Shannen Doherty (left) and Alyssa Milano.Photo:Neilson Barnard/Getty; Emma McIntyre/Getty
Neilson Barnard/Getty; Emma McIntyre/Getty
WhenShannen Dohertylooks back at her time filming much ofCharmed,it’s with ambivalence, thanks in no small part to the rivalry she experienced with costarAlyssa Milano.
During this week’s episode of her podcastLet’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty,Doherty, 52, discussed the “competitiveness” she felt with Milano — a “lack of female support” — which she says affected their friendship with costarHolly Marie Combs.
During the WB show’s first season, Combs, now 50,dealt with a growing uterine tumor“the size of a baseball” that caused the series to stop filming for two weeks while she underwent surgery.
When Doherty tried to visit Combs in the hospital post-surgery, she says she was met with resistance.
Shannen Doherty and Alyssa Milano on ‘Charmed.'.Viacom / courtesy Everett
Viacom / courtesy Everett
“I remembered you texted me and were like, ‘Dude, are you going to come and see me?’ And I can feel like your pain of feeling like I’d abandoned you.” she continued. “But I also felt like my anger at the situation of not being allowed to come see you, and like how sort of family had like swooped in and caused like this sort of weird divide between the two of us that then continued throughout season 2 where I think I cried every single night of season 2.”
Doherty leftCharmedthree seasons into the show’s eight-year run. After she left the show, sheopened up toEntertainment Tonightabout the reasons for her departure, which she attributed to “drama” on set.
“There was too much drama on the set and not enough passion for the work,” she said at the time. “You know, I’m 30 years old and I don’t have time for drama in my life anymore.”
Milano, 50,spoke withEntertainment Weeklyfollowing Doherty’s exit, saying: “I think it’s hard when you put two very different people together. I’m very laid-back and passive. I have my Buddha. I come in here and meditate. [Shannen’s] got a lot of energy, she’s very headstrong, she wants to get the job done.”
‘Charmed’ stars Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs.Getty Images
Getty Images
In 2015, Doherty once again addressed rumored tension on set in an interview, saying that “we were all friends and at times we weren’t.”
“Were there times that were rough?” she said,according toE!. “Yeah, when you work that closely together there’s always going to be times that are rough.”
“I heard that she addressed it [the competitiveness] in her book,” Doherty said, referring to Milano’s 2021 book of personal essaysSorry Not Sorry.“Obviously, I’m never reading her book, because it’sSorry, Not Sorry. So right there. You know, it tells me you’re not freaking sorry.”
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source: people.com
