Speaker 1: Good evening, Ladies and gentlemen of nineties gone, thank you
Speaker 1: for being here tonight for this special presentation of a
Speaker 1: live house of Hollowell Podcasts. Please take this moment to
Speaker 1: appreciate the cast that is coming up to the stage
Speaker 1: right now. We're going to start off with giving your
Speaker 1: love to mister Brian Krause. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome Damian Gregory,
Speaker 1: Drew Fuller, Rose McGowan.
Speaker 2: And of course Holly Marie Combs.
Speaker 1: Show them some love, everybody.
Speaker 3: This is a very special event tonight.
Speaker 4: Well, guys, thank you all so much for being here tonight.
Speaker 5: You know, originally we actually had this plan to be
Speaker 5: a proper like rewatch podcast, like what we've been doing
Speaker 5: on our show, but things changed and tonight is going
Speaker 5: to be honoring one of our best friends and someone
Speaker 5: we miss and love very much.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 7: Actually Shannon organized this. She thought she would be here
Speaker 7: for it, but she did organize it, and.
Speaker 8: All I can say is stop looking at me.
Speaker 9: Sorry, I'm so excited to do this podcast. And she
Speaker 9: was so excited to rewatch the show and it had
Speaker 9: been enough time where she could look back at it
Speaker 9: with the same appreciation she had in the beginning for it,
Speaker 9: you know, because some things went sideways, not you, but
Speaker 9: it was really.
Speaker 7: A gift and it's her gift to everybody, and that's it.
Speaker 7: I'm out.
Speaker 4: Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 7: I'm out.
Speaker 9: I'm gonna have We're gonna have a special guest start
Speaker 9: taking my place for the rest of the evening.
Speaker 5: So we thought tonight we'd share stories like personal memories, thoughts, feelings, etc.
Speaker 5: And the first person we wanted to bring out and
Speaker 5: speak is one of Shannon's best friends and a dear
Speaker 5: friend of ours who has been the most incredible, kind, loving,
Speaker 5: supportive human and so grateful to have met him. And
Speaker 5: this wouldn't have happened without Channon. So Brian Austin read,
Speaker 5: please come.
Speaker 6: Oh boy, I have to sit with me.
Speaker 10: Where do I go?
Speaker 11: Wherever you want?
Speaker 12: That chair made out of leather. I have to sit
Speaker 12: in a leather fucking chair.
Speaker 7: And now you're okay.
Speaker 12: Thank god, it's not It's like okay, Hi everyone, Hi, Hey,
Speaker 12: bud Than.
Speaker 13: Sucks.
Speaker 14: Sucks.
Speaker 2: This is so. I said this before at a panel earlier.
Speaker 12: But thank you all so much for loving Shannon the
Speaker 12: way you did and just supporting her through everything, because
Speaker 12: it meant the world to her.
Speaker 11: It really did.
Speaker 12: I know, just from talking to her and seeing her
Speaker 12: face when I would come with her and do these
Speaker 12: that she so loved all of you that came to
Speaker 12: the table and shared stories with her and shared how
Speaker 12: much she had positively affected your life through tough things.
Speaker 12: Shannon was fucking tough. Shannon was tough Like Shannon was,
Speaker 12: I think of all the people in my life, she
Speaker 12: was the one that just unapologetically, completely fucking unapologetically with
Speaker 12: Shannon like she and if you know her, you know
Speaker 12: what I'm talking about, like she would, And I could see.
Speaker 12: I understood how it was perceived by some people as
Speaker 12: brash or that she's you know, she's she's a bitch,
Speaker 12: they used to say early on, which drove me fucking nuts.
Speaker 12: I hate I hate that word, and I hated it
Speaker 12: used with her at all, because I knew, as everyone
Speaker 12: else up here did, that she.
Speaker 2: Had the biggest.
Speaker 12: Heart of anyone I knew, and she never she never
Speaker 12: intentionally set out to.
Speaker 2: Hurt anyone.
Speaker 12: She just truly believed in what it is she believed,
Speaker 12: and she was honest about it, never ever in a
Speaker 12: mean or hurtful way.
Speaker 11: But she was.
Speaker 2: She was tough yeah, and she was.
Speaker 12: She was one of the people I always knew, no
Speaker 12: matter what, I could call her about something, Oh, somebody
Speaker 12: was talking to me today and they said, oh, for
Speaker 12: only fifty thousand dollars, like you'll be you know, something stupid,
Speaker 12: and I'd be able to call her and right away
Speaker 12: she'd go, briy, it's fucking stupid, and she'd use and
Speaker 12: she'd say exactly that, that's fucking stupid.
Speaker 2: Do not And I knew right away.
Speaker 12: I was like, it just brought me back to feeling
Speaker 12: like a nine year old, like when I first weren't
Speaker 12: twelve year old when I first met her, and I
Speaker 12: was OK. And I get off the phone with her,
Speaker 12: and I'd feel like, what the fuck was I even thinking, like,
Speaker 12: you know, humoring this concept that somebody brought me. But
Speaker 12: Shannon was amazing. I feel I feel for you sitting
Speaker 12: up here doing this, all of you, because I know
Speaker 12: this is this is an incredibly difficult situation.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 7: I didn't know until recently that you two were so close,
Speaker 7: really really close. Yeah, really close.
Speaker 2: You're welcome, damn it. Yeah.
Speaker 7: She waited quite a while to tell me.
Speaker 12: That, Oh did she Yeah, Okay, yeah, I have no
Speaker 12: idea what she's talking about, and we're not giving any
Speaker 12: details to any of you.
Speaker 2: Shit, God damn you, Holly.
Speaker 9: Okay, So the other thing about Shannon, aside from being tough,
Speaker 9: is that she was very honest. So I think that's
Speaker 9: the trade I took from her, is you know, let's
Speaker 9: be clear.
Speaker 12: Yeah, fair, Okay, You're welcome. I love that you fucking
Speaker 12: put me on the spot on this right now in
Speaker 12: front of a room full of people that I've known
Speaker 12: my entire lighting. It's fine, nobody is listening.
Speaker 2: I saw iHeart up on the screen as I was
Speaker 2: back there. Don't worry about that.
Speaker 12: I was like, wait, let's like, do not forget the
Speaker 12: fact that this is.
Speaker 2: There's No. They won't. No, they won't. This isn't they won't.
Speaker 2: This isn't everyone up her nose. No, they won't. They
Speaker 2: will not edit this stuff out.
Speaker 9: Nobody's recording this right, No, no, no, no.
Speaker 12: Mom, I said, wait until I get back to Los Angeles.
Speaker 13: How do you all feel about your release?
Speaker 11: Whip up here?
Speaker 9: I'm just happy you guys were able to remain friends,
Speaker 9: very close friends.
Speaker 2: Jesus, right, my god, what am I up here for?
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, getting my ass handed to me up here.
Speaker 13: She does this to all the Brians. She did.
Speaker 2: Okay, very nice ass.
Speaker 7: You just showed them. That was almost like a runway walk.
Speaker 2: You're good, don't judge me.
Speaker 7: You're good at this. Somebody did it squats this morning.
Speaker 2: I actually didn't do my squats this morning. Tomorrow there
Speaker 2: is we.
Speaker 7: Have another that it's actually if you want to come.
Speaker 12: As I cannot wait, let me tell you more totally
Speaker 12: private things and we'll talk about them out here. Yeah,
Speaker 12: what are you fucking looking at me like that?
Speaker 11: For me?
Speaker 4: No, I knew you guys were close friends.
Speaker 2: Again, I don't know what you're talking about.
Speaker 7: How close were you to Shannon?
Speaker 13: Proximity? But never that close close?
Speaker 7: You forget.
Speaker 9: I walked into that room.
Speaker 2: She's on one tonight. I'm so glad we'll talk. Wait, wait,
Speaker 2: let's switch seats for a second. Cross.
Speaker 12: You're over there, you're in the leather chair, and we're
Speaker 12: over here on the couch.
Speaker 2: All right, your turn with kay.
Speaker 13: Yeah, let's let's the.
Speaker 12: Fucking hot seat. It feels like ship down there, that's it.
Speaker 12: And and the material in this seat I swear it
Speaker 12: like conducts.
Speaker 13: I'm a little sweaty.
Speaker 8: Yeah, take off your DNA over there.
Speaker 7: Wow, how many sisters have you kissed?
Speaker 4: Is it all of them?
Speaker 13: Well, i'm missing one.
Speaker 7: That's on. Shannon would have done the same.
Speaker 13: Check she didn't do the same. Her secrets I'm missing too.
Speaker 14: That's a.
Speaker 7: I'm gonna check your math.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm gonna check that math too. Okay, okay, right
Speaker 4: the final answer.
Speaker 13: My mouth is really dry.
Speaker 7: Do you want to read the synopsis now?
Speaker 9: Shannon would like you too, in your regular non murderous voice.
Speaker 13: Oh this synopsis?
Speaker 15: Uh, you know, we're here honoring Shannon Doherty, who you
Speaker 15: know at Nineties con and I think I don't know
Speaker 15: if there's anyone else that epitomized the nineties as much
Speaker 15: as Shannon did. So we're here just being grateful and
Speaker 15: loving you all for coming out and helping us support
Speaker 15: all of this and us and her and and that's
Speaker 15: tonight's episode.
