Shannen Doherty Discovered Husband’s Affair Before Surgery _ E! News

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00:00 Shannon Doherty reflects on a difficult moment in mid her

00:03 cancer battle on the premiere episode of her new I heart

00:07 podcast. Let's be clear with Shannon Doherty, the Beverly

00:10 Hills 90210 alum opens up about the end of her 11 year marriage

00:15 to Kurt eyes or a go sharing she learned of his affair before she

00:20 underwent brain surgery.

00:22 And I went in to that surgery early in the morning. And I went

00:29 in after I found out that, you know, my marriage was

00:33 essentially over that my husband had been carrying on an affair

00:39 for two years.

00:40 The star adds that while her ex husband wanted to be beside her

00:44 leading up to the operation, she wouldn't allow it.

00:48 He wanted to go. I couldn't go into that surgery with him.

00:54 There, I felt so betrayed. At the end of the day, I just felt

01:00 so incredibly unloved by someone I was with for 14 years by

01:06 someone that, you know, I loved with all my heart.

01:09 2023 has been a challenging year for sure. Again, from brain

01:14 surgery to brain radiation to what I'm on now, which is kind

01:18 of a version of chemo, losing your hair and just to go through

01:23 all of that, while also trying to figure out if you're going to

01:26 get a friggin divorce like and trying to get to the truth.

01:31 Shannon filed for divorce from the photographer in April and

01:34 according to documents obtained by E! News, the couple cited

01:38 quote, irreconcilable differences as the cause for

01:41 their separation. On the podcast, the actress goes on to

01:45 share that despite the divorce from her third husband, who she

01:49 married in 2011, she's still a romantic at heart.

01:52 It was embarrassing. I was, you know, I'm horrified that I can't

01:59 keep a relationship together. I think it's like a reflection on

02:02 me. Although I kind of like this one. I don't know. I think it's

02:07 on him. But still, I don't want to be a failure in life. I and

02:13 I've failed three times at marriage and and I still believe

02:18 in love.

02:19 The 52 year old was first diagnosed with breast cancer in

02:22 2015, and went into remission in 2017. However, in 2019, the

02:27 disease returned back in January. She shared that the

02:31 cancer metastasized to her brain and just recently shared it also

02:36 had spread to her bones. She told People in an interview

02:40 published on November 29, I'm not done with living. I'm not

02:44 done loving. I'm not done with creating. I'm just not I'm not

02:48 done.

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