"I regret it in one sense"- Shannen Doherty talks about not appearing in the Charmed series finale

Shannen Doherty, best known for playing the eldest Halliwell sister Prue in the American fantasy drama Charmed, recently got candid about the reasons why she didn’t come back to the show’s series finale.

In the latest episode of her podcast, Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty, the actress made it clear why there’s a part of her that somehow regrets not appearing on the hit drama’s final episode, but it’s not as everyone thought. Doherty said:

“I regret it in one sense. I regret it for the fans.”

While she’s sympathetic towards fans who missed her in the show’s finale, Doherty was adamant that she doesn’t regret her decision.

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“It would’ve stirred everything back up” — Shannen Doherty opens up about her decision not to return to the Charmed series finale

While she was answering fan questions in her latest podcast on Monday, May 20, Shannen Doherty responded to the question about whether she regretted missing the Charmed series finale.

“[But] I don’t regret it for me, because I was so incredibly wrecked from getting fired that, I think, ever years, years, years later, had I walked on that set, and I think it just would’ve stirred everything back up for me.”

Fans loved the chemistry between Doherty and co-stars Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano, who play Doherty’s younger sisters on the show.

For the unversed, Shannen Doherty exited the WB series after its third season following rumors of problems on set. She was eventually replaced by Rose McGowan.

She talked about the reasons for exiting the hit show with Entertainment Tonight in 2001, saying it was her decision to leave. However, in December 2023, the 90210 alum talked with her former co-star Holly Marie Combs about the real reasons for leaving the show on her podcast.

Doherty mentioned that the “I quit” narrative was “assigned to [her] by other people” but the real reason was that she was fired.

During their conversation, Combs recalled a conversation she had with the show’s producer, Jonathan Levin, about Doherty’s exit. Combs recounted Levin mentioning that Milano had issued an ‘it’s me or her’ ultimatum and had threatened to sue the production for a “hostile workplace environment.”

Brian Austin Green and Shannen Doherty for 90210 (Image via Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Elsewhere, in her latest podcast episode, Doherty offered some tips to fans wanting a Charmed reboot. She mentioned what would help speed up the process of an official reunion of the original Charmed cast.

“If you guys really want one, then you have to barred their Instagram, their Facebook, [write] mail.”

She also mentioned doing “petitions” and sending them in. Shannen Doherty also joked that if there’s ever a reunion happening, it has to happen quickly unless fans want to see them as “grandmas.”