Speaker 13: See I got a little creepy there because.
Speaker 4: I had you do it again. I can't do it again.
Speaker 15: So it was Nashville, Okay, Nashville, that's right, Blues bar.
Speaker 13: Brian was still drinking quite a bit. We were having fun. Wait,
Speaker 13: we were the.
Speaker 4: Third person for this whole story.
Speaker 13: Yeah, it's another It's.
Speaker 12: Not fucking directed down at this end, is it. I'm
Speaker 12: in the safe the safe end.
Speaker 4: This is the safe.
Speaker 13: Listen, I'm not bad on a dance.
Speaker 7: You were not bad?
Speaker 12: Yeah that is a great between two ferns, But between
Speaker 12: two Brians, be.
Speaker 7: The tale of two Brian's.
Speaker 13: We were warned to stay away from one another by someone. Yes,
Speaker 13: you were, and we did.
Speaker 7: No you didn't. What You're so lucky? I have perfect timing.
Speaker 7: Actually she was lucky.
Speaker 4: Was this on the dance?
Speaker 13: Oh tough? I don't like his seated? Oh it's like that.
Speaker 4: You don't.
Speaker 2: Look pick is?
Speaker 7: Do you want Dorian to take the chair?
Speaker 6: Now?
Speaker 13: I think so?
Speaker 7: You're okay?
Speaker 13: Good luck man, good luck.
Speaker 2: I will hear now that the chair has truly become
Speaker 2: the hot seat.
Speaker 12: See it feels like ship to sit down there, doesn't it.
Speaker 11: It's it's a space.
Speaker 2: Yeah it sucks. Yeah, okay, I.
Speaker 10: Have to share something. I don't want to turn the
Speaker 10: tone of the room.
Speaker 8: N don't where I'll find something funny to say?
Speaker 13: Go ahead?
Speaker 11: I know I remember.
Speaker 10: Every moment of this strong, certain, powerful, confident, ambitious, complete woman.
Speaker 10: I remember before I came on to Charmed and as
Speaker 10: I was on the set or in my road with Charmed,
Speaker 10: people would express their thoughts on Shannon, and I saw
Speaker 10: nothing of what they would say. This thing of oh
Speaker 10: Shannon is this thing that she was saddled with. I
Speaker 10: saw a strong woman, I saw a funny woman. I
Speaker 10: saw a determined woman. I saw a certain woman, and
Speaker 10: I saw a woman about her business. And that's all
Speaker 10: I've known all my life, amongst the women I've surrounded
Speaker 10: myself with, and I was brought up by. And I
Speaker 10: remember one day, this is a moment that I don't
Speaker 10: even know how to get out of my mouth because
Speaker 10: I don't know how to share it because it's coming
Speaker 10: to me. At this time, I was about to walk
Speaker 10: on stage with this woman I had so much guard for,
Speaker 10: and she warmly embraced me into this thing of here
Speaker 10: we are twenty five years later. And I said something.
Speaker 10: I said something that I think was misinterpreted. I said, well,
Speaker 10: you know how Shannon is. And that was by the
Speaker 10: handler that was misinstrewed by as this label that Shannon had.
Speaker 10: That's not where I was coming from. And I felt
Speaker 10: this moment I was holding her hand and she said
Speaker 10: something I felt felt under her breath. She said, not you, Dorian,
Speaker 10: and that's not where I was coming from. And at
Speaker 10: that moment I could not correct it. We were in
Speaker 10: the midst of going on stays and we were in motion.
Speaker 10: This woman I never saw, I never felt, I never
Speaker 10: interpreted some things that people felt or thought. You know, tough,
Speaker 10: that's a beautiful statement, but that's not what I saw.
Speaker 10: I saw a woman who knew her stuff and was
Speaker 10: supportive and certain in her stuff and wanted her to be.
Speaker 10: She wanted to be surrounded by the perfection that she was,
Speaker 10: but was very supportive if you were on the road
Speaker 10: of that. And so I would talk about Shannon all
Speaker 10: the time as far as in my own life and
Speaker 10: my own journey, whenever I was asked about her, and
Speaker 10: I felt the beauty of who she was and the
Speaker 10: joy of who she was, and I made sure to
Speaker 10: express my feeling about her. And I'm kind of rambling now,
Speaker 10: and I'm sorry.
Speaker 7: Did you kiss her too?
Speaker 10: I kissed her in my heart, I kissed her in
Speaker 10: my mind, and I kissed her in my soul, and
Speaker 10: I just enjoyed being around her. And I'm having a
Speaker 10: difficult time. I'm going to say one other thing. Maybe
Speaker 10: sharing a lot, and again, it don't want to turn
Speaker 10: the tone in this room. Maybe it's too late. My
Speaker 10: father was battling cancer for ten years. I just lost
Speaker 10: my father two years ago, and I watched this woman
Speaker 10: put share her road of what it's like. And I
Speaker 10: have an intimate understanding of what it's like because my
Speaker 10: father was my everything. But you always saw her strong,
Speaker 10: and you always saw her sharing joy. That last podcast,
Speaker 10: which we all remember, and just the beauty and the
Speaker 10: vibrancy of this woman, that's something that I have no
Speaker 10: words for. And she leaves us with this cherish every
Speaker 10: second of everyone that you're surrounded by and that you
Speaker 10: love every second, because that's such a gift and such
Speaker 10: a memorialization of that in this last episode, which I
Speaker 10: was so excited about, and she caused that exuberance and
Speaker 10: that I don't know if you heard it, but I
Speaker 10: was always inn awver. I'm in the company of these
Speaker 10: people who I've grown up with. I started the show
Speaker 10: in my twenties and here we are twenty five years later,
Speaker 10: and these people, Shannon, Holly Rose, everybody, Brian Drew, everybody
Speaker 10: has been in my life for twenty five years. And
Speaker 10: you guys have been in my life for twenty five
Speaker 10: years plus. And you don't know how much I love
Speaker 10: seeing you and hearing your stories about every moment that
Speaker 10: I may not have been present for even knowing that
Speaker 10: you've been a part of my life and all of
Speaker 10: these people's lives up here that I've shared all this
Speaker 10: time with. I've got nothing else to say because I
Speaker 10: don't know where to go except that I miss her,
Speaker 10: I love her, I love you all. I love everybody
Speaker 10: on the stage.
Speaker 9: Yeah, you can get right on out of that city
Speaker 9: with that.
Speaker 7: You can come sit here with me.
Speaker 16: Thank you all for being here, and thank you Shannon
Speaker 16: for arranging this. And she loved you all so so much.
Speaker 16: And to reiterate what Dorian said, I understand exactly what
Speaker 16: it is to have a regret. And there is no
Speaker 16: relationship that I think anyone on earth has with anyone
Speaker 16: one that dies in their life that does not have
Speaker 16: a regret or more. And I also know what it's
Speaker 16: like to labor. Shannon and I talked about this a lot,
Speaker 16: to labor under when she said, not you, Dorian, I
Speaker 16: know I know that like Ah, and I know what
Speaker 16: it's like on both sides for the person who's accidentally
Speaker 16: said something that you're like, no, I'm not part of that,
Speaker 16: that's not what I'm at all what I meant, not remotely,
Speaker 16: But you're like, there's there's this thing that has been
Speaker 16: set in place by these bigger machines that are constantly
Speaker 16: causing problems. And you know, Shannon and I had talked
Speaker 16: about being on her Let's Be Clear podcast, and I
Speaker 16: was lucky enough to do that, not with her, but
Speaker 16: it was with her, and there was something that I
Speaker 16: that I said on it because I've thought about it
Speaker 16: in relation to her. Sometimes we learn things about ourselves
Speaker 16: in relation to other people, like if someone's feeling it
Speaker 16: and I'm like, oh am I feeling that too, and
Speaker 16: seeing how she navigated and how I've had to navigate
Speaker 16: when basically people smear your reputation and create this box
Speaker 16: that you're like, cannot fucking get out of and it's
Speaker 16: not at all who you are, and you get tired
Speaker 16: and you can't, like I can't prove it to people.
Speaker 16: I just I can't. So what Shannon did is that
Speaker 16: for me was so incredible to watch, was that she
Speaker 16: kept engaging with people, She kept doing that, and she
Speaker 16: kept going forward despite you know, if you go into
Speaker 16: the grocery store, or a certain guy would think they
Speaker 16: could touch you because you had this bad girl image
Speaker 16: that was placed around you, or they could someone could
Speaker 16: be rude to you and be like, oh, she's not
Speaker 16: worth inviting to this party or this because you know
Speaker 16: they're like that. And it is when there are people
Speaker 16: you let close to you and they accidentally say something
Speaker 16: that can be construed as being part of that other
Speaker 16: side the box. The box people that get stuck on you.
Speaker 11: You know.
Speaker 16: I honestly, when you were sitting here talking Dorian, I
Speaker 16: had this like feeling of Shannon being right there being like,
Speaker 16: it's all right, Darling, it's all right. I know she
Speaker 16: loved you, don't you loved you so much?
