WEBVTT - Let's Honor Shannen Doherty 0:00:02.560 --> 0:00:04.600 This is Let's Be Clear with Shannon Darney. 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:12.720 Hello, Let's Be Clear family. This is Lorraine, Shannon's producer. 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:15.319 I can tell you that your love and support meant 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:18.440 so much to her and she looked forward to connecting 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:21.880 with you each week. In this episode, we wanted to 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:27.000 share some heartfelt messages and comforting words from people she 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:32.000 worked with throughout the years. Also, the Let's Be Clearer 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:36.040 team invites you to send in your message for Shannon 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:42.040 for a special fan tribute episode. Please call one eight 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:48.760 four four four Shando. That's one eight four four four 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:54.000 seven four two six three six. We will include as 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:58.400 many messages as we can and thank you again. This 0:00:58.520 --> 0:00:59.440 one's for you, Shannon. 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:07.640 Holly Marie Combe starred as Shannon's sister Uncharmed, but their 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:11.560 real life friendship began years before that. Holly describes their 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:15.559 unbreakable bond and Shannon's unwavering support throughout the years. 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:20.679 I've tried for days to put my thoughts in order, 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:26.199 and my mind is just racing, and I think trying 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:31.800 to hang on to the memories. But this is probably 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:34.039 one of the hardest things I'm ever going to have 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:39.280 to do, and I think every step forward kind of 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:44.119 makes it a little bit more real, and I can 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:47.960 also hear her over here going make it good, better, 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:54.600 make it good. I think Shannon would be really pleasantly 0:01:54.680 --> 0:02:00.200 surprised by the outbaring of love and emotion that has 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:05.960 come from so many different people in places, because she 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:10.000 really did often feel like the underdog and vilified, and 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:13.480 that she had to prove herself in so many different ways. 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:22.040 I think she'd be really surprised and shocked by how 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:25.360 many people have reached out and said really beautiful things 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:29.560 about her. Apparently she even texted some of my ex boyfriends, 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.200 which I'll have a conversation with her about that another day, 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:36.760 but yeah, no, that was uncalled for. But literally all 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:40.440 of her exes except for one who should say nothing 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:44.120 because nothing he can never say will ever make anything better. 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:49.440 I have said beautiful words, and so many people are 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:54.640 really torn up emotionally still, and it's just a testament 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:59.040 to who she was as a person as opposed to 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:04.640 what you read or saul in a tabloid. And I 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:08.639 can definitely say I'm at the anger part. I'm at 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:16.280 the stage of grief that is making me angry, and 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:21.800 I keep looking online like I'm looking to pick a fight, 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:27.320 and I'm looking for anything that anybody says negatively so 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.720 that I can correct them, and I'm really not finding 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:35.840 any I'm angry and I'm sad she doesn't get to 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:42.800 see the places that she wanted to. And I'm angry 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:46.200 and sad that once again I've lost, you know, that 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:51.080 person that you can call in the middle of the night, 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:57.119 to cancer. I've lost another friend to cancer. And it's 0:03:57.160 --> 0:04:00.160 really hard when you lose someone who should have and 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:03.840 really wanted to live along in full life, not just 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:07.880 for herself, but for other people in her family. You know, 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:11.880 when I went through tough times in my life, some 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:16.039 really horrible stuff, and one day I showed up on 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:20.200 her door step, and I didn't know how bad I 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:24.400 looked physically until I saw it on her face, and 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:26.400 I saw her face change, and I knew I must 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:30.320 have been pretty beat up. To her credit, she never 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:34.880 shied away, she never took a step back, and if 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:38.000 something was wrong, she went full end to help me 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:41.520 fix it. And I think that's because she had seen 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:46.039 so much pain and trauma in her own life that 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:48.000 she didn't want to see anybody else go through it. 