Shannen Doherty BLAMES Alyssa Milano for 'Charmed' Rift _ E! News
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00:00 And there was also competitiveness about you,
00:02 which was really interesting,
00:03 of trying to pull you away from me
00:08 and that transpired in that second season.
00:13 Shannen Doherty is revisiting the behind-the-scenes drama
00:16 from her charmed days.
00:18 On the latest episode of her podcast, Let's Be Clear,
00:22 the 52-year-old sits down with her former
00:24 charmed co-star, Holly Marie Combs.
00:27 The women chat all about their iconic series,
00:30 including the tensions behind the scenes with Shannen,
00:33 claiming Alyssa caused a divide between herself and Holly.
00:37 Shannen explains how the dynamic among the power of three
00:41 became more complicated after the show's first season.
00:45 There was a competitiveness with Alyssa.
00:48 I heard that she addressed it in her book.
00:49 Obviously, I'm never reading her book
00:52 because it's sorry, not sorry,
00:54 so right there, you know, it tells me like,
00:56 you're not friggin' sorry.
00:58 Like, why even mention something in that case?
01:01 And there was also competitiveness about you,
01:04 which was really interesting,
01:05 of trying to pull you away from me
01:10 and that transpired in that second season.
01:15 And it was, I know for me,
01:16 it was an incredibly rough season.
01:18 The Beverly Hills 90210 alum also blames Alyssa
01:22 and her family for creating the tension among the women,
01:25 reflecting on a time when each was going through
01:27 their own personal challenges.
01:30 You know, you were going through health stuff.
01:31 You were in the hospital and my dad had been,
01:36 as you know, in and out of the hospital nonstop
01:41 and hospitals scared me to death.
01:43 And I, you know, waited 24 hours after your surgery to go
01:48 and then it wasn't even easy for me to get in.
01:51 I was like, being told I couldn't even get in.
01:55 (laughs)
01:55 It was not fun.
01:57 Alyssa and her mom, like,
01:58 they were blocking people from seeing you
02:02 and like, how a sort of family had like, swooped in
02:05 and caused like, this sort of weird divide
02:08 between the two of us that then continued
02:11 throughout season two, where I think I cried
02:14 every single night of season two.
02:17 Holly explains that her own difficult family dynamic
02:20 led her to seek comfort in Alyssa's family.
02:23 I think it was pretty obvious that I, you know,
02:26 I was raised by teenage parents.
02:27 I didn't have a big family.
02:29 And so you're right, when a family swooped in
02:32 and tried to be, you know, basically adopt me,
02:35 it was very seductive for me.
02:38 And I also wanted, you know,
02:41 I wanted everybody to get along.
02:42 I wanted the show to be successful
02:44 and that was part of that.
02:45 There were no angels, there were no demons.
02:47 We all had bad days.
02:48 We all had good days.
02:49 We all could have behaved better.
02:52 E! News has reached out to reps for Alyssa
02:54 in response to the comments and has not yet heard back.
02:58 Shannon left Charmed in 2001 after three seasons,
03:01 telling Entertainment Tonight at the time,
03:03 there was too much drama on the set
03:06 and not enough passion for the work.
03:08 Though she told the outlet two decades later,
03:10 "I think a lot of our struggle came from feeling
03:13 "that I was in competition,
03:15 "rather than it being that sisterhood
03:16 "that the show was so much about."
03:18 Shannon's 2015 breast cancer diagnosis,
03:22 which she recently revealed has spread to her brain
03:24 and bones, prompted Alyssa to reach out.
03:28 Shannon later reflected, "I have great respect for her.
03:31 "Great actress, loves her family so much,
03:34 "and I just wish I could have felt strong enough
03:36 "in who I was to recognize that back then."
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