Speaker 7: Regrets she loved you.
Speaker 11: I know.
Speaker 10: I have shared many moments since then. This was early
Speaker 10: on in my road, and I let her know, and
Speaker 10: I'm glad that she received that. And but I I
Speaker 10: guess my bigger point is be thoughtful of what you say.
Speaker 11: And because that's.
Speaker 10: Not what was in my heart, that's not what was
Speaker 10: in my mind, that was not my intent, and that
Speaker 10: one moment of these three little words, silly little words,
Speaker 10: Be mindful because of the impact that could poss simply have.
Speaker 10: But we've had a beautiful relationship and I cherished, I
Speaker 10: cherish her, I cherished my road with her.
Speaker 11: So there we are.
Speaker 7: I don't need another one yet.
Speaker 16: For me, I won't go on too long because I
Speaker 16: was lucky enough to be able to be on her
Speaker 16: podcast and have the things that she and I had
Speaker 16: privately spoken about that she wanted to have a conversation about,
Speaker 16: because I said, what do you want to talk about?
Speaker 16: And the Shannon that I knew, you know, the first
Speaker 16: time I met her, I was like, who the fuck
Speaker 16: is this? I was like what and the what is happening?
Speaker 16: And what it was was just like all of you,
Speaker 16: like getting to meet her after seeing her on television
Speaker 16: for my growing up too, kind of alongside of her,
Speaker 16: and you know, then we did this one day on
Speaker 16: this movie together, this crazy, crazy, punk as fuck movie,
Speaker 16: and she was mad at some at some now and
Speaker 16: I finally got the story all these years later, Wow,
Speaker 16: like that life came together that I got the backstory
Speaker 16: of why she was mad that day. I too would
Speaker 16: have been mad, fully understandable, but we were like again
Speaker 16: I said it in these crazy outfits and she's like
Speaker 16: this giant hair, as did I and uh.
Speaker 14: She' just like I was, like, she is.
Speaker 7: Very very few people.
Speaker 16: In my life I've been like like like like I was, like,
Speaker 16: what a powerhouse? Just a powerhouse, I know how to
Speaker 16: describe it. There's very few people. And like I said,
Speaker 16: like she had the heart of a goddamn lion, and
Speaker 16: she wanted to live. And the best thing that we
Speaker 16: can do is be kind to one another. Be gentle
Speaker 16: with one another. Go to the hospital if someone is sick,
Speaker 16: and visit them, even if you don't want to. It's
Speaker 16: not about you. The thing with people that areing something
Speaker 16: is that we put our things aside and we show
Speaker 16: up for them. And she showed up here battling things
Speaker 16: that she didn't talk about because she wanted to show
Speaker 16: up for all of you and receive that love and
Speaker 16: give that love. And there's something so special when you're
Speaker 16: in this box on the screen or on a you know,
Speaker 16: to get out there and actually meet the people who've
Speaker 16: been there with you all along, it is incredibly indescribably beautiful.
Speaker 16: And I know it was her great honor as it
Speaker 16: is mine.
Speaker 14: So thank you.
Speaker 9: Okay, So now we go to the people she gave
Speaker 9: us that segue perfect. So if anybody wants to share
Speaker 9: a favorite, what we've been doing on the podcast is
Speaker 9: a favorite pre moment of the episode or Shannon moment.
Speaker 9: You are welcome because I'm not going to say nothing.
Speaker 9: Somebody find him. Oh thank you, Annie.
Speaker 4: Well, let me get you.
Speaker 9: A microphone because I don't want it.
Speaker 11: Got you, I got.
Speaker 16: You, keep you, and then you're gonna be in charge.
Speaker 13: Of There we go, There we go. I'll just let
Speaker 13: me just put this somewhere safe.
Speaker 1: Come on over here, she has.
Speaker 11: Right over here. This way they can see you. Okay,
Speaker 11: thank you, There you go.
Speaker 17: I've had the pleasure of I'm Annie, I'm from Chicago.
Speaker 17: I've met Shannon three times. I was honored to meet her.
Speaker 17: The very first time was at the nineties Con actually
Speaker 17: in Hartford, Connecticut, which is why I actually went to
Speaker 17: that because I love Charmed as all of you do.
Speaker 17: But my favorite moment was actually the most recent one
Speaker 17: in Lexington, Kentucky was there with and unfortunately rose to
Speaker 17: your fight and everything. Sorry, but Brian and Drew were
Speaker 17: also there with Holly, and she made everybody there feel.
Speaker 2: So warm and so loved.
Speaker 17: When we went to her table, my friend. We were
Speaker 17: actually in Holly's line, and my friend's like, she looks
Speaker 17: so beautiful over there. And I told my friend Kathy,
Speaker 17: she go, I go, you go over there and you
Speaker 17: tell her that. And we got in her line and
Speaker 17: she got to tell her that and got to express
Speaker 17: and give her a hug and everything. And then when
Speaker 17: we were at the panel, when you guys called my name,
Speaker 17: that was the most mind blowing experience I've ever had
Speaker 17: in my entire life, because they do remember you, guys,
Speaker 17: they do think they actually do remember you.
Speaker 8: They do appreciate you.
Speaker 17: And that just showed it to me immensely, and it
Speaker 17: gave me so much.
Speaker 8: I mean, I was exploding.
Speaker 17: My friend was like, oh my god, so I mean,
Speaker 17: and just the love that she shows, and I know
Speaker 17: she felt it and in her hugs you can even
Speaker 17: feel it. And I got to tell her how strong
Speaker 17: she was and how beautiful she was, and how much
Speaker 17: of an inspiration she was to so many women she
Speaker 17: got is she to me? I never saw her as
Speaker 17: what some people put her in a box. I just
Speaker 17: saw her as a tough woman who stood up for herself,
Speaker 17: who was able to sit here and speak her mind,
Speaker 17: which I'm a very big fan of That's why I
Speaker 17: want nobody to change how they are.
Speaker 7: Speak your mind.
Speaker 17: I mean, of course, be a little considerate to other
Speaker 17: people's feelings, but be honest with yourself and be honest
Speaker 17: with others. If you don't like something, don't say nothing,
Speaker 17: just go about your day. If you love something, make
Speaker 17: sure you let them know that is awesome. They did
Speaker 17: an awesome job kind of thing. So that was my experience.
Speaker 8: Thank you, Annie.
Speaker 7: I would like to say so I lied.
Speaker 9: I was going to say something else that every person
Speaker 9: I think on this stage knows that not only is
Speaker 9: it was I'm still doing the is and was she tough,
Speaker 9: but she also if you were in her corner, she
Speaker 9: would fight for you just as hard as she would herself.
Speaker 7: And that's just one of the things that's really it is.
Speaker 9: It's remarkable and the amount of integrity that she.
Speaker 7: Possessed is rare.
Speaker 18: If my name is Carlos, I wanted to say quickly
Speaker 18: thank you to Rose McGowan. I'm actually a social worker
Speaker 18: because of your character on Charmed, I was a page guy.
Speaker 18: So me and my friends back there, my friends we
Speaker 18: actually flew out from Kansas because we were really really
Speaker 18: excited to see that Shannon Doherty was doing conventions now,
Speaker 18: because we've met I've met all of you guys multiple times,
Speaker 18: and you guys are awesome, by the way. But anyways,
Speaker 18: we were super super upset. You know, obviously what she
Speaker 18: wasn't able to make it because of what happened. But
Speaker 18: I think it's really cool that you guys appreciate us
Speaker 18: as fans, like, you know, because we grew up.
Speaker 11: We know, we grew up with.
Speaker 18: Watching you guys, So it's really cool that you guys
Speaker 18: do these kind of things for us.
Speaker 11: So I just wanted to come up here and say
Speaker 11: thank you to you guys. Thank you.
Speaker 6: Hi.
Speaker 14: My name is Deanna.
Speaker 19: I'm from Poria, Illinois.
Speaker 7: My story.
Speaker 19: The only time I got to meet Shannon was last
Speaker 19: year at Steele City con. I drove eight and a
Speaker 19: half hours just to meet her and then drove right
Speaker 19: back around.
Speaker 7: Was I not there?
Speaker 4: No, Okay, your timing is phenomenal, I.
Speaker 11: Get straight up.
Speaker 19: But I deeply connected with her story because I was
Speaker 19: diagnosed with lucas when I was ten years old, and
Speaker 19: so when I was too sick to do anything or
Speaker 19: go anywhere, I used to watch Charmed and so meeting
Speaker 19: Shannon and obviously growing up watching her on TV, I
Speaker 19: used to imagine I could be as strong as her,
Speaker 19: and I grew up hating myself because bluepas and so
Speaker 19: as she was signing my autograph, she looked up and
Speaker 19: the first time she saw me, she said, you are
Speaker 19: such a beautiful girl. Has anyone ever told you that?
Speaker 19: And it was very, very emotionally and deeply healing for me.
Speaker 19: And then later on when I got a photo op
Speaker 19: with her, she remembered me and said, you are such
Speaker 19: a pretty girl.
Speaker 20: I think I told you that earlier.