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:52.640 And whether it was me or my kids. She was 0:04:52.680 --> 0:05:00.520 literally always a phone call away. So it's heart. I 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:04.200 spent all day looking all day yesterday looking for a picture, 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:09.000 one picture that I cannot find, and I'm sure this 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:15.520 amuses her. And I found a bunch of other pictures 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:20.919 from twenty thirty years ago, and you know, I for 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:23.200 one split second I saw one that I was like, oh, 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:24.080 I should send this. 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:33.600 To her, because it's so unbelievable that, even knowing she 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:37.000 was sick, we just thought we had more time. 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:42.000 And she definitely did think she had more time. So 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:45.640 I guess for me, that's the lesson is that you 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:52.160 think you have time, but you don't. And not many 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:54.599 people could do what Sheannon did in one day. She 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:56.520 was just like a tornado of energy. 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:02.279 But I think that's the thing to take away from 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:06.720 all of this is you think you have time, and 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:11.120 so you know, she would give me an awful hard 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:13.960 time that I don't say I love you enough. 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:19.000 To anyone. It's not on a like you know, personal oasis, 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:23.200 but to anyone in general. And so I would say, Krishannon, 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:26.000 you know, tell the people you love that you love 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:31.840 and live like there is no tomorrow, because that's what 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:36.920 she did, and Okay, have a nice day. 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.240 He was a Beverly Hills nine two to one oh 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.760 fan since his days working at a convenience store in 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:46.120 New Jersey. As an aspiring director, he could never have 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:49.120 imagined he would one day cast Brenda Walsh in one 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:52.719 of his first films, Mal Rats. Kevin Smith remembers his 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.640 dear friend, who affectionately nicknamed Do Dough. 0:06:56.160 --> 0:07:00.360 When I was in my early twenties and I was 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:02.840 working at this little convenience dur in New Jersey called 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:06.919 quick Stop, we had no cable TV. The Internet was 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:10.400 still years away, so I started bringing into TV with 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:12.440 rabbit ears. I was there by myself most of the day, 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:14.520 so I bring a TV, plug it in and had 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:17.720 antennas so you can turn the dial and watch like 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.520 four channels maybe came in. One of them came in 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:25.400 very well with Fox, So I watched nine oh two 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:29.000 one Ohero from the beginning Man and there. I'd be 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:33.120 working at nights at quick Stop and I would have 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:35.040 it on. I would also tape it at the same time, 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:38.400 because sometimes you get busy helping customers, and so I 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:40.040 didn't want to miss anything. If I did, I'd be 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:41.960 able to roll it back again, we didn't have any 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:45.800 streaming services or anything like that at this point. So 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:49.080 I remember my my I think it was Thursday nights, 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:54.800 maybe Wednesday nights, sitting at quick Stop watching the Little 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:59.680 Girl from Heather's you know, in her own show. I'd 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:03.320 seen and Shannon, like you know, saw Shannon and in 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:07.200 uh Nightshift, Ron Howard's Nightshift where she was like mugger, 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:09.200 So I knew who she was. And of course we 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:12.760 all loved others. So when you know, nine oh two 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:14.360 and oh kicked off, it's like, oh, that's the that's 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:17.800 the Header's girl. And to say that that show was 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:21.560 a pop cultural phenomenon as a complete understatement. It broke 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:26.040 the Internet before the Internet even existed. But I would 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:35.520 watch you know, Brenda's Adventures with Dylan, Kelly Brandon and Donna. 