple life of the small town.”
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| | Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty: Pre-Emmy Pals | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Making the most of the pomp and circumstance of Emmy weekend, Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty were spotted hanging out at the Entertainment Weekly and Women in Film Pre-Emmy Party last night (September 17).
The “Beverly Hills 90210” alum looked to be having a great time chatting and laughing as the paparazzi snapped up pics of them.
Looking back at her time on the hit ‘90s nighttime drama, Ms. Garth told press that she took a risk by getting pregnant with her daughter Luca Bella.
“There weren’t many actresses willing to have kids, because they thought it would jeopardize their career or their desirability. There was an actress on an Aaron Spelling soap opera who got sued for getting pregnant. I got pregnant right after her, while I was on an Aaron Spelling show. But I knew he’d be supportive; [90210 was such a hit] he couldn’t be anything but.”
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| | Melissa Gilbert accuses Shannen Doherty of cheating with her first husband | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last week Star Magazine ran a story about Shannen Doherty’s history of dating taken men and breaking up their marriage. Doherty’s latest boyfriend, a photographer she met during a photoshoot last summer, was married when he hooked up with her. The guy’s mother-in-law told Star “Shannen broke up a marriage and that’s all I’m going to say!”
Shannen also broke up “Nip/Tuck” hottie and her “Charmed” co-star Julian McMahon’s marriage to Brooke Burns with a much-talked about affair in 2001. McMahon and Burns had a one year-old daughter at the time.
Now there are allegations that Doherty helped hasten the end of her former “Little House on The Prairie” co-star Melissa Gilbert’s first marriage to Bo Brinkman. Gilbert has a new memoir coming out called
Prairie Tale, and Star Magazine has advance details that Gilbert dishes on Brinkman’s one night stand with Shannen. The sad part that Star fails to mention is that Shannen was a teenager when she slept with Brinkman and may not have even been of legal age. It’s hard to tell with the vague timeline they’re giving, but she wasn’t 20 yet. Gilbert claims that Doherty seduced her husband because she looked up to her and wanted to be like her:
Shannen was just 11 when she was cast as Melissa’s niece Jenny for Little House’s final season. She immediately glommed onto Melissa, the show’s biggest star, according to the insider.
“Melissa tells of how Shannen was in awe of her. She’d follow her all around the set and even gushed how she wanted to be like her when she grew up.”
Five years after the show ended, Melissa married Bo - Dennis Quaid’s cousin - following a whirlwind eight-week romance…
But the marriage was soon in trouble and it was during a counseling session that Bo admitted he’d slept with Shannen, says the publishing insider.
“Melissa implies in the book that it was Shannen who sought Bo out, purely because she wanted to be like Melissa,” the insider says.
Just as the marriage was falling apart, Melissa bumped into Shannen - who was then only 20 - at an awards ceremony and told her she knew of the secret night of passion with her husband.
“Melissa writes that Shannen just looked her straight in the eye, smirked and made a snide comment.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition, June 1, 2009]
Melissa was married to Bo Brinkman from 1988 to 1992. Shannen was 17 in 1988, so she wasn’t of legal age until the next year. Even if she sought out Gilbert’s husband he has no excuse for taking the bait, especially from a barely-legal teenage girl! This sadly became a pattern for Doherty, though, and now she’s taken up with yet another married man.
Gilbert has sort-of admitted that she makes this claim in her book. She just found out yesterday that the news was out about the big bombshell in her book. Here’s the timeline from her official twitter account.
From user HBTracey: @melissaEgilbert Star spoils your book. Did SD really sleep with Bo? How old was she?
From melissaEgilbert: @HBTracey Star spoils your book- Star magazine?!?
From melissaEgilbert: @HBTracey Star Mag. Chelsea Handler revealed on last night’s show.- Crap
[From Melissa Gilbert's twitter]
No word from Melissa on how old Doherty was when she slept with her first husband. I guess we’ll have to wait for the book for that.
Melissa Gilbert is shown on 3/25/09. Shannen Doherty is shown on 1/10/09 and 3/8/09. Credit: WENN.com
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(photo from The CW)
When news broke a year ago that The CW was modernizing 90210 I was freaking excited! After the show debuted my excitement started to cool. Then when the new show runner took over in the spring, I started to give up on this show. She started creating over the top storylines that work for the picked up for the fall Melrose Place 2.0, but they do not work for this show. And wait until you see what she does tonight. It is the dumbest episode yet with stupid storylines and bad acting. At one point Rob Estes and Lori Loughlin eat some special brownies and act to be high, seriously it is one of the saddest things I have seen on network TV in a long time. These two can’t act…high. I also felt bad for Shannen Doherty who returns to take part in a stupid dream sequence with Adriana who gave birth to her baby. Will she give it up?
Instead of cancelling the spinoff for Gossip Girl and Privileged, they should cancel the crappy show runner that they hired to for 90210.
If you really want to watch it, 90210’s season finale airs tonight on The CW at 9p.
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What a difference hand brushing down hair made on Shannen Doherty's appearance. That first picture of her was really scary.
BTW for you boys here is a picture of her in her backless gown…She def looks better from behind.
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