Shannen Doherty says her “horrible marriage” to Ashley Hamilton led to her 1994 firing from “Beverly Hills, 90210.” Doherty and Hamilton were married from 1993 to 1994.
Shannen Doherty admits that she let some of her personal “growing pains” seep into her work life while starring on “Beverly Hills, 90210.”
On Monday’s episode of her “Let’s Be Clear With Shannen Doherty” podcast, the actress sat down with former co-star Jason Priestley and acknowledged that her unprofessionalism on set led to her firing after the fourth season in 1994.
“Towards my last season, I was in a really horrible marriage, and there were things that were transpiring in that marriage that made it really hard for me to consistently be on time for work,” Doherty explained.
Doherty married Ashley Hamilton in 1993 yet they split just one year later largely in part to Hamilton’s battle with addiction.
“I know that that became a very big problem for the rest of you, as it should be because if everyone else is on time and you are waiting for one person it sucks,” she continued, noting that her tardiness forced her co-stars to “work longer hours.”
“It wasn’t anybody’s responsibility but mine,” the 52-year-old, who is currently battling stage 4 breast cancer, added.
Despite taking accountability, Doherty wished that producers had a serious talk with her about her behavior before deciding to write her character, Brenda Walsh, off the show.
