The “Charmed” cast feud is still brewing, decades after the show first premiered.
The turmoil behind the scenes of the hit show, starring actresses Shannen Doherty, Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs, has been overshadowing the success of the series, with Doherty and Milano’s issues coming to a head in recent months.
As a result, Combs and Rose McGowan, who later joined the show, have taken sides.
Doherty and Combs rehashed the drama on Doherty’s podcast in December. Doherty said any narrative that she quit “Charmed” was not her own. Combs said a producer told her Milano threatened to sue the show if Doherty wasn’t fired.
“I heard that Alyssa said she did not have the power to fire anyone, which is ironic because this was actually all about power,” Combs explained. “There was a case being built, which is now clear. A case Alyssa and Alyssa alone had the power to stop and when the producers said, ‘OK, we will let Shannen go, Alyssa also had the power to say, ’No, I don’t want that.’
“But she did not. She had the power to say no just as Shannen had said, ‘No, I don’t want you to replace Alyssa’ when posed with the same option. Because she was a child actor who supported a family just as Alyssa does and understood the great importance and responsibility of that.”
Combs added the hashtag “#sorrynotsorry,” the title of Milano’s 2021 memoir.
McGowan commented on the post, seeming to agree with Doherty’s explanation.
“I love what the show has meant to people worldwide,” McGowan said. “Sometimes, a mess has to be made for things to be cleaned up. This for me is way bigger than a TV show. It goes to years of continuous behind-the-scenes character assassination and targeted reputation smearing because of narcissistic pathological jealousy.
“I wish none of it had to be this way. I remain proud of everyone involved for the magic we wove and the magic created worldwide. Truth is uncomfortable, but magic never dies.”
Caroline Thayer is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Follow Caroline Thayer on Twitter at @carolinejthayer. Story tips can be sent to [email protected].
