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Charmedwas a show about the Power of Threethree witch sisters who were stronger together.
Question is, which threeCharmedstars are we really talking about?
Years after the shows finale, the behind-the-scenes drama has re-emerged on TikTok and podcasts.
The piece of history being debated now is the exit of Shannen Doherty from the show.
Doherty played eldest Halliwell sister Prue forCharmeds first three seasons.
Why she wasnt on the last five seasons is whats under debate.
Were cracking initiate the Book of Shadows and giving you all the lore.
Here is a complete timeline of theCharmedcast feud, from the shows beginnings to dueling panels at Orlando MegaCon.
Prehistory
1980s:Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs meet while as working actresses and become friends.
I would hope that in our 30s it wouldnt feel like that anymore.
Garthhas acknowledgedthe feud was mutual, and is now long over.
Doherty also gets stuck with the difficult label at this time, which can be career death for actresses.
I have a rep. Did I earn it?
Yeah, I did.
Its just that the sacrifice at the time seemed too large to me.
I mean, I was a teenager.
And the cast did too.
I was probably carrying around a lot of resentment and anger still.
For the shows pilot, Lori Rom played littlest sister Phoebe.
When the show is ordered to series, Rom has been replaced with Milano.
During production of the first season, Combs undergoes surgery for a uterine tumor.
Production shuts down for two weeks.
Combs said the cast rallied around her.
Shannen would leave my hospital room, and Alyssa and her mom would come in, she toldPeople.
The girls really pulled together during this time for me.
Even in this telling, Doherty and Milano arent in the same room.
I was like, being told I couldnt even get in by Alyssa and her mom.
1999:Charmedis a hit and everything is fine!
I feel that were incredibly lucky that the three of us found each other, Milano said in1999.
We all have horses so we all have things that are in common.
Its like a big slumber party every day.
We giggle a lot.
2001:Doherty leaves the show at the end of the third season.
Messaging in the media centers around difficult Doherty leaving a Spelling show yet again.
Im very laid back and passive.
I have my Buddha, Milano said in anEWinterview ahead of season four.
I think its unfortunate that she left, and that she needed to bad-mouth everyone involved and the audience.
She sounds really angry.
I just hope I didnt contribute to that anger.
Milano says that she and Doherty have squashed their beef.
Im so happy that shes feeling well.
I prayed for her every day that she would feel well and I cant wait to see her.
2020:Doherty reveals that her breast cancer has returned and is now stage four.
I dont think that Ive processed it, she toldNBC News.
Its a bitter pill to swallow in a lot of ways.
June 2023:Doherty saysher cancer has now spread to her brain and is terminal.
She says she is still optimistic.
I dont want to die, she toldPeoplein November 2023.
Im not done with living.
Im not done with loving.
Im not done with creating.
Im not done with hopefully changing things for the better.
Im just not Im not done.
One of the things shes not done creating is a podcast,Lets Be Clear.
Were basically in this position where its one or the other.
This was so long ago that any retelling of these stories from anyone is just revisionist history.
The studio, Aaron Spelling, and online grid made the decision to protect the international hit that wasCharmed.
I did not have the power to get anyone fired.
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February 5, 2024:TheCharmedpanel at MegaCon runs.
Doherty tearfully defends speaking her truth.
That is the truth.