Speaker 19: So to have that moment and to have it just
Speaker 19: be so emotionally healing for me, I just wanted to.
Speaker 8: Share that with you.
Speaker 14: So thank you.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 21: My name's Carmen Bayliss. I'm from Durham, North Carolina, and
Speaker 21: I'm here with my husband to meet you all, and
Speaker 21: I thank you for all coming and doing all this.
Speaker 21: My favorite PREU moment was when she did hell Fire,
Speaker 21: and that was my absolutely favorite.
Speaker 11: She was she.
Speaker 4: Don't even get me started.
Speaker 22: She's an admiration and just thank you for doing this.
Speaker 14: We appreciate it.
Speaker 4: Thank you so much.
Speaker 9: Speaking of hell Fire and the fact that Drew gets
Speaker 9: to watch it again for the umpteenth time. You know,
Speaker 9: it's not lost on any of us that you know.
Speaker 9: Shannon also negotiated not just this, but she negotiated the
Speaker 9: iHeart deal and so for there are some people who
Speaker 9: are saying, why are we redoing the episodes we've already done,
Speaker 9: And I guarantee you it's because my best friend wanted
Speaker 9: me to watch her and cry over her weekly.
Speaker 7: It was by design. This is no accident.
Speaker 11: Hi, my name is William. I'm from Austin, Texas.
Speaker 7: My favorite I had no idea. Have we met somewhere before.
Speaker 11: A few times.
Speaker 23: My favorite proof moment is the episode where she plays
Speaker 23: three versions of herself to me that every she liked
Speaker 23: a challenge and so she succeeded at that.
Speaker 9: Yeah, when she had to play a man, you know
Speaker 9: she she must, but she modeled Manny Hanks after Rob Weiss.
Speaker 9: You're welcome, Rob.
Speaker 23: But my favorite memory is nineis con the last time
Speaker 23: in Florida. I saw both of you across the bar
Speaker 23: and at that point and I was like, whatever, she's drinking,
Speaker 23: sent her another glass and when she got it, she
Speaker 23: was looking around and people were waving at her because
Speaker 23: she's Shannon, and my husband.
Speaker 7: That's why I can't take her anywhere.
Speaker 11: He's like, stand up.
Speaker 23: They think that they bought her the glass, and I
Speaker 23: was like it was mean, and then I was like,
Speaker 23: you know what, I'm just going to walk over because
Speaker 23: I'd had a couple of drinks. And I go around
Speaker 23: and I'm like, I bought you the glass of wine.
Speaker 23: And she goes, are you trying to get me drunk?
Speaker 23: And I'm like, oh, no, no, no.
Speaker 2: I'm gay. She goes, I know.
Speaker 23: And then I talked to her for about five more
Speaker 23: minutes and then excuse myself because I didn't want to impose.
Speaker 23: But she never once made me feel like I was
Speaker 23: imposing on her night. And she remembered me at every con,
Speaker 23: as many of you do each time. And I just
Speaker 23: want to thank you all for enduring us being so
Speaker 23: mourning of her passing because you were in her life
Speaker 23: and it must be so difficult for you if it's
Speaker 23: this difficult for me.
Speaker 11: So I send biggest hugs to all of you. That's all.
Speaker 9: Thank you.
Speaker 7: Send the wine.
Speaker 13: Send the wine.
Speaker 10: Him.
Speaker 11: My name is Alex.
Speaker 24: I'm from Seattle, Washington, and the first time that I
Speaker 24: met Shannon was a nineties con Connecticut was the same
Speaker 24: about the same time I met most of you, and
Speaker 24: it was a huge line and I met some great
Speaker 24: friends in that line.
Speaker 11: We are right here.
Speaker 24: And when I finally got to talk to Shannon, and
Speaker 24: I said, you know, I watched Charm because of you,
Speaker 24: and it's not because I knew of the show. I
Speaker 24: didn't know that you were in it. I was flipping
Speaker 24: through channels and your face appeared on the frame and
Speaker 24: I stopped because I loved your work from nine to two,
Speaker 24: one to oh, So I wanted to I wanted to
Speaker 24: watch there, and I watched the rest of the episode
Speaker 24: and I was hooked, and it became, you know, my
Speaker 24: favorite show. And there was one episode in particular that
Speaker 24: I thought of you because I thought it became your
Speaker 24: theme song. And the episode is when you know, it's
Speaker 24: it's introducing the show and then she's getting dressed to
Speaker 24: work go to work and tell Bachman she's so high
Speaker 24: is in the background and said, like, that is the
Speaker 24: Shannon theme song. So she appreciated that, you know, it
Speaker 24: gave me a big hug and we took the picture
Speaker 24: and I walked away, you know, and I remember, Okay,
Speaker 24: so you know, sometimes when you meet your your idols,
Speaker 24: you know, sometimes it's a big, big excitement and sometimes
Speaker 24: can be a disappointment.
Speaker 11: And she was the former.
Speaker 24: She was, you know, exactly what I imagined even more, and
Speaker 24: I started remembering, you know, she she seems like she
Speaker 24: really wants to be here and to live and to
Speaker 24: continue her fight. And I remember when I grew up,
Speaker 24: when I was growing up, I grew up in Venezuela,
Speaker 24: and there is a doctor who died in the early
Speaker 24: nineteen twenties and he was known as you know it
Speaker 24: was a great scientist, but also as a very charitable person.
Speaker 24: And he died and after his death, people started noticing
Speaker 24: that every time they pray to him, they you know,
Speaker 24: they would obtain a miracle. So much so now that
Speaker 24: he's in line to be a saint by the Vatican.
Speaker 24: And I said, Shannon needs this. So I grabbed a
Speaker 24: couple of the stamps, you know, with his prayer on
Speaker 24: the back, and I was holding on to that. And
Speaker 24: she was scheduled to go to Summer Con in Washington
Speaker 24: this year. She canceled at the last minute, and you know,
Speaker 24: I was still going and I said, okay, well it's okay.
Speaker 24: I'll see her in Florida, and I still had the
Speaker 24: has to have the president as they have.
Speaker 7: The So you didn't give them to me in Washington.
Speaker 7: You didn't trust me.
Speaker 8: Wow, well you can give him the Brian now.
Speaker 7: He's white lightering.
Speaker 24: It was an example of you always think you have
Speaker 24: more time, and I thought I had more time, and
Speaker 24: I thought she's gonna be there, She's gonna be in Florida,
Speaker 24: and I'm going to be able to give her this
Speaker 24: and maybe, you know, even if she's not religious, even
Speaker 24: if she's not, you know, somebody who believes in this,
Speaker 24: at least she can feel the energy behind her. And
Speaker 24: that morning when I opened Instagram and the first thing
Speaker 24: that I saw was post from Drew, and I like,
Speaker 24: this can be right, this can be right. So I
Speaker 24: can only imagine what you guys are going through it
Speaker 24: as far as you know as it goes. It hit
Speaker 24: me hard, still does, and so I really wanted to
Speaker 24: thank you all for being so respectful of her memory,
Speaker 24: being so willing to keep her alive for all of us,
Speaker 24: and and then for honoring her in the way you have.
Speaker 13: So thank you, thank you.
Speaker 11: Okay, I'll just word My.
Speaker 25: Name is Gailen from Louisiana, and I had the honor
Speaker 25: to meet Chance and last October, and that's also the
Speaker 25: first time I met Rose and the second time I
Speaker 25: met Holly. I have arthritis and I have chronic pain,
Speaker 25: so I'm constantly in pain. And so for years I
Speaker 25: didn't go to any cons because they were too far away,
Speaker 25: they were too expensive, there was gonna be too much walking,
Speaker 25: There was too much of this, there was too much
Speaker 25: of that. And I agree, but I had convinced myself
Speaker 25: that there was no point in me trying because I
Speaker 25: wouldn't be able to. And the fact that I made
Speaker 25: myself do it has affected every area of my life
Speaker 25: because I feel more confident and I feel like I
Speaker 25: can do and be. And I met so many amazing people.
Speaker 25: So many amazing people are in the crowd, my.
Speaker 26: Friends over there, back there.
Speaker 25: And but when I had a chance to meet Channing,
Speaker 25: I I told her, I'm now, so don't take what
Speaker 25: I say.
Speaker 11: You know, the ceiling.
Speaker 6: The prayer might get to the ceiling.
Speaker 7: I don't know if it's.
Speaker 13: Gonna get past that.
Speaker 25: But I told her that even on a heathen that
Speaker 25: I was praying for her, and the way that she
Speaker 25: received it, and the way that she was so thankful it.
Speaker 25: I keep that smile with me, the way she looked
Speaker 25: at me, and the way that she hugged me, and
Speaker 25: she was so tiny and I'm so big, And when
Speaker 25: we took our picture, I was smiling so hard my
Speaker 25: face went crooked. So it was either an ARTH writers
Speaker 25: it was either an arth writerer so I was happy,
Speaker 25: or both ot on me. But I'm able to keep
Speaker 25: that smile with me and remember that I can be
Speaker 25: part of other people's lives and bring them something by
Speaker 25: just being strong and courageous and continuing. And I think
Speaker 25: that's what she taught all of us, was how to
Speaker 25: continue and how to go even in the face of
Speaker 25: uncertainty and even in the face of pain and whatever
Speaker 25: else we may go through physically emotionally. And I just
Speaker 25: that that's always going to be the center of who
Speaker 25: I am. And I'm very thankful for that experience.