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:40.800 And then one day I made a movie and they 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:42.800 were like, great, now you get to make another movie. 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.320 And when I was making that second movie, before I 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:46.880 made it, friend of mine was like, you should get 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:50.600 Shannon Doherty from All Rats and I was like, oh 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:52.800 my god, I hadn't thought of that, Like, really you 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:54.200 think she'd do it? I mean she just left nine 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:57.160 oh two and oh and my friend Malcolm's like, she's up. 0:08:57.360 --> 0:09:01.600 She'll totally do it. Man, She's She's an American icon. 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:06.360 So they said way back in nineteen ninety five, ninety four, 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.640 or we even start shooting in ninety five. And so 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:12.160 I told Shannon when I was on her podcast, when 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:17.760 I was on listening clear that you know, when I 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.719 went to work on Alrets, when we went to Minnesota 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:25.280 to shoot the movie, it was almost as if you 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:30.920 know the business, Hollywood whatever, you know, I'd arrived with 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:32.720 my first movie, but here I was about to take 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:36.280 make my second movie, first with the studio, first with 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:40.760 a real budget. And the first person from the industry 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:44.720 to meet me over this bridge that I crossed thanks 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:48.640 to making clerks, the first person in the business of 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:54.319 professional who was there to welcome me was Shannon. And 0:09:54.440 --> 0:10:01.280 I always found that wonderful and bittersweet and ironic that 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:05.880 I spent so many nights watching her on this little 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:11.360 television grainy TV, and then I saw her in all 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:16.440 her glory in real life, no grain whatsoever. I had 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.520 a crush on her then I'll always have a crush 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:24.920 on her. She was a force of nature. She was 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:32.520 a wonderful Renee in malrats, and I'm so lucky that 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:37.280 I got to work with her. I mean, let's be honest, 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:40.840 I was lucky to have known her at all. I 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:44.120 love you, Shan See at the mall one day. 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.760 He played Brenda Walsh's father, Jim Walsh on Beverly Hills 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:50.400 nine O two one oh. He appeared with Shannon in 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.280 one hundred and eleven episodes and remembers her warmth on 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:59.400 the set. James Eckhouse, Hi, James Ekhouse, I played Shn's 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:03.599 dad to went out one of many worlds. 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:10.040 Shannon brought her effervescent spirit too. Had huge influence upon 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:20.880 my heartaches for Shenon's family, friends, and fans. You were 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:29.200 a ferocious spirit. You were ferocious in your work, your talent. 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:34.800 You're ferocious in your love. You're ferocious in your courageous 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:41.760 battle with cancer. I really loved working with you both 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:47.400 as actor and director. Yeah, you always brought all of 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:50.040 your heart to every. 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:55.720 Scene, and when I brought my young kids to the set, 0:11:57.760 --> 0:12:03.040 I'm forever grateful to you for being so welcoming, so kind. 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:14.240 They never forgot that we honor you and we treasure you. 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:15.800 You will be sorely missed. 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:28.920 He played Leo on one hundred and forty five episodes 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:32.080 of Charmed. He remembers how supportive Shannon was from his 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:34.520 very first day on the set and how warm she 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:36.040 was as a friend ever since. 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:43.000 Hello, all yeah, let's be clear podcast listeners, fans of 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:48.920 Shannon Doherty. Incredible, amazing Shannon Doherty. This is Brian Kraus 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:50.640 from Charmed. 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:52.360 Leo. 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:01.800 I just wanted to share a quick moment about Shannon 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:06.959 and how we met and when we met and how 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:09.599 she's changed my life. 