Alyssa Milano has damaged her silence about her Charmed costar Shannen Doherty‘s claims that Milano acquired her fired from the collection.
Talking to the gang at a Charmed panel hosted by MegaCon Orlando yesterday, the actress addressed the long-running feud rumours.
“I’ll simply say that I am unhappy. I do not assume it is actually that I am unhappy for me or for my life or the way it does or doesn’t have an effect on my life,” mentioned Milano.
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“I am essentially the most unhappy for the followers. I’m essentially the most unhappy {that a} present that has meant a lot to so many individuals has been tarnished by a toxicity that’s nonetheless to today nearly 1 / 4 of a century later nonetheless occurring.”
“I am unhappy that individuals cannot transfer previous it, I am unhappy that all of us cannot simply rejoice the success of a present that meant a lot to all of us.”
It got here in response to claims from her former costars Doherty and Holly Marie Combs that she gave the present’s producer, Jonathan Levin, an ultimatum.
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Combs recounted the story he informed her, revealing to Doherty on her Let’s Be Clear podcast in December 2023: “He mentioned, you recognize, ‘We’re principally able the place it is one or the opposite. We have been informed [by Alyssa] that it is [Shannen] or me, and Alyssa has threatened to sue us for a hostile office setting.'”
Combs added that Milano “constructed a case for herself” through the use of a mediator on set to doc each time she felt uncomfortable whereas filming.
Milano addressed this declare in an Instagram put up, posted the day after her look on the panel.
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“The whole lot was documented. There was knowledgeable mediator (I used to be informed Holly and Shannen wouldn’t take part in any mediation) and an on-set producer/babysitter who have been each introduced in to analyze all claims. It was then advisable by this mediator, after amassing testimony from solid AND crew—what modifications needs to be made if the present was going to proceed,” she claimed.
“The studio, Aaron Spelling, and community made the choice to guard the worldwide hit that was Charmed. I didn’t have the ability to get anybody fired. As soon as Shannen left we had 5 extra profitable seasons and I’m ceaselessly grateful.
Doherty left the collection after season 3 in 2001, stating that she had outgrown the present. Her character was killed off and she or he was changed with Rose McGowan in one other function after her departure.
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The actress was extra forthright about her reasoning throughout an interview with Leisure Tonight later that 12 months.
“There was an excessive amount of drama on the set and never sufficient ardour for the work. You already know, I am 30 years previous and I haven’t got time for drama in my life anymore,” she mentioned.
“I wish to work with actors who actually, actually care and that wish to be there each single day,” she continued.
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“I do not wish to work with individuals who b—h about their job and complain about it and say that they hate it or anything.”
