90210's Shannen Doherty and Jason Priestley on Brenda and Brandon
Beverly Hills, 90210 fans have long questioned the strange dynamic between twins Brenda and Brandon Walsh – and they are Shannen Doherty And Jason Priestleywhich she played in the teen drama.
“Brenda and Brandon were always so interesting because we had an interesting relationship,” Doherty, 52, said during the Monday, Jan. 22 episode of her “Let’s Be Clear” podcast, which featured Priestley, 54, as a guest. “There was a sexual undertone to Brenda and Brandon that remains hysterical to this day.”
Doherty, who played Brenda in the show's first four seasons, recalled a fan at a convention who asked her to autograph a photo of the Walsh siblings. “I was like, 'This is inappropriate for brother and sister,'” Doherty said, laughing.
She further mentioned a 1992 Rolling stone cover that she and Priestley made with the late Luke Perry. “I think I'm straddling you,” Doherty joked. “So bizarre. A lot of bizarre things have happened to us.”
Priestley, who appeared in all ten seasons of the series, agreed with his former co-star's assessment, saying, “It's pretty funny.”
While Brenda and Brandon were twins who each had their own love interests 90210Some fans have pointed out that the duo was much more affectionate with each other than siblings usually are. (Reddit, for example, has a lot to say about this.)
Jason Priestley and Shannen Doherty in “Beverly Hills 90210”
Cover imagesDoherty previously spoke about the unique bond between the Walsh siblings at Con in the '90s, again referencing a strange promo shoot the duo did together. “He's standing behind me, and we're all sexy, and I'm like, 'Oh no, this is wrong. This is crazy,” she said in September 2023. “But we were always kind of inappropriate brother and sister… so it was fantastic.”
Priestley previously denied it during a 1993 interview with Howard Stern that he and Doherty once dated in real life, but he later revealed that several unnamed costars hooked up while the show was airing.
Shannen Doherty made a name for herself in film and television and became a household name in the '90s. Her career has taken her from navigating one of TV's most memorable love triangles, to casting spells and reviving some of her beloved roles decades later. The actress was born in Memphis, Tennessee in April 1971 […]
“Different combinations of people slept together over the years,” he wrote in his self-titled 2015 memoir. “No one ever got attached. We never let it get in the way of what we did. I'll have you know that no one ever got it – work has always replaced everything.
In her podcast on Monday, Doherty also talked about the circumstances that led to her dismissal Beverly Hills, 90210 after season 4. Doherty explained that she was in a “really terrible marriage” at the time “that made it very difficult for [her] to consistently be at work on time.” (Doherty married Ashley Hamilton in October 1993 and filed for divorce in April 1994.)
“It was nobody's responsibility but mine, but I certainly wish I would have sat down a little bit and looked at me and said, 'Listen, the end result is going to be this: You're going to get fired because none of us are willing to put up with it more,” she continued. 'And I understand that you have a problem in your personal life, but that shouldn't permeate your work either, you also have to get your affairs in order. .'”