{"id":7495,"date":"2026-07-01T16:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/tori-spelling-cried-more-over-shannen-dohertys-death-than-dad-aarons-passing\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T16:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:02:19","slug":"tori-spelling-cried-more-over-shannen-dohertys-death-than-dad-aarons-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/tori-spelling-cried-more-over-shannen-dohertys-death-than-dad-aarons-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tori Spelling cried more over Shannen Doherty&#8217;s death than dad Aaron&#8217;s passing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F07%2F132921420.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tori Spelling cried more after the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/07\/14\/celebrity-news\/shannen-doherty-dead-at-53-after-cancer-battle\/\">death of her \u201cBeverly Hills, 90210\u201d co-star Shannen Doherty<\/a> than when her father, Aaron Spelling, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/02\/05\/tori-spelling-says-late-dad-aaron-spelling-kept-her-grounded\/\">passed away<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had more of an emotional, outward reaction when Shan passed,\u201d the actress admitted during Tuesday\u2019s episode of the<em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vBi5xQK09Jk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cInside of You with Michael Rosenbaum\u201d podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Doherty, notably,\u00a0died in 2024 at 53 after a lengthy <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2015\/08\/19\/shannen-doherty-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer\/\">battle with breast cancer<\/a>, while Aaron died in 2006 at 83 due to complications from a stroke.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tori Spelling cried more over the death of Shannen Doherty than the death of her dad, Aaron Spelling, she said on Tuesday. <span class=\"credit\">Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum\/Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actress (pictured here with her parents in 2002) said she \u201chad more of an emotional, outward reaction\u201d when she lost her \u201cBeverly Hills, 90210\u201d co-star in 2024. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Tori speculated that she cried less over the loss of her father because she \u201chad every feeling so repressed\u201d at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The 53-year-old didn\u2019t know how to \u201cdeal\u201d with her feelings and, instead, adopted a \u201cjust go on\u201d mentality.<\/p>\n<p>She clarified, \u201cMy dad was everything to me. I mean, he\u2019s still my hero and I think about him every single day in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tori believes Doherty\u2019s death was \u201cmaybe\u201d an extra \u201chard one\u201d because she\u2019s \u201cgetting older and start[ing] to think of [her] own mortality and what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Doherty\u00a0(pictured above in 1992) lost her battle with breast cancer at age 53. <span class=\"credit\">Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tori\u2019s feelings were \u201crepressed\u201d when her dad (pictured above in 1997) passed at the age of 83 in 2006. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic, Inc<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She added, \u201cIt\u2019s like, \u2018Wait, friends my age are passing and this can happen.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tori also pointed out how jarring it was for herself and Doherty to go from being \u201cbest friends\u201d to suddenly not.<\/p>\n<p>She couldn\u2019t \u201cstop crying,\u201d pointing out, \u201cThis is so un-me. But I also grew up thinking crying was a sign of weakness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair became close after being cast on \u201cBeverly Hills, 90210\u201d in 1990, with Tori and Doherty starring as Donna Martin and Brenda Walsh, respectively.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cMy dad was everything to me. \u2026 He\u2019s still my hero and I think about him every single day in my life,\u201d Tori (pictured above in 1995) clarified. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>It was when Doherty passed that Tori couldn\u2019t \u201cstop crying.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Sygma via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The duo co-starred in the hit Fox series together \u2014 alongside Jennie Garth, Jason Priestley, Luke Perry, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green and Gabrielle Carteris \u2014 until Doherty was released from her contract at the end of Season 4 in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>The series \u2014 which was produced by Aaron \u2014 went on for six more seasons before coming to an end in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Although Tori and Doherty temporarily lost touch, they came \u201cback together\u201d and were \u201cfriends again before she passed \u2026 because of [fan] conventions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She gushed, \u201cThat meant so much to me and to her.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tori sai she \u201cgrew up thinking crying was a sign of weakness.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Torispelling\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tori (pictured above with co-stars Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Jason Priestley, Brian Austin Green and Gabrielle Carteris) said the emotional display was \u201cso un-[her].\u201d <span class=\"credit\">FOX Image Collection via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tori told listeners she attended a memorial for Doherty on the one-year anniversary of her death last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cScary Movie 2\u201d star \u201cgot to see\u201d Doherty\u2019s \u201cmom again and see her friends\u201d at the 2025 event, which brought back a lot of \u201cmemories and tears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBeverly Hills, 90210\u201d family lost another cast member in 2019 when Perry <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/03\/04\/luke-perry-beverly-hills-90210-and-riverdale-star-dead-at-52\/\">died from a stroke<\/a> at 52.<\/p>\n<p>Tori shared that when Perry passed, she was \u201cstill in [her] mode of like, \u2018Go on, go on.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tori was \u201cgetting older and start[ing] to think of [her] own mortality and what\u2019s going to happen\u201d when Doherty (pictured above in February 2024) died. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>She said it was jarring to suddenly no longer be \u201cbest friends\u201d with Doherty (pictured above in October 2019). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Hallmark Channel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She paid tribute to the \u201cRiverdale\u201d alum via Instagram Stories in 2023, writing, \u201cCould be a million people in the room but he always made you feel like you were the only one. Good kind humans are a rare breed. I don\u2019t know that many sadly. He was one. \u2026 Missing you always.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following year, Tori\u00a0honored Doherty on an <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/miss-rebel\/id1738355230?i=1000663640878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">episode of her \u201cMisspelling\u201d\u00a0podcast<\/a>, dismissing her past \u201csilly \u2026 misunderstandings\u201d that led to \u201clost years\u201d without the \u201cCharmed\u201d alum in her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of that matters,\u201d she said in the 2024 episode. \u201cWhat matters is that core friendship that we had.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/01\/celebrity-news\/tori-spelling-cried-more-over-shannen-dohertys-death-than-dad-aarons-passing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tori Spelling cried more after the death of her \u201cBeverly Hills, 90210\u201d co-star Shannen Doherty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/132921420.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}