{"id":5493,"date":"2016-09-14T11:26:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T05:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/rose-mcgowan-seeks-to-heal-rift-with-cancer-fighter-shannen-doherty-in-heartfelt-message\/"},"modified":"2016-09-14T16:42:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T10:42:42","slug":"rose-mcgowan-seeks-to-heal-rift-with-cancer-fighter-shannen-doherty-in-heartfelt-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/rose-mcgowan-seeks-to-heal-rift-with-cancer-fighter-shannen-doherty-in-heartfelt-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose McGowan seeks to heal rift with cancer fighter Shannen Doherty in heartfelt message"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Rose McGowan is trying to heal the rift with cancer sufferer Shannen Doherty after replacing her on TV series Charmed 15 years ago. <\/p>\n

The actress posted a cartoon drawing of herself and Shannen, who is fighting breast cancer, and blamed Hollywood for making them see themselves as rivals.<\/p>\n

Shannon Doherty in 2010, before her cancer diagnosis (Peter Kramer\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

In a message addressed to Shannen, 45, she wrote: \u201cWe have a funny history. As young women we were pitted against each other for society\u2019s pleasure. The rules of Hollywood engagement brainwashed into us were truly vile.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 43-year-old said she regretted the two had not been friends. <\/p>\n

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Dear @theshando Someone made this of us & I wanted to share it with you as it made me reflect. We have a funny history. As young women we were pitted against each other for society's pleasure. The rules of Hollywood engagement brainwashed into us were truly vile. The men & brainwashed women in our business made it so we couldn't be friends, I regret that. We were cast in this weird fake reality show where we were supposed to be enemies. I resented it greatly. I regret not being awake enough to articulate this to you at the time. Fear was drilled into me from day one in this town & you were the barometer by which my behavior was judged. I was under a microscope, one false move and I'd be branded 'difficult' just like you. I think we all know what happens when girls here get out of line. I willfully remained enigmatic & unengaged. The Bad Girl Shaming you received at the hands of the media was merciless. Global media shaming is real AF, as you know. Fuck them all & their machine, too. You cast a long shadow over my life. We were both cast in a fake real life role, that of the Bad Girl. I had to prove I wasn't as bad as you or I'd get the axe, too. But we were never the bad ones, it was them., the Beige Brained White Dudes in Charge. Well fuck them. Damn them for fucking with our minds & careers just because their misogynistic belief systems couldn't sanction two strong females in a traditionally subservient role- actress. I refused to give them the cat fight they so wanted. Shannen, we didn't know it yet, but we were the good ones. Two boss young women that scared the 'faux-liberals in provincial Hollywood, for that sin we got burned at the media stake, egged on by Hollywood who believe the press they start. There was a strongly inferred threat of me being blacklisted in tv as I'd been in film. Instead of understanding that we were a different breed, they tried to crush us, but they couldn't. I send you strength. \u00e2\u009a\u0092\u00f0\u009f\u009b\u00a1#rosearmy #BRAVE #shannendoherty #typos4life<\/p>\n

A photo posted by Rose McGowan (@rosemcgowan) on

Shannen left the series about sister witches after the third season in 2001, amidst reports of a fall-out with co-star Alyssa Milano.<\/p>\n

She explained: \u201cWe were cast in this weird fake reality show where we were supposed to be enemies. I resented it greatly. I regret not being awake enough to articulate this to you at the time. <\/p>\n

\u201cFear was drilled into me from day one in this town & you were the barometer by which my behaviour was judged. I was under a microscope, one false move and I\u2019d be branded \u2018difficult\u2019 just like you. I think we all know what happens when girls here get out of line. <\/p>\n

Rose McGowan in her Charmed days (Anthony Harvey\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI wilfully remained enigmatic & un-engaged. The Bad Girl Shaming you received at the hands of the media was merciless.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cI had to prove I wasn\u2019t as bad as you or I\u2019d get the axe, too. But we were never the bad ones, it was them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The many faces of cancer. Chemo Day. What we call the Red Devil being injected into me via the port thats in my chest. Dawn is my nurse who takes excellent care of me August 10, 2016 #cancersucks #fightlikeagirl<\/p>\n

A photo posted by ShannenDoherty (@theshando) on

Rose was drafted in as a replacement lead actress, playing Paige after Shannen departed the show. <\/p>\n

Shannen is now nearing the end of radiation treatment and chemotherapy, having undergone a single mastectomy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rose McGowan is trying to heal the rift with cancer sufferer Shannen Doherty after replacing her on TV series Charmed 15 years ago. The actress posted a cartoon drawing of herself and Shannen, who is fighting breast cancer, and blamed Hollywood for making them see themselves as rivals. Shannon Doherty in 2010, before her cancer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}