“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star Sarah Michelle Gellar is supporting her friend Shannen Doherty amid her ongoing feud with her “Charmed” co-star Alyssa Milano.
In a new interview with E!, Gellar said, “It was a difficult time. I was there for it. I think Shannen is just sharing her truths in general right now.”
He continued, “The amazing thing about her is that, flaws and all, she’s showing it all. I’ll support her. I know it wasn’t the easiest time, but she’s a different person now.”
The dispute over “Charmed” has been brewing since the series began in 1998. The show starred Doherty, Milano and Holly Marie Combs as sisters who discover they have witch powers and fight evil.
Sarah Michelle Gellar told E! Shannen Dohert is “sharing her truths” about herself as she continues to be embroiled in a feud with her “Charmed” co-star Alyssa Milano. (Phillip Faraone/FilmMagic)
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Doherty left the show after the third season and said on her podcast in December that she had not resigned, but was fired after Milano threatened to sue the show.
Combs recalled that a producer told her: “‘We’ve been backed into this corner. He said, ‘You know, we’re basically in a position where it’s either/or. They told us it was ‘her or me.'” and Alyssa has threatened to sue us for a hostile work environment.'”
Earlier this month, Milano gave her opinion at MegaCon in Orlando, saying the drama made her “sad.”
“What saddens me most is that a show that has meant so much to so many people has been marred by a toxicity that is still happening today, almost a quarter of a century later,” he said. “When I think about that moment, it was difficult for me… And I’ve worked very hard in my life, over the last 25 years, to heal all of my traumas. And that’s not just, you know, the trauma that I experienced while “He was shooting.”
Shannen Doherty said on her podcast that she didn’t quit “Charmed.” Her co-star Holly Marie Combs alleges that Alyssa Milano got her fired. (Getty Images)
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Two days later, at the same event, Doherty, Combs and Rose McGowan, who joined the show after Doherty’s departure, appeared together.
Doherty responded to Milano’s claims, saying: “There is no revisionist history in the truth that I know we tell (on the podcast)… What someone else may call trauma is real trauma to me that I have lived with for a long time. And it is only through my battle with cancer that I decided to address this trauma and be open and honest about it, so that I could heal from a livelihood that was taken from me; a livelihood that was taken from me. family because someone “Everyone else wanted to be number one on the calling list.”
As for her friendship with Doherty, Gellar has positive words for the “Beverly Hills 90210” star.
Gellar and Doherty in 1999 and 2016. Gellar told E!, “Our relationship has grown because we’ve grown.” (Getty Images)
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“Our relationship has grown because we’ve grown,” Gellar told E!. “We’ve had experiences and life is complicated. And we’ve been able to live them together, so we grow together.”
Doherty even pitched in once during the pandemic shutdown to help Gellar and her husband Freddie Prinze Jr. try to complete school online after a power outage.
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“I remember one day we were at school on Zoom and the power went out,” the 46-year-old said. “And I said, ‘Let’s go to Shannon’s.’ And then Shannon’s power went out. So we said, ‘Let’s have an adventure.’ And she had rented a camper. So we said, ‘Roadtrip! Let’s go.’ ‘Bring the dog!'”
“Those were great moments,” he added.