Speaker 4: Thank you so much.
Speaker 20: Hi.
Speaker 27: My name is Melissa, and I met Shannon numerous times,
Speaker 27: to the point that she was confused that my name
Speaker 27: was Melissa because she called me mel all the time.
Speaker 14: But I'm sorry, I'm having a hot time.
Speaker 27: Back in nineties. Con last year in Tampa during the
Speaker 27: nine to two and O panel, I got to I
Speaker 27: started that standing ovation that got.
Speaker 7: Posted everywhere and.
Speaker 11: Sorry.
Speaker 27: In Rhode Island Comic Con about six weeks later, I
Speaker 27: got to see Shannon again and I told her that
Speaker 27: I started that and she's started crying to me and
Speaker 27: thanked me and said how much it meant to her
Speaker 27: to know that she still had the love and support
Speaker 27: of everyone, all the fans all over the world, and
Speaker 27: how much that moment truly truly meant to her. And
Speaker 27: she thanked me with the biggest hug. And Shannon impacted
Speaker 27: my life in so many ways, but for her to tell.
Speaker 14: Me I impacted her is mind blowing.
Speaker 27: So they always say don't meet your idols, but I
Speaker 27: say people pick the wrong ones.
Speaker 7: Thank you, mom.
Speaker 28: Hello, my name is Matthew. I would like to share
Speaker 28: my favorite Shannon and my favorite Poor moment. My favorite
Speaker 28: Shannon moment was when I got to meet her in
Speaker 28: Rhode Island Comic Con, because, like she just said, you know,
Speaker 28: they always say don't meet your heroes, and this was
Speaker 28: the first time that I got to meet one of
Speaker 28: my heros.
Speaker 11: So I was really nervous.
Speaker 28: As I kind of my whole body was shaken and
Speaker 28: I couldn't stop it. But as I got as I
Speaker 28: was in her line approaching her, seeing her interact with
Speaker 28: the fans, with us just so genuinely, so lovingly and
Speaker 28: so real, like I know that you guys are all actors,
Speaker 28: but that wasn't an act.
Speaker 11: That was that was genuinely her.
Speaker 28: How she would interact with the charm memorabilia that people
Speaker 28: would bring something that she didn't see before, and be
Speaker 28: genuinely excited. She ran over to you, Holly and was
Speaker 28: showing you this, this children's charm book and was just like,
Speaker 28: I've never seen this before, look at this, look at this,
Speaker 28: and was just so excited and how happy that made
Speaker 28: the owner of that book just made me like all
Speaker 28: that nervousness that I had about all the stories that
Speaker 28: people say and and talk about about who she is
Speaker 28: and how she was just disappeared because I got to
Speaker 28: see the real her. And I feel like that's what
Speaker 28: a lot of people fail to do.
Speaker 11: They take what they hear and.
Speaker 28: They don't give the person a chance. So I took
Speaker 28: that moment to thankfully take that chance, and it paid
Speaker 28: off well. So that was my favorite Shannon moment And
Speaker 28: my favorite pro moment is kind of not necessarily a moment,
Speaker 28: but the way that Charmed kept her in this show
Speaker 28: and kept Prove alive, the way that you guys are
Speaker 28: keeping Shannon alive. I think it's one of the only
Speaker 28: shows where a character dies that they're constantly mentioned throughout
Speaker 28: the entirety of its show, and that shows the stamp
Speaker 28: that not only her character had on the show, but
Speaker 28: that the stamp a pro the stand that Shannon left
Speaker 28: on the show as well. And I think that you
Speaker 28: guys are going to continue doing the same thing the
Speaker 28: way that charm did that for Prue. So I thank
Speaker 28: you guys for keeping Shannon alive the way I know
Speaker 28: that you guys are going to for the rest.
Speaker 11: Of your lives.
Speaker 22: So Hi, I'm Brianna from Altmont Springs, Florida, and my
Speaker 22: favorite Shannon moment was I was lucky enough to meet
Speaker 22: her at nineties Con last year. In fact, I went
Speaker 22: specifically for her because I grew up watching her with
Speaker 22: my mother, and when I got to that line, there
Speaker 22: was a lot of people but and I could tell
Speaker 22: she was probably tired because my grandfather passed from cancer,
Speaker 22: so I understand, but she never showed it. She was
Speaker 22: all smiles and when I got to her, I told
Speaker 22: her how much I love the show.
Speaker 13: She hugged me.
Speaker 22: She thanked me for you know, being here and for
Speaker 22: loving the show like she did. And honestly, Charmed has
Speaker 22: always been a comfort show for me, especially when my
Speaker 22: mom passed away. So I thank you for doing this
Speaker 22: for her and to being so amazing and just Shannon
Speaker 22: was such a genuine person and I think people that
Speaker 22: would interact with her can see it.
Speaker 7: Seph, thank you so much. Thank you.
Speaker 9: And I have to say it kind of goes without saying,
Speaker 9: but she was often told because of the treatments she
Speaker 9: was going through, to not go to these and to
Speaker 9: not hug people, and yet she did.
Speaker 26: Hi.
Speaker 29: My name is Andrew. I'm from Massachusetts, and I just
Speaker 29: wanted to say that they first, thank you all for
Speaker 29: being here just by everything's going on. I just wanted
Speaker 29: to keep it short because there's a big line behind me,
Speaker 29: but I see that. But thank you guys for being
Speaker 29: here with everything, because I know it has to be hard.
Speaker 29: I don't have anyone that passed away recently, but I
Speaker 29: know that it's got to be difficult for you guys.
Speaker 30: So just thank you.
Speaker 11: All right.
Speaker 3: I'm Dominic originally from Orlando, Florida, and I have to
Speaker 3: say something that Rose said really stuck.
Speaker 4: With me in the podcast she did.
Speaker 3: And the first thing that comes to mind is the
Speaker 3: machine will not win.
Speaker 2: It won't win.
Speaker 3: I mean everything that you guys have said when Shannon
Speaker 3: was alive, even now, it's just so powerful and it's
Speaker 3: so easy in media today with everything we have going on,
Speaker 3: to believe what the machine says.
Speaker 11: But fuck the machine.
Speaker 2: That's it. Thank you guys.
Speaker 31: Hi.
Speaker 20: I'm Prudence, named after Shannon. I grew. I grew up
Speaker 20: with Charmed. My mom raised me un Charmed. And you know,
Speaker 20: losing Shannon was a lot because I lost my grandma
Speaker 20: back in March from cancer. And I remember meeting her
Speaker 20: in Tampa last year and it was just really special.
Speaker 20: I remember telling her that my name was named after her,
Speaker 20: and she was so surprised and she just made me
Speaker 20: so happy. And I remember my grandma is showing her
Speaker 20: the book that she made, you know, because she drew
Speaker 20: a lot of the stuff, and it just made Shannon
Speaker 20: so happy.
Speaker 14: And I, you know, I'm.
Speaker 20: Here with my mom and my simplings. They were all
Speaker 20: named after charm characters was Piper and Cooper, my mom.
Speaker 7: I just but there's no Chris, right.
Speaker 32: There's no Chris. If I were it would have been Chris.
Speaker 32: But if there was another boy, it would have been Chris.
Speaker 32: And if there was would would have been Paige. Let's
Speaker 32: be real, but I remember, she just touched my life.
Speaker 32: She touched my Mom's just charmed for such a special
Speaker 32: part in my life growing up and just losing Shannon
Speaker 32: and losing my grandma. It was just like it was
Speaker 32: such a hard hit and I always miss her and
Speaker 32: I will carry my name with her honor, and it's
Speaker 32: just being so special being named after her. And yeah,
Speaker 32: I'm just so happy I got to meet her that
Speaker 32: one time in Tampa. She was just so sweet and
Speaker 32: I'm happy to be here with my family and everything.
Speaker 32: It's just so nice to meet you all. I love
Speaker 32: you guys.
Speaker 7: Thank you. Hi.
Speaker 33: My name is Justina and I'm from Porland, so my
Speaker 33: store is grandmy a little bit different than others. And
Speaker 33: I'm so sorry everybody before if you can't understand, I'm
Speaker 33: not native and I'm hearinking part. So I have never
Speaker 33: mean I wish I there, but I haven't. But I
Speaker 33: was growing up in Poland in very deep communists. I
Speaker 33: was left for something and I started from Bavary. Hears
Speaker 33: and for us people from Poland, it's not just from Poland.
Speaker 33: What I want to say, you can't imagine.
Speaker 14: I don't know, is there anybody from Poland?
Speaker 33: Or it's just me and my husband you are from
Speaker 33: so anyway, what we want to say, you can't imagine. Guys,
Speaker 33: like we're living in Europe, in Poland, how you impacted us,
Speaker 33: like my Branda, Yeah, and David and then Charmed all
Speaker 33: of you, like you were changing our lives, like our
Speaker 33: teenagers life. Even I remember like I love this, these
Speaker 33: ugly pink tiles in bathrooms.
