Holly Marie Combs Claims Alyssa Milano Gave Ultimatum to Get Shannen Doherty Fired from Charmed

The Halliwell sisters and their “Energy of Three” have been on the coronary heart of the supernatural collection, so it was genuinely stunning when Doherty left the present after simply three seasons.

The present pivoted by introducing Rose McGowan as a long-lost half-sister, who would stick with the present for its remaining 5 seasons, however followers have been nonetheless scratching their heads — certainly this wasn’t the plan all alongside?

On the time, Doherty introduced that she had “stop” the present, resulting in some backlash in opposition to her. She was depicted as somebody who was tough to work with, as a consequence of her additionally leaving her earlier long-running present, Beverly HIlls 90210, after simply 4 seasons.

Now, Combs is claiming that Doherty did not stop as a consequence of a feud with Milano, as was reported on the time. Quite, she claims Doherty was fired as a result of Milano gave producers an ultimatum … her or me.

Talking with Doherty on her Let’s Be Clear podcast, Combs mentioned she went straight to the supply, present producers Jonathan Levin, within the early 2000s to seek out out the actual story behind Doherty’s departure.

“He mentioned, ‘We did not imply to, however we have been backed into this nook. We’re mainly on this place the place it is one or the opposite,'” mentioned Combs. “‘We have been instructed [by Milano] it is her or [Doherty] and Alyssa has threatened to sue us for a hostile office setting.'”

Combs additional claimed that Milano had been documenting “each time she felt uncomfortable on set,” as if she was constructing a case in opposition to Combs and Doherty. She additional mentioned that whereas there might need been some friction between the women, she’d by no means witnessed something vital, so it got here as an enormous shock.

In reality, she mentioned no crew or visitor stars or anybody actually seen, as far as she is aware of. “It was all behind the scenes,” she mentioned. “There’s not a director that would not work with you once more. There’s not a crew member that didn’t have a good time working with you. So by as we speak’s requirements, it would not f–king fly.”

Doherty mentioned that she spent that first 12 months after her firing “type of replaying every little thing in my mind and actually looking for these moments … and I could not discover them. I do not ever keep in mind being imply to her on set.”

She additionally mentioned she needs she’d had somewhat extra years and expertise below her belt on the time as a result of she would have rejected her authorized recommendation and sued and been trustworthy. In spite of everything, her settlement to say she “stop” did not cease rumors from following her for years afterward.

In accordance with the podcast, Doherty was suggested in opposition to suing for concern it might value her work. The settlement reached was that she might say she had stop the present with out having to confess she wasn’t getting paid out, per her contract, and that she’d been given the boot.

A couple of months after she departed the present, Doherty instructed ET, per Us Weekly, “There was an excessive amount of drama and never sufficient ardour for the work.” She mentioned she was too previous for the drama, including, “I am going to miss Holly rather a lot and that is actually the one factor I need to clear up.” She didn’t point out Milano.

As for forgiveness, Doherty mentioned it is extra about accepting what occurred. “As you become older, you settle for {that a} scenario occurred. Acceptance and transferring on along with your life doesn’t equate to forgiveness,” she defined. “You simply be taught a lesson and take a look at any person otherwise and transfer on.”

Again in 2013, Milano addressed Doherty’s departure from the present on Watch What Occurs Dwell, telling Andy Cohen, “I do not know if she bought fired; we by no means actually discovered what occurred,” whereas acknowledging there have been “undoubtedly some tough days” on set.

In 2021, she instructed ET that she takes “accountability for lots” of what occurred between her and Doherty, saying a lot of it was as a consequence of her “feeling that I used to be in a contest slightly than it being that sisterhood that the present was a lot about. And I’ve some guilt about my half in that.”

Within the earlier episode of Doherty’s podcast, she mentioned she’d heard about Milano speaking about that surprising “competitiveness” between them in her e book, however she had no intention of studying it, “as a result of it is [titled] ‘Sorry Not Sorry,’ it tells me you are not friggin’ sorry. Why even point out one thing in that case?”

She additionally claimed that Milano and her mom had stored her from seeing Combs within the hospital shortly after a surgical procedure; Milano’s mom publicly denied that declare, per TMZ, questioning how that might have even been attainable.

When it got here down that Doherty was leaving the present, Combs mentioned she wished to stroll away along with her longtime buddy. “She did not need to do it with out me,” Combs recalled saying on the time. “Subsequently, I do not need to do it with out her and that must be pretty clear.”

Sadly, per Combs, Levin threatened to sue her if she stop the present, which she mentioned felt like “blackmail” on the time, and so she stayed as McGowan got here on the present. Combs would stay with the present alongside Milano and McGowan till its conclusion after eight seasons.