LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Shannen Doherty has been going through a dark phase. The actress recently disclosed that her cancer battle has gotten more difficult since it has now spread to her brain. In addition to her health issues, Doherty is also in the middle of her third divorce.
In April, it was reported that the 52-year-old filed for divorce after tying the knot with photographer Kurt Iswarienko in 2011. The ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ star’s spokesperson Leslie Sloane said, as per Us Weekly, “Divorce is the last thing Shannen wanted. Unfortunately, she felt she was left with no other option. You can contact Kurt’s agent, Collier Grimm at PICTUREKID, as she is intimately involved.”
Shannen Doherty’s relationships over the years
Doherty has been in and out of many relationships over the years. The very first known romance of the ‘No One Would Tell’ star was with Chicago real estate manager Chris Foufas. She reportedly got engaged to him in 1991 but called it off in 1992. At the time, Foufas reportedly said, “Shannen can be a great, wonderful, loving person. But she wants to be a dictator. Shannen gets people to commit to her and then says, ‘See ya!’ She is like a kid who wants a toy, gets it, and then gets tired of it.”
The actress then dated Dean Factor, who is the founder and CEO of Smashbox Cosmetics. The two reportedly got engaged in 1993 but the relationship did not last long, and Factor even requested a restraining order against his ex-fiancee. But Doherty issued a statement at the time, claiming, “Don’t believe everything you read. To paraphrase Mark Twain, half the things you read about me are untrue, and the others are lies."
Then in 1993, Doherty’s search for a long-term partner appeared to end when she exchanged vows with actor Ashley Hamilton. But the marriage did not survive for even a year. Two years after her first marriage, producer Rob Weiss came into her life and again she got engaged. But in 1998, the pair separated.
‘I think I’ve learned from my mistakes’
Doherty’s second marriage happened in 2002 with Rick Salomon. However, they called it quits in 2003 just before Salomon’s sex tape with Paris Hilton went public. In 2010, the ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ star said, “I’ve had some bad relationships and two failed marriages. It’s like, ‘Why did I pick these men?’ I guess it was about what I thought I could do to help them. But, in truth, I was only hurting myself.”
“It’s like my second husband Rick Salomon. After we split, he was on those sex tapes with Paris Hilton. I’m not going to lie and say I didn’t love him even though the bad times sure outweighed the good. But, like any badass, I think I’ve learned from my mistakes,” she added.
In 2011, Doherty said “I do” for the third time to Iswarienko but the marriage has been marred by her cancer battle, along with probably other issues. In April, she posted a quote on Instagram that said, “The only people who deserve to be in your life are the ones who treat you with love, kindness, and total respect.”