Speaker 14: Everything was so great and.
Speaker 33: Maybe I can't find enough good American words to describe
Speaker 33: what I'm feeling.
Speaker 14: I'm glad. So I find this event on Troy's Instagram
Speaker 14: story and I was like, it was like a couple
Speaker 14: of days.
Speaker 33: Ago and my husband Pet he came back from Poland,
Speaker 33: and I was like Peter's event, you know, hied love
Speaker 33: Charmt and Babar he is especially bear.
Speaker 14: Would you like to come there with me?
Speaker 33: And he was like yes, and so we are here.
Speaker 14: I want to say thank you.
Speaker 33: For everything you did, because you really my our lives
Speaker 33: changed our lives, not just in the US, in Poland, Germany, France,
Speaker 33: in Europe.
Speaker 14: And I regret. I can't say that Shannon. I could
Speaker 14: say more.
Speaker 4: About Hi, thank you, thank you so much, thank you.
Speaker 26: Hey, guys, I'm Tony from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and I wanted
Speaker 26: to say thank you guys for keeping the magic alive.
Speaker 26: I wanted to share a Shannon moment and a Prove
Speaker 26: moment and uh, my Shannon moment. I'm in that forty
Speaker 26: five and above age. So Shannon was everybody's sister to me,
Speaker 26: Like I grew up watching her on our house. She
Speaker 26: was a Witherspoon, then she was a wash then she
Speaker 26: was a Hollywell and so that was like the big
Speaker 26: cool sister. And for us that watch Charmed, we've lost
Speaker 26: her twice. That was really really hard. And so I
Speaker 26: was fortunate to get to meet her.
Speaker 11: And so.
Speaker 26: I was in line to meet her last October. And
Speaker 26: you know, they talk about the box, and I think
Speaker 26: in the box they used the word the B word
Speaker 26: bitch a lot. I was a big bitch. I started
Speaker 26: crying and she saw me crying, and I was in
Speaker 26: tears and she said and then this big butcher girl
Speaker 26: come out of nowhere and said no touching. And I
Speaker 26: was like, oh, okay, shure, no touching, and Shannon said
Speaker 26: hug and held out her arms and hugged me, and
Speaker 26: of course I started crowning even more.
Speaker 11: And so they took the picture.
Speaker 26: And Shannon's like, we're gonna do it again, and she
Speaker 26: let me drive up and everything, and y'all know, y'all
Speaker 26: are on that time schedule going, and so she did
Speaker 26: that and it was wonderful. It touched my heart that
Speaker 26: she took that time with me, and also I knew
Speaker 26: I was like I was scared to touch it because
Speaker 26: I was like, oh, we're coming out of COVID and
Speaker 26: all this. But and then I wanted to say something healing.
Speaker 26: We've talked about pree moments from hell fire and things
Speaker 26: like that, but one of the things about Charm there
Speaker 26: was a creepy demon that Barbous was creepy. Okay, he
Speaker 26: was scary, but I'm gonna tell y'all and this was
Speaker 26: kind of healing for me because I sit and watched
Speaker 26: it the other night was the Angel of Death. He
Speaker 26: is scary in that conversation that he has with prew
Speaker 26: on the rocks in him saying that he is inevitable,
Speaker 26: He's not good or evil and it was not her
Speaker 26: time at that time. Watch that that may help you, guys.
Speaker 11: Heal, Love you.
Speaker 4: Guys, Thank you guys so much.
Speaker 2: Hi.
Speaker 34: My name is Shane from Houston, Texas, and so I
Speaker 34: wanted to say that I was I didn't get a
Speaker 34: chance to see y'all in Houston when y'all came. So
Speaker 34: this is my first like nineties con because we don't
Speaker 34: have them in Texas. So yesterday when you took the
Speaker 34: cat toy, because I'm in pathic, so when you took
Speaker 34: the cat toy, I could feel all that emotion coming
Speaker 34: from you after you've signed it. And so when I
Speaker 34: left the building yesterday, I don't know if you saw it,
Speaker 34: but there was a rainbow that was outside, and I
Speaker 34: was like, Prue was here because we talked about it. Yes,
Speaker 34: I mean we saw we talked about it yesterday, and
Speaker 34: I was like, what I saw was at rainbow.
Speaker 14: I was like, yeah, I'm not proue.
Speaker 34: Sorry, Shannon was here, but that was the one thing
Speaker 34: that I had happened to notice.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Thank you, Hallo.
Speaker 35: My name is Troy. I'm from Australia. I hate public speaking.
Speaker 35: I've only done it once and that was at my
Speaker 35: mother's funeral a few years back. But I feel I
Speaker 35: needed to stand up here. Sorry, I felt I needed
Speaker 35: to stand up here and say thank you to all
Speaker 35: of you for looking after our girl when we couldn't.
Speaker 35: But uh, we promise that we will look after you
Speaker 35: moving forward and make sure that we live on with Shannon. Sorry, guys,
Speaker 35: and I just want to say my favorite moment with
Speaker 35: Shannon was twenty sixteen when I walked through the photo
Speaker 35: booth in Sydney and she found out that I had
Speaker 35: her face tattooed on me, not once, but twice. And
Speaker 35: her reaction was, You're fucking crazy. But it was the
Speaker 35: best moment and I'll always cherish that. And I thank
Speaker 35: you all for doing this. And I've brought some amazing
Speaker 35: friends from Australia to be here to see you, guys,
Speaker 35: and we thank you much.
Speaker 4: Love, thank you.
Speaker 36: Job.
Speaker 2: Hi.
Speaker 37: My name is Canon. I'm from Six Nations at the
Speaker 37: Ground River Territory in Ontario, Canada. This has been such
Speaker 37: an amazing and best experience of my life since falling
Speaker 37: in love with Charms since nineteen ninety eight. My heart
Speaker 37: was broken hearing the news of Shannon when I seen
Speaker 37: Brian's post on Instagram, and I can't imagine how hard
Speaker 37: it's been for all of you who were family. I
Speaker 37: had so much excitement for the relaunch of the podcast
Speaker 37: House of.
Speaker 7: Hellow Yeah, don't, It's okay.
Speaker 12: No, I was.
Speaker 37: I was a Patreon vip of the original. So my
Speaker 37: two favorite memories though, was the original with Shannon and
Speaker 37: Holly and also being being immediately drawn into the series
Speaker 37: and story. Plus the second episode was The Good, the Bad,
Speaker 37: and the Cursed, which she directed because of the indigenous
Speaker 37: content that you all brought into the into that show
Speaker 37: with Michael gray Eyes who I met also, and the
Speaker 37: other indigenous actors. So thank you for being so kind
Speaker 37: on this weekend, and I do feel.
Speaker 11: A part of the term.
Speaker 37: I'mly so thank you.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 11: Hello.
Speaker 38: I'm Shade from Cincinnati. Sorry, I'm not much of a
Speaker 38: public speaker either. I did not get to meet Shannon.
Speaker 38: This was going to be my first time meeting her,
Speaker 38: so I was kind of sad about that. I wanted
Speaker 38: to hold him. What I had to say about Shannon
Speaker 38: until this moment. I you know, I know a lot
Speaker 38: of people mention her to you guys at your tables,
Speaker 38: and you kind of have to hold that in and
Speaker 38: continue on. And I want to thank you for that.
Speaker 38: I was letting Rose know today I saw Holly crying
Speaker 38: and it just hit my side. Holly cried a lot,
Speaker 38: and that really upset me.
Speaker 7: What I do.
Speaker 6: Okay, I.
Speaker 38: Do have a favorite Channon moment though. I had a
Speaker 38: Drew moment when I was seven years old. It was
Speaker 38: back when you used to rent movies and TV shows
Speaker 38: at the library of the movie theaters and I saw
Speaker 38: a season three series and Shannon was on the cover
Speaker 38: and I just I thought she was hot, so I
Speaker 38: grabbed it. So I grabbed it. One thing I wanted
Speaker 38: to say to Holly, though I heard you say on
Speaker 38: the podcast, you were excuse me, you were worried that, thank.
Speaker 31: You, I would help you. But I don't remember what
Speaker 31: I said.
Speaker 38: I said a lot of things. You were worried that
Speaker 38: a lot of people weren't going to know the kind
Speaker 38: of person that Channon was, and we do, we do.
Speaker 4: We see it every day.
Speaker 38: So I just wanted to come up and let you
Speaker 38: know that you don't have to worry about that. We
Speaker 38: do know the kind of person that she is, thank you.
Speaker 13: So here's the thing.
Speaker 9: So that's kind of why I started the Shando Sunday
Speaker 9: because if if I left myself to my own devices,
Speaker 9: I'd just be posting stuff about her every day. So
Speaker 9: that's why I relegated myself to one day a week.
Speaker 9: And yeah, it's important to me.
Speaker 13: What happened.
Speaker 31: Three it's a lot. I mean, I have kids like.
Speaker 5: I can't see all the time, all right, and so
Speaker 5: many goats.
Speaker 31: It's true.
Speaker 39: Hi, my name is Amy. I'm from Des Moines, Iowa.
