Tori Spelling Says Shannen Doherty's Exclusion from Oscars In Memoriam Was 'Triggering' After Her Dad and Luke Perry Were Also Slighted: 'We Were Robbed'

• Tori Spelling appeared in a special, 20-minute tribute episode of Shannen Doherty's Let's Be Clear podcast on Monday, March 31.
• Spelling revealed she was upset that Doherty was left out of the 'In Memoriam' segment at the 2025 Oscars after her death in July from cancer.
• Spelling explained that her father, Aaron Spelling, and fellow 90210 star Luke Perry had also been excluded from past Oscars 'In Memoriam' segments.

Tori Spelling is keeping Shannen Doherty’s legacy alive.

Spelling remembered her “lifelong friend,” who died in July 2024 from cancer, on a March 31 episode of the late actress’ Let’s Be Clear podcast. In the special 20-minute tribute, Spelling reacted to Doherty being left out of the “In Memoriam” segment at the 2025 Oscars earlier this month.

“I have to say it was shocking, truly shocking,” she said. “Because to me, I discovered Shannen as a fan on the big screen. While she was so iconically known for her TV roles, which I want to honor her and go through her career today, but it's really the big screen where her career just thrived. And she just lit up the big screen going back to when she was a kid.”

She continued: “So I know that was heartbreaking. I saw the headlines. I saw the fans that were so outraged on her behalf. I couldn't believe it. Honestly, when the ‘In Memoriam’ stopped and she hadn't been included, my heart dropped. It sank. And it sank because I was like, ‘What? It's such a miss.’”

Acknowledging that “there’s so many people in the entertainment industry” to mention during the segment, Spelling, who worked with Doherty on Beverly Hills, 90210, said she was still disappointed.

“I don't know what the rules are there — how people are picked and not picked,” she admitted. “But I just think when someone so iconic to fans across the world passes and they're not remembered for their legacy and the great work they did, I just think it's shocking. And it personally felt a little triggering to me because this is the third person that I love that has been left out of the ‘In Memoriam.'"

"The year my dad passed, I remember he was left out of it," she said of her producer father Aaron Spelling, who died in 2006.

"And then, ironically, the year that Luke Perry passed, he was left out of it," Spelling continued, referring to the sudden 2019 death of her and Doherty's former 90210 costar. "But it's not like Shannen could have been an oversight. It just felt for all of us watching that loved her and loved her work, it felt like not only was she robbed, but we were robbed."

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Doherty died on July 13, 2024. She had originally been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 breast but entered remission in 2017, only to be diagnosed with stage 4 in 2020.

Doherty and Spelling met on the set of Beverly Hills, 90210 in the ‘90s and remained close in the years that followed.

“In a world where we often don’t get to make up with the childhood friendships that formed so much of the adult you become, we got that chance,” Spelling shared on Instagram after the Charmed alum’s death. “I’m grateful @theshando and I got to go back in time as adult friends and remember why we truly loved each other to begin with. To reminisce. And, to iconically laugh again like we used to. No one could make me laugh like that. Core laughs!”

Spelling also called Doherty “a rebel in an era when most women didn’t feel comfortable being strong.”

“She never tried she just was,” she recalled. “She empowered sexiness, strength, 2 f---s given, empathy, and all topped off with wicked humor! Her sardonic humor was one of my faves. And, no one made a frito pie like Shan!”

She concluded with a sweet message for Doherty, vowing to keep her spirit alive. “Shan… I’ll carry the torch on. Take on my power! And, I’ll stay rebellious for you. Love you with all my heart. Always. 🖤💔.”