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:11.960 I imagined when. 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:17.240 Before our palc is about myself getting on the show. 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:21.000 I had met Shannon before, you. 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:25.080 Know, out of the club and of Los Angeles and 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:29.320 all that was in the nineties, and so when I 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:32.079 got on the show up Charmed, I was really nervous to. 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:35.439 Show up and perform in front of her. 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:40.600 I knew the stakes were raised that you know, I 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:44.520 had heard rumors and blah blah blah. And I got on, 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:46.800 I knew my lines, I did my thing, and she 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:49.640 just looked over him and she kind of gave a 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:54.120 little wink in a good job, and you know, to 0:13:54.200 --> 0:14:02.839 get her approval that I had formed well and done well. 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:04.440 It meant everything. 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:05.480 And then when. 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.400 I was told I was going to be a regular 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:16.320 on the show, it was actually Shannon who had said 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:19.000 to me, because when you had powers on Charmed, you 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:22.800 usually were a bad guy and you died. And she 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:26.320 took me aside and she said, no, you're a good guy, 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:30.520 and you're going to stick around, and you just keep 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:34.200 doing what you're doing and you'll be around for a while. 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:39.560 And it was her way of saying, you know, good job, 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:45.680 keep showing up and keep kicking ass and kind of 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:49.520 joining me, opening her wings and allowing me to be 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:52.000 a part of her family. And I was so honored 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:59.320 by it that Charmed had this let's kick some ass 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:04.280 and make really good entertainment, and that was all Shannon 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:11.280 at the Helm and setting the standard of what professionalism was. 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:17.800 And I'll never forget it. And I've been so lucky 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:19.560 the last few years to have gotten to know her 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:26.680 as we've done comic cons and this podcast, and to 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:30.920 know Shannon is a human and her enduring spirit. 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:34.800 Of anything as possible. 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:38.840 And if I could say anything to let's be clear fans, 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:45.520 Shannon really believed anything was possible with hard work, determination 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:49.760 of vision, let's go get it. 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:51.600 And I don't think. 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:54.120 I ever should heard her say I don't know how, 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:58.680 or oh what if, or it can't. It wasn't a 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:02.120 part of her For Cabin Larry, it was oh, we've 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.560 run into a wall. Okay, let's fix this, let's get 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.440 this done, let's do this. No, let's take action. And 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:12.280 I think anything I could pass on that rubbed off 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:18.360 on me that meant so much was our work ethic 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:22.000 and desire to do what she wanted to do and 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:26.760 live fearlessly. And I'm going to take that with me 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:34.040 and try and do it every day, every day, every day. 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:40.200 I love Shannon so much and I wish I got 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:45.480 a chance to tell her that she's an amazing, amazing 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.720 human being. And I want to thank you all that 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:53.000 listened to our podcast or watched Charmed and followed Shannon 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:58.200 that may have crossed over to us, because any piece 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:02.520 of that was just a byproduct being a fan of hers, 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:07.800 I'm sure made you a fan of ours. And I 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:12.159 just feel really lucky that I was able to be 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:18.280 a part of it. I'm forever grateful for her friendship. 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:22.280 He played her nephew, Chris halliwell Uncharmed and was one 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:24.400 of her co hosts on her latest project, the House 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:26.719 of Hallowell podcast Drew Fuller. 