Speaker 39: Unfortunately I did not get to meet Shannon. Sorry, Holly
Speaker 39: knows on a crier.
Speaker 31: Apparently, so am I.
Speaker 39: You're just not getting paid for it right now, unfortunately.
Speaker 39: But we were supposed to meet her in Lexton, but
Speaker 39: we got stuck in Dallas due to the hurricanes, and
Speaker 39: then we were gonna go and we went to Denver
Speaker 39: and I met Holly. But Shannon definitely taught me one thing,
Speaker 39: to be unapologetically yourself, be honest, and don't give a
Speaker 39: fuck what anybody thinks. I also like to say that
Speaker 39: no matter what other people thought of her, some people
Speaker 39: get paid to act some people act in real life,
Speaker 39: so it doesn't really matter what anybody else thinks. We
Speaker 39: all know who she is, and I say is because
Speaker 39: I think her spirit is still with us. I'm also
Speaker 39: struggling with isa was. I just buried my grandpa a
Speaker 39: couple days ago, So trying my best to keep you together.
Speaker 31: Sorry, join the club.
Speaker 39: Yeah, I just want to thank you guys for being here.
Speaker 39: I know how physically and mentally draining, emotionally draining that
Speaker 39: it is during this time, but you're so appreciated. We
Speaker 39: love and support you more than anything else right now,
Speaker 39: especially those of us that have been there for you know,
Speaker 39: since ninety eight. I was a little kid, but I started,
Speaker 39: you know, secretly watching and then I really hit the
Speaker 39: hey in like two thousand and two, two thousand and three,
Speaker 39: So I was a little bit late to the party,
Speaker 39: but I've been a huge sh was I.
Speaker 7: You were right on time.
Speaker 39: See other people have good timing too, But yeah, we
Speaker 39: appreciate you and we love you, and you'll get through this.
Speaker 11: We'll get through it together.
Speaker 26: Thank you.
Speaker 8: Hi.
Speaker 30: I'm aj I'm from New York. I normally love speaking
Speaker 30: in public because I like to say stupid things, But
Speaker 30: now I'm like, I'm nervous, so I might Robert Neil
Speaker 30: this and tell a story and go into a different one.
Speaker 30: So I apologize. I did get to meet Shannon once.
Speaker 30: It was very brief, and I actually wanted to show
Speaker 30: her my glasses. I actually almost gave them.
Speaker 20: To her, but she was walking away.
Speaker 30: The way I met her is, you know, my people
Speaker 30: might think it's weird, so I'm not gonna go into that.
Speaker 30: It's not what people think. So like the whole misunderstanding
Speaker 30: thing I'm getting into, I'm talking that I don't know.
Speaker 30: I'm talking out of my ass right now, So I'll
Speaker 30: get into a funny part. So for fun, whenever I
Speaker 30: go through opening doors, I like to pretend I can
Speaker 30: open them and go, but instead I look like I'm
Speaker 30: just blowing them up. So I pretend to be like
Speaker 30: a witch. I know some of you guys do it.
Speaker 8: Don't lie to me, don't lie.
Speaker 30: We're all like that. But I just wanted to say.
Speaker 30: I never got to tell her thank you. You guys
Speaker 30: gave me a future. You guys gave me a dream.
Speaker 30: It's hard, is that too that I got people don't know.
Speaker 14: I was.
Speaker 30: High school was very hurt, so it was the middle school.
Speaker 20: I was really depressed.
Speaker 7: We were suicidal. I started late.
Speaker 30: I started season four, so if it helps, I started
Speaker 30: really late. So but I got sucked into that world
Speaker 30: and you gave me a community.
Speaker 7: I am super eol for that.
Speaker 30: The first thing I wanted to do in the film
Speaker 30: industry was I really loved that you guys got to
Speaker 30: be thrown around. I know how stupid that is, but
Speaker 30: it seemed like so much fun.
Speaker 7: I'm really good. I'm a klutz.
Speaker 30: I'm I'm a perfect clown. I don't know why I
Speaker 30: said clown, but then I realized, you know what, I
Speaker 30: am too lazy. Uh So I wanted to be a
Speaker 30: Cantra member. But then I decided I want to be
Speaker 30: a director, and I hope I could be as bad
Speaker 30: ass if a director she was, And I wish I
Speaker 30: got to work with her even though.
Speaker 7: I was not in l A and I'll hang on there.
Speaker 31: Because as a director, you know, she was very tough
Speaker 31: and she would say to me things like you can
Speaker 31: do that better, when in fact no, I could not.
Speaker 30: She could be tough on me all she wants. I'm
Speaker 30: here because of her, and even after when charmed in it,
Speaker 30: it was.
Speaker 6: It was tough.
Speaker 20: So shit, I'm currying.
Speaker 7: To yourself.
Speaker 13: Quit.
Speaker 30: Just two more things on the way down here, charm,
Speaker 30: just playing. Of course, it kept freezing every five minutes,
Speaker 30: but you know it was worth it. And when I
Speaker 30: found out Shannon passed, I was in a complete days
Speaker 30: and I had to go to work. And one of
Speaker 30: my jobs is I work at a rage room, so I.
Speaker 20: Was don't worry.
Speaker 30: Wait, Hollie, Holly. It also has pickle ball, So you know,
Speaker 30: I told Drew if he wants to call my.
Speaker 16: I think we need that to say we should do this.
Speaker 21: The corner.
Speaker 9: How do you know that that's where you were last night?
Speaker 30: Hey, if you ever come to the Long Island, New York,
Speaker 30: I got you, guys, so.
Speaker 4: Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 6: Hi.
Speaker 40: My name is Anna, I'm the crier sister.
Speaker 7: Excuse me, my son has to go to the bathroom.
Speaker 4: I'll be right back.
Speaker 2: I'm so sorry. She made me drink so much alcohol.
Speaker 7: He had half a glass of red wine.
Speaker 4: It's true, it was like a sip right back.
Speaker 2: All right, Let's tell us stories about Drew for this.
Speaker 9: And his ex girlfriends. It could be some of them
Speaker 9: out there.
Speaker 40: I just wanted to say first, of all that. I
Speaker 40: also never got to meet Shannon, but she taught me something.
Speaker 40: She taught me a lot of things. I think she
Speaker 40: taught a lot of people a lot of things. But
Speaker 40: she taught me that difference isn't synonymous to bad. And
Speaker 40: I think a lot of times we question if we
Speaker 40: have permission to be ourselves and why do we do that?
Speaker 7: Why?
Speaker 40: You know, for me having autism, I also wanted to
Speaker 40: take my own life because I felt like I didn't belong.
Speaker 40: I felt like I was too stupid to be alive,
Speaker 40: quite honestly, but we're all here for a reason. And
Speaker 40: I also just wanted to say I wrote this very
Speaker 40: short little thing. Don't worry short. The irony about Hollywood
Speaker 40: is that it's an act. It's completely distorting and manipulating
Speaker 40: reality to their advantage. They write a script and the
Speaker 40: public reads it. They speak their lines and the public
Speaker 40: hears it. I always love Prue. And then I heard
Speaker 40: that Shannon was difficult to work with, and I was sad,
Speaker 40: But I was much much more sad to find out
Speaker 40: that it was all I so to find out that
Speaker 40: there are people in this world who are so good
Speaker 40: at masking themselves while hiding another's truth and then changing
Speaker 40: it to fit their own narrative just so they look good.
Speaker 40: I just hope to God that Shannon forgives me because
Speaker 40: what a beautiful soul. She was a beautiful person, and
Speaker 40: I believe that beautiful souls and people find each other,
Speaker 40: and that's why you guys all found each other.
Speaker 11: I love you guys.
Speaker 9: You are not stupid, by the way.
Speaker 14: That was beautiful.
Speaker 36: Hi you guys. My name is Brandon. I'm from Goport, Mississippi.
Speaker 36: I was a nervous fucking meeting you all earlier. So
Speaker 36: this is take two.
Speaker 7: Jesus Christ.
Speaker 11: Drew, Welcome back, Drew, welcome back.
Speaker 7: Well, I want to keep it together. You're at half
Speaker 7: a glass.
Speaker 4: I also tripped coming in there. That's too are you guys?
Speaker 7: We heard it.
Speaker 36: I just want to say why I never had the
Speaker 36: pleasure of meeting Shannon myself. I can tell from the
Speaker 36: outpouring of love here that she was someone you definitely
Speaker 36: wanted in your corner. So I thank you guys for
Speaker 36: not letting that go into the shadows and showing that
Speaker 36: to us and presenting that to us all. I wanna
Speaker 36: say that my favorite Proof moment was definitely Season three,
Speaker 36: episode fifteen, Just Harry, where she finally realized that shh,
Speaker 36: it's okay to show up for yourself as much as
Speaker 36: you show up for everybody else. She poured so much
Speaker 36: into her sisters that there was at some point nothing
Speaker 36: left for her. From my perspective of watching the show,
Speaker 36: she was always watching out for her sisters man, So
Speaker 36: to see that episode and to see that moment of
Speaker 36: breakthrough for her, It's been a big theme in my
Speaker 36: life right now, just remembering the show for myself and
Speaker 36: to pour into my own cups so that it's not empty.
