Shannen Doherty, Charmed star, says she is scared men won’t want to start dating her as she battles cancer.
The 53-year-old admitted she’s hesitant to get out there again as she continues to fight stage 4 cancer, and said ‘most men’ struggle more than women when it comes to difficult topics like illness or death.
The celebrity told Kelly Ripa on Wednesday’s episode of Let’s Talk Off Camera it’s ‘hard’.
Shannen Doherty said about the dating world: “Listen, I think it’s hard for somebody like me, in my personal opinion, because it’s hard to go into dating someone when you know that they might have an expiration date.”
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The Charmed actress added: “I think that I’m a very hard sell”.
“It’s more companionship than anything else. Anyway, I’m a little self-conscious, because I have so many scars from surgery that it’s like, how do you explain that ‘No, that isn’t from giving birth, that’s from reconstruction surgery.’”
The TV star continued by confessing the surgeries she’s had following her cancer diagnoses has left her ‘very insecure’, although admitted she’s had a complicated relationship with confidence throughout her life.
Shannen Doherty’s comments on dating come after the star has been bravely documenting all areas of her health battle with fans.
She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and despite going into remission two years later, it returned in 2020.
Sadly, by 2023, it spread to her brain and bones.
Doherty has been open about her struggle and recently told fans she is downsizing and moving items into storage units so if she passes away it’s ‘easier’ for her mom.
She filed for divorce from husband Kurt Iswarienko in April 2023, after 11 years of marriage.
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