Shannen Doherty’s foray into reality TV
Like many stars with a bad rep, Doherty tried her hand at reality TV. In 2006, she launched “Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty,” which was an epic fail and was based on the premise of helping women end bad relationships, either platonic or romantic. Next, she joined “Dancing With The Stars” in 2010 but was the first contestant eliminated. Finally, she struck reality TV gold in 2014 with “Off The Map With Shannen & Holly,” a road trip show with her “Charmed” co-star Holly Marie Combs.
She dabbled in writing
Shannen Doherty embraced her bad girl persona with her memoir “Badass: A Hard-Earned Guide to Living Life with Style and (the Right) Attitude.” The book focused on Doherty’s evolution over the course of her career and how she turned from a bad girl to a compassionate person who learned from her mistakes and made the most of the second chances she got in life.
Going public with her cancer journey
Doherty faced many battles, but the biggest was a breast cancer diagnosis in her early 40s. She went public in 2015 and revealed she had undergone chemo and a mastectomy, sharing that the disease had spread to her lymph nodes. While she was in remission after chemo and radiation, it came back, and in 2020, she shared that she had stage four breast cancer, telling followers on Instagram she hoped it would encourage others to get regular mammograms and checkups.
