“I’ve had a lot of death in my life,” Spelling said. “And I don’t believe in regrets, but I have a lot of regrets that I didn’t have that time to have a second chance to get past stuff from the past and look at all the good things and really talk it out and have that last conversation.”
Tori Spelling attended the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Getty Images
“And I feel like she and I had that, and I’m super grateful for that,” Spelling added.
Shannen Doherty appeared on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Spelling’s co-host and fellow “90210” alum, Jennie Garth, said on the podcast she was happy Spelling reconnected with Doherty.
“We got to see each other once in a while, but I was thinking definitely of you, Tori, and how happy you must have been to have that time with her and to have that sort of just reconnection on a deeper level as both of you matured and grown and learned so much,” Garth, 52, explained.
Tori Spelling (left) and Shannen Doherty on location for “Beverly Hills, 90210” Sygma via Getty Images Tori Spelling (from left), Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth at the 18th annual People’s Choice Awards. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
“I wished that I had had that opportunity, because I didn’t really get to sit down and have like heartfelt conversation with her recently,” she added. “But I was very glad that you did.”
Spelling played Donna Martin on the 1990s series, which was co-created and executive produced by her late father, Aaron Spelling .
Doherty was on the first four seasons before her character, Brenda Walsh, was written off the show.
Tori Spelling and Shannen Doherty Torispelling/Instagram
In 2015, Spelling admitted that she played a big part in Doherty losing her job. She claimed in the Lifetime special, “Tori Spelling: Celebrity Lie Detector,” that she told her dad that Doherty and Garth weren’t getting along to the point they almost had a physical fight.
Doherty and Garth didn’t always get along when they worked together. In Garth’s 2014 memoir, “ Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde ,” she said about Doherty: “There were times when we loved each other and there were times when we wanted to claw each other’s eyes out.”
Spelling said: “I guess it was just that belief that she fought so hard and was such a warrior, and she has shown her entire life and career that she can get past anything. So although we know cancer is so evil and takes everyone that we love . . . I guess she made you believe that she was the one that would make it. And she was so hopeful.”
Garth admitted she “never thought” that Doherty would lose her battle to Stage 4 breast cancer . “It was just shocking,” she said. “And like, makes you mad, makes you pissed, mad, sad, all the feelings.”
Tori Spelling said on her podast about the late Doherty, “I guess she made you believe that she was the one that would make it. And she was so hopeful.” torispelling/Instagram Shannen Doherty spoke at MegaCon Orlando 2024 in February. Getty Images
Since the news of Doherty’s passing, the late star has been honored on social media by her former “90210” co-stars including Spelling, Garth, Brian Austin Green, Jason Priestley and Gabrielle Carteris.
In her lengthy tribute to Doherty, Spelling said she was “grateful” that the actresses “got to go back in time as adult friends and remember why we truly loved each other to begin with.”
The cast of “Beverly Hills, 90210” Sygma via Getty Images
“Shan… I’ll carry the torch on. Take on my power! And, I’ll stay rebellious for you. Love you with all my heart. Always,” Spelling wrote.
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