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:32.439 Hey, this is Drew Fuller, Shannon's friend and co host 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:37.160 on The House Haliwell and in honor of her, Let's 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:42.480 be very clear, Shannon was a warrior. She faced adversity 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:46.720 head on with everything that she got and refused to 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:50.720 be a victim. She lived her life with so much passion, 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:56.199 with love and a fearlessness that I will strive daily 0:17:56.800 --> 0:18:03.159 to replicate. She's inspired, hired millions of people, She's inspired me, 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:07.080 and I will love her forever, and I hope each 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:09.399 and every one of you listening will honor her spirit 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:12.159 by living the way she lived. 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:16.760 He played inspector Darryl Morris in seventy eight episodes of Charmed. 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:19.879 Shannon won him over from his first day on the set, 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:22.439 Dorian Gregory, when. 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:25.439 I'm coong, remember me with a smile and the laughter 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:29.919 and the joy that we shared together, and that way it. 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:32.800 Will live forever sentimens. 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:35.360 I couldn't say it or express the wish Shannon does, 0:18:35.400 --> 0:18:37.680 but I was impacted by that. 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:44.360 First thing on set. I heard this amazing laughter. 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:48.399 I looked around the corner and it was Holly and 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:50.720 Shannon sharing a moment have. 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:53.880 Such genuine, real laughter. 0:18:56.720 --> 0:19:02.880 I walked over first days awkward, she welcomed me warmly, 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:07.360 and that was and then a lot. 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:12.080 I come from a house of strong women to turn. 0:19:13.600 --> 0:19:18.600 Accomplished and sharp as sharks, sharp as sharkingby. 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:23.520 That was him. 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:27.840 My father passed from cancer, and my woman's mother passed 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:28.640 with cancer. 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:30.320 A longbow, So I have a little idea of. 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:34.119 What happens on the day to day. I say this 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:39.879 because I remember Shannon a year ago and her autographs 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:43.359 on me. It's the last time I actually was there 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:48.399 physically around her and her wit and her warmth and 0:19:48.440 --> 0:19:52.480 her energy and her strength just as strong as ever, 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:58.480 and her generosity and care for her fans of making 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:00.520 him feel individual in her and. 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:04.600 Important as she always has. 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:07.720 In every convention I've been with her, every time i've 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:15.480 been in her presence. A week ago we did a 0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:22.600 podcasts and Shannon and sharing her years of experience in 0:20:22.640 --> 0:20:25.320 this distance and the ends and outs and the ups 0:20:25.320 --> 0:20:31.879 and downs, and her artistic affectionism, and that was so 0:20:32.640 --> 0:20:42.280 wonderful to hear, and her excitement about life. So I remember, Fred, 0:20:43.560 --> 0:20:51.560 you've been packing, Bennie, and with love, I remember. 0:20:51.840 --> 0:20:54.600 Shannon Doherty appeared in eight episodes of the two thousand 0:20:54.600 --> 0:20:56.879 and eight nine O two one oh reboot. In that 0:20:57.040 --> 0:21:01.280 short time, she made an immense impact on actress. She 0:21:01.359 --> 0:21:04.240 remembers how Shannon took her under her wing and taught 0:21:04.280 --> 0:21:05.920 her to embrace her own strength. 0:21:06.200 --> 0:21:10.840 I owe more to Shannon than I'm sure she ever knew, 0:21:11.400 --> 0:21:12.679 than most people know. 0:21:13.760 --> 0:21:16.800 Oh my gosh, my voice is already shaking. 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:21.080 If it weren't for Shannon, I would not be who 0:21:21.119 --> 0:21:26.080 I am in so many more ways than one. I 0:21:26.119 --> 0:21:29.040 had the good fortune of being cast on the spin 0:21:29.119 --> 0:21:30.879 off series of nine O two one to zero in 0:21:30.880 --> 0:21:34.119 two thousand and eight, playing the character Annie Wilson, who 0:21:34.200 --> 0:21:36.960 was part of the brother's sister duo that moved from 0:21:36.960 --> 0:21:39.760 a small town to Beverly Hills. And the only reason 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:45.359 why that happened is because Shannon Doherty created one of 0:21:45.400 --> 0:21:48.800 the most iconic characters ever to be on television in 0:21:48.800 --> 0:21:50.600 my opinion, and I think a lot of people would. 0:21:50.440 --> 0:21:54.400 Agree with me on that one. Obviously, mister Aaron Spelling created. 0:21:54.080 --> 0:21:58.560 That series, but it was the cast, and namely Shannon Doherty. 0:21:58.800 --> 0:22:03.560 She created the character that we all fell in love with, 0:22:03.800 --> 0:22:06.920 and it is because of her and the nine to 0:22:07.000 --> 0:22:09.880 two ONO cast that my show ever existed. 0:22:11.160 --> 0:22:13.800 And I had the incredible fortune. 0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:18.439 Of stepping into a tiny version of her shoes and. 0:22:19.000 --> 0:22:21.720 Hopefully follow into her footsteps in a way that made 0:22:21.720 --> 0:22:22.480 Shannon proud. 0:22:23.080 --> 0:22:29.600 Because Shannon was so warm and so lovely and so 0:22:30.320 --> 0:22:33.960 fiercely strong and unapologetic, and she is the type of 0:22:34.000 --> 0:22:37.840 woman that I have always aspired to be. 0:22:39.560 --> 0:22:43.360 And it was watching her do it despite. 