Speaker 36: And I just wanna say I thank you guys so
Speaker 36: much for getting up every day and clocking in when
Speaker 36: you did and creating this safe space which is become
Speaker 36: an escape for me and I'm sure everybody else here.
Speaker 36: It's brought me through so much depression, sadness, suicidal thoughts,
Speaker 36: anything like that. It's been a very safe space for
Speaker 36: me for the last fifteen years. I watch it every
Speaker 36: single day, and I just thank you so much for
Speaker 36: curating this. Thank you so much.
Speaker 41: Hi everyone, I'm mel uh So. I had the honor
Speaker 41: of meeting Shannon at Mega Con back in February, and
Speaker 41: I shared this story with with Holly yesterday when I
Speaker 41: met everyone that was at Mega Con, I had a
Speaker 41: secret plan to get everything that they signed for me
Speaker 41: tattooed and I only shared that with Shannon, and as
Speaker 41: she was in the middle of signing, she changed it
Speaker 41: to say, uh no, tattoo with the cute little as
Speaker 41: my sister said, an older lady smiley face.
Speaker 11: And my sister said, it not me. That's all I
Speaker 11: gotta say.
Speaker 41: But but she did it with one stipulation was that
Speaker 41: I had to wait until after her birthday to decide
Speaker 41: if it's something that I really wanted to and growing
Speaker 41: up with Charmed, it was something that I definitely knew
Speaker 41: I really wanted to do, so I got it done,
Speaker 41: and don't worry, I still.
Speaker 11: Plan on getting Rose and Holly.
Speaker 41: You guys are getting it soon and I have three
Speaker 41: more to add now after today. But adulting is hard,
Speaker 41: and I was hoping that I was going to be
Speaker 41: able to show her this weekend. But I'm glad I
Speaker 41: could at least share it here in with Holly yesterday
Speaker 41: and I would show you all, but I don't feel
Speaker 41: like taking off my overalls right now, so no problem,
Speaker 41: but I'll leave it at that and thank you guys
Speaker 41: for being her too.
Speaker 7: Hi. My name's Eve.
Speaker 42: I've met all of you, I think before at least once,
Speaker 42: and I got to meet Shannon recently this last year,
Speaker 42: which was really really special. And I just want to
Speaker 42: remind you guys that you don't have to do this
Speaker 42: with us, and we are so thankful as a community
Speaker 42: to have you guys be so vulnerable with.
Speaker 2: Us on.
Speaker 42: Such a massive, massive topic that all of us have
Speaker 42: experienced both personally and interpersonally, that we're just blessed with
Speaker 42: this community that you guys have left us with and
Speaker 42: Shannon was and is so epic, and you guys carry
Speaker 42: that every single day with you. And I just want
Speaker 42: to get you guys to like really hear that, because like,
Speaker 42: you don't have to do this. You don't have to
Speaker 42: cry in front of us.
Speaker 7: Would I believe that?
Speaker 42: But you don't have to do this, and we're just.
Speaker 14: Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 7: I love you guys.
Speaker 2: I am Mandy.
Speaker 43: I'm from Boston. I just want to say that I,
Speaker 43: like a lot of people, I grew up watching you guys.
Speaker 43: I think I started at like six or seven watching Charmed,
Speaker 43: so I was really young. But obviously I know I
Speaker 43: never got to meet Chinn, and but I think my
Speaker 43: favorite pro moment and it's kind of bittersweet, but it
Speaker 43: was the season three finale and specifically when your character
Speaker 43: got shot and like she's dying and everything, so like
Speaker 43: the whole driveway scene and then the scene in the hospital.
Speaker 43: Like obviously that was acting, and like I think you
Speaker 43: could really tell that she's a good actors, like both
Speaker 43: of you, just like from that scene alone. But I
Speaker 43: think like you could tell that it also wasn't acting
Speaker 43: at the same time, but you could really tell that
Speaker 43: there was a sisterly bond there and so like it
Speaker 43: was just it was a really sweet moment. And like
Speaker 43: I said, it's bittersweet now, but I think it's a
Speaker 43: really special moment for you too.
Speaker 31: I think we brought out the best in each other.
Speaker 7: Definitely, of course she did. That's why I was better
Speaker 7: in it.
Speaker 44: Hi, I am Caitlin. I'm an OG fan. Love you guys,
Speaker 44: Thank you for getting me through so much in life.
Speaker 44: I had the pleasure of meeting Shannon in twenty sixteen
Speaker 44: at Steel City Con. I did my nice seven hour
Speaker 44: drive out from New York just for her. Holly, you
Speaker 44: were there that weekend too.
Speaker 6: And.
Speaker 7: Chopped liver.
Speaker 44: And I had my big ass male Rats poster and
Speaker 44: Kevin Smith had put on it. I made this fie
Speaker 44: movie for you. And she saw that and she's like,
Speaker 44: oh fuck yeah. She's like I'm writing that too, and
Speaker 44: she was so excited. And then when I got into
Speaker 44: the photo op with the two of you, she literally
Speaker 44: pulled the two of us in. I don't think you
Speaker 44: had a choice in like our group hug in the
Speaker 44: photo and it's one of my favorite memories.
Speaker 31: With her, and she liked hugs.
Speaker 14: Yeah, hugs.
Speaker 44: And you know, thinking about a favorite prehe moment, it's hard,
Speaker 44: but Shannon had such a beautiful smile. So in blinded
Speaker 44: by the White Lighter episode, when you freeze Natalie and
Speaker 44: then you walk away, I like, Prue is like Piper Frosia.
Speaker 44: She's like what She's like yep, and that smile.
Speaker 9: She was having a good day that day and she
Speaker 9: was doing a lot of ad living my friend, but.
Speaker 44: That one scene, like if you could just freeze that still,
Speaker 44: just that smile, it's that's her and it's just such
Speaker 44: a beautiful smile.
Speaker 7: You are correct, and it the last thing that.
Speaker 44: I wish if she was here today to say to her.
Speaker 44: Her podcast, just especially the episodes where she talks with
Speaker 44: her doctors and things like, it was so just she's
Speaker 44: so brave. Just everything that she shared, you know, those
Speaker 44: people getting them on it. It was just amazing to
Speaker 44: hear her journey and everything that.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean, she was so transparent and she's so honest,
Speaker 9: which is you know, my favorite thing about her. And sadly,
Speaker 9: someone close to me my life has just been diagnosed
Speaker 9: and of course a reach for the phone.
Speaker 44: Yeah yeah, Well, thank you guys for being here. You're
Speaker 44: all in my heart so I send you love and
Speaker 44: healing thoughts. So thank you so much.
Speaker 14: Thank you.
Speaker 20: Hi.
Speaker 45: My name is Oci. I'm from Ocala here in Florida.
Speaker 45: This is my first ever convention, so I'm terribly nervous.
Speaker 45: I just really want to say thank you guys for everything.
Speaker 45: Like you guys being here is awesome. My favorite proof
Speaker 45: moment was probably when she was an EmPATH. It just
Speaker 45: kind of showed her strength. You know, like you're saddled
Speaker 45: with something and you use it, use it as a
Speaker 45: power boosh, you use it to get up every day,
Speaker 45: like life's not easy, and she just she had an
Speaker 45: amazing strength. I too, was an oldest sister too. Lovely siblings,
Speaker 45: so you know it was nice. But Holly, you said
Speaker 45: something earlier that what you took from her was her honesty,
Speaker 45: and seeing what you've gone through through it all, I
Speaker 45: think you also took some of her strength too. I
Speaker 45: think she gave that to you. So thank you so much.
Speaker 45: You guys are awesome and we love you.
Speaker 4: Thank you, Thank you guys, Thank you guys so much.
Speaker 7: Gonna go cry some more.
Speaker 16: Yeah, thank you all so much. One of so many
Speaker 16: lovely rememberings. That's not a word, but I think it
Speaker 16: should be. And one of towards the end, a lovely
Speaker 16: young woman said that Shannon was epic, and Brian and
Speaker 16: I turned to each other and I said, that is
Speaker 16: the perfect word for her.
Speaker 13: Epic.
Speaker 16: She lived an epic life and epic journey and.
Speaker 7: Even how she faced.
Speaker 16: Her big final battles in actual life was epic. What
Speaker 16: a unique and wonderful character. And thank you for being here.
Speaker 16: Thank you, Holly, thank you Dorian, thank you Chris, Drew,
Speaker 16: Brian and Brian and everybody for staying late behind the
Speaker 16: scenes for letting this happen.
Speaker 2: We really tremendous for hosts. Hello, you guys. You guys
Speaker 2: are fantastic.
Speaker 7: All right, so so much.
Speaker 4: Yeah, our first ever house of Hallowell live. You guys.
Speaker 5: We wouldn't be here without you. We wouldn't be here
Speaker 5: without Shannon. We wouldn't be here without each other. We
Speaker 5: are so grateful. This is a family and it's forever.
Speaker 2: Love back, give it up one more time.
Speaker 1: Everybody, show your love, Show your love.
Speaker 11: They've shared so much with everyone.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much.