“Listen, I think it’s hard for somebody like me, in my personal opinion, because it’s hard to go into dating someone when you know that they might have an expiration date,” she told Kelly Ripa on Wednesday’s episode of the latter’s podcast, “Let’s Talk Off Camera.”
The “Charmed” alum, 53, explained that “most men” struggle more than women when it comes to handling “death and illness.”
Shannen Doherty revealed that she’s fearful that men won’t want to date her because of her cancer diagnosis. Shannen Doherty/Instagram “It’s hard to go into dating someone when you know that they might have an expiration date,” she told Kelly Ripa on Wednesday’s episode of “Let’s Talk Off Camera.” Instagram/@theshando The “Charmed” actress is battling stage 4 cancer. Instagram/Shannen Doherty
“I think that I’m a very hard sell,” she confessed.
“It’s more companionship than anything else. Anyway, I’m a little self-conscious, because I have so many scars from surgery that it’s like, how do you explain that ‘No, that isn’t from giving birth, that’s from reconstruction surgery.'”
Doherty further added that, while she’s had a complicated past with her confidence, the surgeries following her cancer diagnoses have made her “very insecure.”
“I think that I’m a very hard sell,” she admitted. Getty Images for Hallmark Channel Doherty confessed that the surgeries have made her feel “very insecure.” WireImage
The “Beverly Hills, 90210” alum was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. Instagram/Shannen Doherty By 2023, Doherty announced that the cancer had spread to her brain and bones. Instagram/sarahmgellar
“My priority at the moment is my mom. I know it’s going to be hard on her if I pass away before her. Because it’s going to be so hard on her, I want other things to be a lot easier. I don’t want her to have a bunch of stuff to deal with. I don’t want her to have four storage units filled with furniture,” she said on an April episode of her podcast, “Let’s Be Clear.”
While getting cancer treatment, Doherty filed for divorce from Kurt Iswarienko in April 2023. Allen Berezovsky She claimed he cheated on her, a fact he has denied. WireImage
“It is simply not right that Kurt be permitted to prolong our divorce in hopes that I die before he is required to pay me while he continues to live his life and shirk his responsibilities to his dying wife of more than 11 years,” Doherty wrote in the filing.
Iswarienko’s attorney shut down the allegation and claimed he wanted to finalize the divorce in a September 2023 settlement that she turned down.
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