Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling Recall Tiffani Thiessen Joining ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’: ‘I Didn’t Get It’
usmagazine.comKelly Taylor never saw see eye to eye with Valerie Malone — and decades later in 2023, Jennie Garth doesn’t either.On the Monday, July 31, episode of their Beverly Hills, 90210, rewatch podcast, “9021OMG,” Garth, 51, and Tori Spelling reached the premiere of season 5, when Tiffani Thiessen joins the drama following Shannen Doherty’s exit.“I remember, you know, then — not as I would think these ways now as an adult — but as a young girl, I remember thinking, ‘Yeah, why are they bringing this girl in?
Like, we’re doing great. … Why is someone coming to fill the Brenda’s shoes?’ It just felt, like, I don’t know. … I didn’t get it,” Garth said. “And I was probably not that open to the concept.
But it worked for my character, that’s for sure. … Kelly and Val never got along. … Kelly’s very intuitive about people and their character and she goes off her gut, and I feel like Kelly smelled a ratatouille.”The actresses’ cohost, Amy Sugarman, referred to the situation as “life imitates art again,” hinting at alleged tension between Garth and Thiessen.
Thiessen, for her part, told Howard Stern in 2012 that she was “shunned” by her female costars. The two women were close at one point in time, however, as Thiessen was a bridesmaid in Garth’s wedding to Peter Facinelli. Spelling, for her part, added, “I was just like, me/Donna as usual, like, ‘Hi?
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