jennie garth Reflections on her death Beverly Hills, 90210 Co-stars luke perry And Shannen DohertyHe explained how this has affected his outlook on life.
“It scared me a lot, especially with Luke’s death and now Shannon’s death,” Garth, 52, said. Tori Spelling During the Monday, July 22 episode His “90210MG” podcast. “I feel like, I don’t know, it could be any one of us [that] It could go away at any moment. That kind of feeling… yeah, it’s scary.”
Meanwhile, Spelling revealed that because she’s “always been a timid person” she wasn’t as scared following Doherty’s death. Charmed (The alumnus died earlier this month at age 53 after a years-long struggle with cancer.)
“When she passed, I wasn’t scared at all. I was just sad,” Spelling, 51, told PEOPLE. “I felt sad for her second chapter, and I was so excited for her to have that chapter and wanted her to do it.”
Cover image The cast of Beverly Hills, 90210 has begun to speak out following the death of former co-star Shannen Doherty. “Shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of my friend Shannen,” Jason Priestley wrote on Instagram on Sunday, July 14. “She was a force of nature and I will miss her. […]
Garth and Spelling played Kelly Taylor and Donna Martin, respectively Beverly Hills, 90210Along with Perry and Doherty, who played Dylan McKay and Brenda Walsh. The teen drama, which ran from 1990 to 2000, also starred jason priestley, Ian Ziering And Brian Austin Green Brandon Walsh, Steve Sanders and David Silver.
The cast remained close after the series ended, but were heartbroken when Perry died of a massive stroke in March 2019. He was 52.
After his death, the remaining cast reunited for the short-lived series BH90210Looking back, Garth revealed that Perry’s death wasn’t something he was prepared to endure.
“It’s like a piece of your foundation that [is gone]” Garth told the audience, talking about Perry, who was his onscreen girlfriend for years. “No one will ever really understand unless they’re with us [and] He shared this experience with us.”
He added, “It’s hard to believe that other people understand that connection.”
Garth explained that Doherty’s death brought up similar feelings. “It’s crazy that we can be shocked knowing that she was sick and knowing how hard she was fighting, but it was still shocking,” she confessed.
The actress admitted that she “never thought she would lose to cancer” based on how “a fighter” Doherty was. (Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. The cancer returned as Stage IV three years after she went into remission in 2017. The cancer spread to her brain in 2023.)
Ian Ziering, Tori Spelling, Luke Perry, Gabrielle Cartwright, Shannen Doherty, Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, Brian Austin Green
Cover Images“It was very shocking and makes you angry, angry, sad, all kinds of emotions because and then [you’re] Like, ‘What the fuck?’ Because he’s the only person you didn’t see this happen to [to]” Garth continued.
Despite the heartbreak of losing yet another friend in my life 90210 Speaking about the family, Garth said “growing up” with Doherty gave her “a lot of strength”.
“I learned a lot, you know, how to stand up for myself, how to fight for things that I believed in,” Garth said of her late friend. “I also saw that she was saying what she needed to say, and I thought, ‘I want to be like that. I want to be a person who uses her voice and says what I need to say.’ So she inspired me.”
West Beverly forever. Luke Perry’s former Beverly Hills, 90210 co-stars are paying tribute to the actor after he passed away on Monday, March 4, just days before he suffered a massive stroke. He was 52. Perry played bad boy Dylan McKay for the first six seasons of Beverly Hills, 90210 before exiting the show in 2008. […]
When asked about what’s next, Garth and Spelling explained that they want to continue the legacy of both Perry and Doherty by participating in fan events for their shows.
“I guess I should try to be strong through this and give [the fans] “We’re just together because it makes them feel better,” Garth said. “Because I know after Luke passed away, we felt good being together. It gave us some relief.”
He added, “There was a thread of love and admiration for each other [on the show] And the support we got was because we had each other. And I don’t think that will ever end. I still feel that way with Luke. I know that as time goes on, it will feel different with Shannon [too],
Spelling added, “I can’t imagine in this lifetime not knowing all of you and going through an experience that, as we say, Jane, no one can understand. And I’m okay with that because I don’t want to share it with anyone else but all of you.”