0:22:43.560 --> 0:22:50.000 Everything that she was met with and continue to forge ahead, 0:22:50.080 --> 0:22:52.600 being true to who she was that gave me the 0:22:52.640 --> 0:22:58.199 confidence to do the same, no matter how much resistance 0:22:58.720 --> 0:23:01.560 I've been met with throughout my life. Because of that, 0:23:01.880 --> 0:23:05.680 and there, I've said it before, There's really not been 0:23:05.800 --> 0:23:09.080 much of a blueprint for how to be a strong, 0:23:09.760 --> 0:23:15.000 unapologeticly strong woman in a world and society that is 0:23:15.040 --> 0:23:17.439 so determined to tell you not to. 0:23:17.880 --> 0:23:18.560 But she did it. 0:23:19.160 --> 0:23:23.119 She did it, and she, as far as I'm concerned, 0:23:23.160 --> 0:23:26.120 is one of the very few that is the blueprint. 0:23:26.200 --> 0:23:28.560 It's women like Shannon Doherty that give the rest of 0:23:28.680 --> 0:23:35.159 us permission and confidence to demand what we deserve, stand 0:23:35.280 --> 0:23:42.480 up for ourselves, and not take any shit. And I 0:23:42.520 --> 0:23:45.480 hope I'm allowed to say that, but I think Shannon. 0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:46.359 Would be okay with it. 0:23:46.400 --> 0:23:49.520 In my short time of getting the job on I 0:23:49.760 --> 0:23:53.040 two zero and starting to film and being a part 0:23:53.160 --> 0:23:56.159 of the tabloid fodder and media craze that was at 0:23:56.160 --> 0:24:01.160 that time, it was only a little why into that 0:24:01.640 --> 0:24:04.320 process and that experience that I met Shannon and had 0:24:04.359 --> 0:24:08.800 the privilege to actually work with her portraying the character 0:24:08.840 --> 0:24:11.160 of Brenda alongside. 0:24:10.480 --> 0:24:11.960 Me on NINEO two and O. 0:24:12.359 --> 0:24:15.879 And at that point, already in just a short window 0:24:15.920 --> 0:24:21.400 of time, I had been so mentally broken down by 0:24:21.400 --> 0:24:24.880 the experience. You know, I was eighteen when I moved 0:24:24.920 --> 0:24:26.720 out to La to take on the job. I was 0:24:26.760 --> 0:24:29.119 by myself, left my family back home, really didn't know 0:24:29.240 --> 0:24:32.920 anybody other than my cast. And the behind the scenes 0:24:32.960 --> 0:24:36.080 drama that Beverly Hills Nino two and O was known 0:24:36.160 --> 0:24:42.160 for definitely was recreated behind the scenes of our spinoff 0:24:42.160 --> 0:24:45.240 of nine O two and O as well. And I 0:24:45.280 --> 0:24:49.960 think Shannon and I am not having ever spoken about it, 0:24:50.000 --> 0:24:52.320 but I think a lot of our experiences, or the 0:24:52.359 --> 0:24:56.359 experiences I had, mirrored a lot of the experiences that 0:24:56.480 --> 0:24:59.439 she had. Meeting her that day in the trailer, I 0:24:59.480 --> 0:25:02.080 was so excit because she was my favorite character from 0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:04.080 the original show. I had watched it with my mom 0:25:04.119 --> 0:25:07.200 growing up, so I was a super fan of her already, 0:25:07.720 --> 0:25:10.639 and I think, you know, brown hair like, she was 0:25:10.680 --> 0:25:14.040 the gorgeous brunette for the show, so I felt most 0:25:14.160 --> 0:25:18.040 like tied to her, and I was so nervous meeting her, 0:25:18.240 --> 0:25:22.040 and she literally just like welcomed me into her trailer 0:25:22.080 --> 0:25:25.119 with the biggest smile and the warmest hug, and it 0:25:25.240 --> 0:25:25.600 was like. 0:25:25.720 --> 0:25:27.800 I don't even know if she meant to communicate this 0:25:27.920 --> 0:25:28.800 with her hug, but. 0:25:30.560 --> 0:25:34.199 It made me feel so seen and like I was 0:25:34.400 --> 0:25:38.000 not alone in everything that I was experiencing at that time, 0:25:38.080 --> 0:25:38.600 because it. 0:25:38.520 --> 0:25:39.080 Was a lot. 0:25:39.960 --> 0:25:42.640 It was a lot for an eighteen nineteen year old 0:25:42.680 --> 0:25:45.360 girl to go through. And getting that hug from her, 0:25:45.520 --> 0:25:49.600 knowing that she experienced so much at times a million 0:25:50.080 --> 0:25:54.240 when she was my age, like, was everything to me 0:25:54.440 --> 0:25:58.680 because all I saw with this was this beautiful, strong 0:25:58.720 --> 0:26:01.639 woman who was so resilient, who had made it out 0:26:01.720 --> 0:26:05.200 of that experience still with her chin held high, fire 0:26:05.280 --> 0:26:07.080 in her belly and being true to who she was, 0:26:07.200 --> 0:26:11.000 and to me, that was Shannon Doherty. So you know, 0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:15.800 it's no surprise to me that she went on to 0:26:15.840 --> 0:26:20.399 fight this very long battle as fiercely as she did, 0:26:22.119 --> 0:26:25.760 and I, you know, I'm gutted that I never had 0:26:25.760 --> 0:26:28.520 the opportunity to get back in touch with her. I 0:26:28.640 --> 0:26:31.720 tried to kind of connect through people, but you know, 0:26:31.800 --> 0:26:34.120 I was so young when we met, and our paths 0:26:34.200 --> 0:26:38.520 literally never crossed again. Otherwise, you know, having made it 0:26:38.560 --> 0:26:44.040 through that experience, learning everything that I did, fighting so 0:26:44.200 --> 0:26:47.640 hard to maintain that Shannon energy that. 0:26:48.240 --> 0:26:51.800 Existed within me, and that she gave me the confidence 0:26:51.840 --> 0:26:56.280 to hold on to despite it all, I would have loved, loved, 0:26:56.359 --> 0:27:00.199 loved to, you know, just share this with her, but 0:27:00.720 --> 0:27:02.040 I didn't get that opportunity. 0:27:02.200 --> 0:27:06.000 And it's truly such an honor to be able to 0:27:06.000 --> 0:27:09.560 share these words with the listener of her podcast, which 0:27:09.600 --> 0:27:12.440 I know is a really important passion project for her. 0:27:12.640 --> 0:27:16.080 And I know that the fans listening to this love 0:27:16.160 --> 0:27:19.720 Shannon as much and as deeply as I do. And 0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:23.959 I know that her memory will live on for a 0:27:24.119 --> 0:27:28.840 very very long time as the blueprint. 0:27:28.320 --> 0:27:33.639 The queen of the Badasses that give us all permission 0:27:33.840 --> 0:27:38.160 and confidence to be who we are, to demand respect, 0:27:38.400 --> 0:27:41.520 and to never settle for anything less. 0:27:41.359 --> 0:27:42.240