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Sarah Michelle Gellar Opens Up About Shannen Doherty
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Feb 12, 2020, 5:16:55 PM2/12/20
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Sarah Michelle Gellar Opens Up About Shannen Doherty: Cancer Does Not
‘Define Her’
[video interview]
Sarah Michelle Gellar Opens Up About Shannen Doherty: Cancer Does Not
‘Define Her’
By Emily Longeretta February 11, 2020
Standing by her side. Sarah Michelle Gellar opened up about her good friend
Shannen Doherty‘s battle with stage IV cancer — revealing that her friend is
stronger than anyone knows.
“I’ve obviously had a lot more time to digest this. She was forced to come
out with this information, and I think that what makes it really hard is the
way everyone looks at you now. And I think that’s why for so long she didn’t
want people to know,” Gellar, 42, told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting
Cascade’s “Do It Every Night” campaign on Tuesday, February 11. “Now
everywhere she goes, she sort of, she gets that look — and it’s not anyone’s
fault, you can’t help it because you love her and you feel sympathy.”
The Charmed alum, 48, and the former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star have been
pals since the late 1990s, when they both starred on series on The WB at the
same time.
“This girl has had this diagnosis — she shot an entire season of a
television show. She looked beautiful. She worked 16 hour days. I think
people have to remember that life is tough, but Shannen’s a lot tougher,”
Gellar added. “Cancer is not something that defines her. It’s an experience
that’s certainly changed her — and changed all of us. It has its ups and its
downs, but I think that it’s made the world see the side of Shannen that I’ve
always known.”
On February 4, the Beverly Hills: 90210 alum revealed her cancer had
returned. In an interview, she explained that she still wanted to shoot
BH90210 to honor the late Luke Perry, who passed away before the reboot
began filming. “One of the reasons, along with Luke, that I did 90210 and
didn’t really tell anybody [was] because I thought, ‘People can look at that
[and see] other people with stage IV can work too,'” she said at the time.
“Like, you know, our life doesn’t end the minute we get that diagnosis. We
still have some living to do.”
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Shannen Doherty at The 2019 American Humane Hero
Dog Awards on October 5, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. John
Salangsang/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Additionally, she knew the news was going to come out due to a lawsuit she
was involved in with State Farm; she sued the insurance company after her
California home was damaged in the 2018 Woolsey Fire and claimed her losses
should have been covered. In the documents, she stated that she had terminal
cancer and hoped to live her “remaining years peacefully in her home.”
“She’s a tough chick on the outside, but she’s not necessarily on the
inside,” Gellar told Us. “And now I think people know that. So just remember
that she’s been dealing with this for a long time and I think it’s
unfortunate how in this world we’re forced to be able to say truths that
maybe we’re not ready for other people, that we’re still digesting
ourselves.”
For more from Gellar and her campaign with husband Freddie Prinze Jr., watch
the interview above.
David
Sarah Michelle Gellar Opens Up About Shannen Doherty: Cancer Does Not
‘Define Her’
[video interview]
Sarah Michelle Gellar Opens Up About Shannen Doherty: Cancer Does Not
‘Define Her’
By Emily Longeretta February 11, 2020
Standing by her side. Sarah Michelle Gellar opened up about her good friend
Shannen Doherty‘s battle with stage IV cancer — revealing that her friend is
stronger than anyone knows.
“I’ve obviously had a lot more time to digest this. She was forced to come
out with this information, and I think that what makes it really hard is the
way everyone looks at you now. And I think that’s why for so long she didn’t
want people to know,” Gellar, 42, told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting
Cascade’s “Do It Every Night” campaign on Tuesday, February 11. “Now
everywhere she goes, she sort of, she gets that look — and it’s not anyone’s
fault, you can’t help it because you love her and you feel sympathy.”
The Charmed alum, 48, and the former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star have been
pals since the late 1990s, when they both starred on series on The WB at the
same time.
“This girl has had this diagnosis — she shot an entire season of a
television show. She looked beautiful. She worked 16 hour days. I think
people have to remember that life is tough, but Shannen’s a lot tougher,”
Gellar added. “Cancer is not something that defines her. It’s an experience
that’s certainly changed her — and changed all of us. It has its ups and its
downs, but I think that it’s made the world see the side of Shannen that I’ve
always known.”
On February 4, the Beverly Hills: 90210 alum revealed her cancer had
returned. In an interview, she explained that she still wanted to shoot
BH90210 to honor the late Luke Perry, who passed away before the reboot
began filming. “One of the reasons, along with Luke, that I did 90210 and
didn’t really tell anybody [was] because I thought, ‘People can look at that
[and see] other people with stage IV can work too,'” she said at the time.
“Like, you know, our life doesn’t end the minute we get that diagnosis. We
still have some living to do.”
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Shannen Doherty at The 2019 American Humane Hero
Dog Awards on October 5, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. John
Salangsang/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Additionally, she knew the news was going to come out due to a lawsuit she
was involved in with State Farm; she sued the insurance company after her
California home was damaged in the 2018 Woolsey Fire and claimed her losses
should have been covered. In the documents, she stated that she had terminal
cancer and hoped to live her “remaining years peacefully in her home.”
“She’s a tough chick on the outside, but she’s not necessarily on the
inside,” Gellar told Us. “And now I think people know that. So just remember
that she’s been dealing with this for a long time and I think it’s
unfortunate how in this world we’re forced to be able to say truths that
maybe we’re not ready for other people, that we’re still digesting
ourselves.”
For more from Gellar and her campaign with husband Freddie Prinze Jr., watch
the interview above.
David
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