Shannen Doherty and Jason Priestley played twins Brenda and Brandon Walsh on the massively popular “Beverly Hills, 90210.”
Now, more than 30 years after the show premiered, the actors are still friendly. Priestley appeared on Doherty’s podcast, “Let’s Be Clear,” and in their conversation Doherty touched on her early departure from the show.
After the fourth season of the show, she left the series. Speaking to Priestley, she explains, “I was in a really horrible marriage, and there were things transpiring in that marriage that made it very hard for me to consistently be on time for work.”
Shannen Doherty told Jason Priestley about her firing from “Beverly Hills, 90210.” (Getty Images)
She continued, “I know that became a very big problem for the rest of you, as it should be, because if everyone else is on time, and you’re waiting for one person. It sucks, right, because it means you’re now going to work longer hours. You’re going to be there for 17 hours as opposed to only 15 hours hopefully, or 14 hours.”
Doherty took responsibility for her tardiness, saying, “It wasn’t anybody’s responsibility but mine,” but added that she still wished she would have been told what consequences she could have faced ahead of being fired.
For five months from 1993 to 1994, she was married to actor Ashley Hamilton. While she doesn’t name Hamilton in her conversation with Priestley, the time period of their marriage lines up with her last season of the show.
Shannen Doherty spoke out about her firing on her podcast. (Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic)
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Speaking to Priestley, she admitted she could have been more open about what was going on in her personal life. She also admitted some of her tardiness was because she and costar Tori Spelling would go out drinking.
Priestley, who Doherty recalled was dubbed the show’s “quarterback” by producers, told her that he wished she could have been more open about her home situation, so he could have handled the issue with “more compassion and caring.”
While she appreciated the gesture, she did say she took full responsibility for the circumstances that led to her firing.
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Shannen Doherty claims a bad marriage and partying with Tori Spelling were some of the factors that led to her frequent absences. (Getty Images)
“I do blame myself because I should have had my personal life more together, I should have left a relationship earlier, I shouldn’t have been going out. … I got definitely affected by the attention, and all of a sudden I could go in a nightclub, and it didn’t matter how old I was. I found it all very seductive and alluring and I fell into that trap,” she explained.
She theorized that maybe she was “embarrassed” by what was happening and that’s why she didn’t open up to Priestley about the circumstances — she noted that they had a close relationship then.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Hamilton for comment.
