‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ alum Shannen Doherty, who has been candid with her followers about her ongoing battle with cancer and recent divorce, worries that men won’t be able to cope with her situation because they don’t.” deal with death and illness…just like women do.
Shannen Doherty definitely has a lot on her plate amid her ongoing battle with cancer and recent divorce from Kurt Iswarienko after 11 years. As she prepares to endure chemotherapy, the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum opened up about the potential of dating again and why she fears it won’t happen.
The actress talked about her fears when she was single – who is also affected by stage 4 cancer – with Kelly Ripa in the last Let’s talk about digital camera podcast, within the episode released on Wednesday. There she shared that her possible “expiration date” could deter men.
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“Listen, I think it’s onerous for anyone like me, in my personal opinion, because it’s onerous to start dating someone when you know they have an expiration date,” she explained.
Specifically, she noted, “I don’t think men face death and illness — most men, I don’t want to generalize and say all men — but they don’t deal with it as well as women.”
She also shared that she has been extra vigilant about potential partners, sharing with Ripa that she quickly ended issues recently with a man because “within half an hour she saw a red flag.”
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Ripa quickly bought it into a match of her own, without naming names – although it could also have been a made-up person.
“He’s a New Yorker, even though he’s rich—that’s what you want!” Ripa advised her. “You want someone who is rich, financially stable, not threatened by their fame, not intimidated by their fame. He’s older, he’s established. He presents himself very regularly and I have never seen a dark side to this man.”
She mentioned that this man had too much “cheese” to cover any elective procedures Doherty might suggest, to which the Charmed alum responded that she was “bought.”
Basically, at this point, Doherty said she is looking for “companionship.” She also spoke about dealing with physical insecurities after the various health procedures she has undergone.
“I have so many scars from surgery that it’s like, how do you explain that ‘No, that’s not from childbirth, that’s from reconstruction surgery,’” she shared. “You start to feel, as a woman, I think very insecure about yourself.”
The 53-year-old said the last time she felt good about her body (and her physique) was when she was in her 30s and struggling to stay in shape. But then, “it all fell apart again” when she turned 40.
O Charmed the actress was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. Although she was believed to be in remission in 2017, in 2019 she discovered that her cancer had metastasized to stage 4 in her brain and bones.
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As she prepares for another round of chemotherapy, Doherty spoke earlier this week about her anxiety surrounding the procedures, which she joked were “throwing the kitchen sink” at her illness during the latest episode of her own Let’s be clear podcast.
“It destroyed me in terms of liking it,” she explained. “Of course I knew I had Stage 4, yes, that it was really serious, but when it’s important to go to the hospital and it’s important, you know, to be put under and a door put on you, it becomes very real in a way. extremely different way.”
Along with starting chemotherapy again, she is Plus, dealing with her tumultuous divorce by Iswarienko. Doherty is seeking marital help from the Hollywood photographer, according to the legal request considered by VeryFab. She also accuses him of delaying the legal process “in hopes” that she “will not survive the divorce process.”
Despite that, Iswarienko’s lawyer disputes this statement, stating that the 49-year-old “wishes the best for Shannen” and hopes to “put this case behind him.”