Jason Priestly Updates Shannen Doherty’s Cancer Battle

Shannen Doherty revealed in February that her Stage 4 cancer was back, and now, her Beverly Hills 90210 costar Jason Priestley is sharing an update on her health.

He told Australia’s Network 10: “I reach out to Shannen every few months, just to check in on her and say hi. Shannen’s a real tough girl, and Shannen’s a fighter and she’s always been a fighter. And I know that she will continue to fight as hard as she can. Last time I heard from her, she was in pretty good spirits.”

When she opened up about her cancer’s return in February, she told ABC: “I’ve definitely had days where I say, ‘Why me?’ And then I go, ‘Well why not me? Who else, you know? Who else besides me deserves this?’ None of us do. I would say that my first reaction is always concern about how am I going to tell my mom, my husband [Kurt Iswarienko].”

She first shared her diagnosis in 2015. In 2017, the cancer went into remission, only to have it come back in early 2020.