Shannen Doherty Discusses 'Brutal' One-Two Punch of Cancer Diagnosis and Divorce

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00:00 What are you looking for in a partner?

00:02 Are you ready to walk down the aisle again, Shannon?

00:04 I have to get my divorce finalized first.

00:06 Otherwise, there might be some legal issues.

00:09 Yeah, I would think so.

00:10 Which I got to say was shocking to me.

00:13 Because it was like a one-two punch.

00:14 The news about your brain cancer and the divorce

00:17 came at the same time to fans.

00:19 Yes.

00:20 It was like maybe, you know, two or three days apart.

00:23 So yeah, it was pretty brutal.

00:25 My husband had been carrying on an affair for two years.

00:29 Shannon says she learned about her husband's affair

00:32 at the worst possible time,

00:34 just before undergoing brain surgery.

00:37 The former 90210 star was brutally candid

00:39 about the end of her 11-year marriage

00:41 on the launch episode of her new podcast

00:44 Let's Be Clear with Shannon Doherty.

00:46 I didn't walk away right away.

00:48 I couldn't.

00:49 I was so confused and I was also on steroids

00:52 and a lot of stuff from brain surgery

00:55 because they didn't want my brains as well.

00:57 How do you even want to love again

00:59 after experiencing such betrayal?

01:02 Well, you know, even though it didn't work out,

01:04 it was still really beautiful.

01:06 Just because he made poor choices that, you know, hurt me greatly

01:10 does not mean that every man is like that.

01:15 What about children?

01:16 Because I recently read that you would be open

01:19 to having your own children.

01:21 Is having a family still something that you want to do?

01:23 I would.

01:24 I, you know, have looked at adopting

01:26 and all sorts of different options.

01:30 I think I struggle a lot with my cancer diagnosis

01:34 and how fair it is.

01:36 We'll see.

01:37 Right now I'm in treatment.

01:38 I'm going to just see how that treatment works.

01:40 And if I feel like I can give a long enough time to a child,

01:44 then I'll definitely do it.

01:46 Shannon, who recently revealed her stage 4 breast cancer

01:49 had spread to her bones,

01:51 says she is still ready to work

01:53 and looking for more roles.

01:54 Recording her new podcast has been cathartic.

01:57 It's like the best form of therapy you can have.

02:02 Have there been times in your career

02:04 that you felt like you have been counted out

02:05 because of your diagnosis with breast cancer?

02:08 I think I've been counted out so many times.

02:12 But, you know, the only thing that matters

02:14 is I don't count myself out.

02:16 Yeah.

02:17 And that's all that really matters,

02:19 as long as I never give up on myself.

02:21 [music ends]

02:23 [BELL RINGING]

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