“I felt so betrayed,” the 52-year-old actress admitted in the first episode of her podcast Let’s be clear with Shannen Doherty.
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Shannen Doherty was about to have a brain tumor removed when she learned of the infidelity of her third husband, Kurt Iswarienko, to whom she had been married for 11 years.
“I went in for this surgery early in the morning after learning that my marriage was basically over and that my husband had been having an affair for two years,” the Beverly Hills 90210 actress said. In 2015, she revealed that she suffers from breast cancer. The cancer has now spread to his brain and bones.
The star was shocked and refused to let him into the operating room with her. “I couldn’t go to that surgery with him.”
Supported by her mother, brother and friends, Shannen Doherty said: “At the end of the day I felt incredibly unloved by a person I had been with for 14 years, by a person I loved with all my heart.”
“I was so confused and after the brain surgery I also took steroids and stuff because they didn’t want my brain to swell. And to be honest, it’s still very difficult. Yes, I decided to file for divorce, but I also have a lot of memories of this person.
The couple, who have been separated since January, announced their divorce in April.
In the Let’s Be Clear podcast with Shannen Doherty, the actress reflects on her past to better prepare for the future, including her illness, her career and her relationships. The first episode started on December 6th.