00:02Three decades, Shannon Doherty has been a television fixture, rocketing to fame in the early 90s as Brenda on 90210.
00:09I thought that I felt something.
00:11Where?
00:13Here.
00:14And on the hit series Charmed.
00:15Oh, who cares? We're desperate and it's working.
00:18Then in 2015, a shocking breast cancer diagnosis.
00:22And years later, remission.
00:24Now, nearly five years after that initial diagnosis, Doherty is revealing a new struggle she's kept out of the public
00:31eye.
00:32Tell me why you're sitting with me here today.
00:34It's going to come out in a matter of days or a week that I'm stage four.
00:39So my cancer came back and that's why I'm here.
00:44You've been living with it privately for a year now, correct?
00:48And you wanted to keep it private.
00:50I still do. I mean, I don't think that I've processed it.
00:53It's a bitter pill to swallow in a lot of ways.
00:56It's not fair. Why me?
00:58There are definitely days where I say, why me?
01:00And then I go, well, why not me? Who else?
01:02You know, who else besides me deserves this?
01:04None of us do.
01:05And I would say that my first reaction is always concern about how am I going to tell my mom,
01:13my husband.
01:13You're worried about everyone else around you.
01:15I think so.
01:17Doherty went back to work on the set of the 90210 reboot, which launched soon after Luke Perry's tragic passing,
01:25all the while keeping her secret to herself.
01:28What was going through your mind at that moment? Because you didn't share this with anyone.
01:33Wasn't it me? It was so weird for me to be diagnosed and then somebody who was, you know, seemingly
01:43healthy to go first.
01:45It was really, like, shocking. And the least I could do to honor him was do that show.
01:54To Luke.
01:55Like, I still haven't done enough, in my opinion. So it's a hard one.
02:01Because I thought, well, this will, when I finally do come out, it will have worked and worked 16 hours
02:06a day.
02:06And it'll be a good, people can look at that and say, oh my God, yeah, she can work.
02:11And other people with stage four can work too.
02:14Like, you know, our life doesn't end the minute we get that diagnosis.
02:18We still have some living to do.
02:19It's actually kind of nice to be back.
02:21How did you make it through shooting?
02:23Keeping that dark secret.
02:25From Austin Green.
02:26Wherever you are in life, it's exactly where you're meant to be.
02:29I had moments of great anxiety where I thought, I can't really do this.
02:33And Brian was the one person who, of that group of people that knew, that I told, like, pretty quickly
02:43and said, here, this is what I'm dealing with.
02:45So prior to shooting, he would always call me and say, listen, you know, whatever happens, like, I have your
02:51back.
02:51And we were able to talk about Luke in a way that was very positive and uplifting and sort of
02:59remember a lot of great moments.
03:01Amid her battle with cancer, Doherty is also in the middle of a fight with her insurance company, State Farm,
03:07after her California home was damaged in the Woolsey Fire in 2018.
03:11My house was severely damaged.
03:14You walked into the house and it just reeked of smoke.
03:18And, you know, I tried.
03:19I communicated with my insurance company.
03:21I called.
03:22I got passed around from claims adjuster to claims adjuster.
03:26So I ended up suing State Farm.
03:28And the result has been one of the most horrific processes I have ever been through.
03:34Doherty claims she has been forced to pay out of pocket for losses she believes should be covered by her
03:39insurance policy and that some of her claims have been unjustly denied.
03:43State Farm telling ABC News, we empathize with Ms. Doherty's health issues and wish her a full recovery.
03:49Adding, we strongly believe we have upheld our commitment to our customer and have paid what we owe on this
03:55claim.
03:55According to court documents, State Farm says they have paid nearly $1.1 million to clean and repair plaintiff's home
04:02and personal property and for temporary housing and furniture rental.
04:06Adding that the plaintiff nevertheless alleges she is entitled to additional benefits under her homeowner's policy.
04:12Doherty says she is only speaking out about her cancer diagnosis because court documents detailing her health conditions will be
04:18made public ahead of the trial.
04:20You want to own your cancer story.
04:23Yeah, I mean, I'd rather people hear it from me.
04:28I don't want it to be twisted.
04:29I don't want it to be a court document.
04:32I want it to be real and authentic.
04:35And I want it, I want to control the narrative.
04:37I want it, I want people to know from me.
04:40How do you handle the fear?
04:42I don't know.
04:43I mean, I'm petrified.
04:46I'm pretty scared.
04:48My mom is, you know, a ridiculously strong, courageous human being.
04:55So is my husband, but I worry about him.
04:59Lawsuit aside, have you decided how you want to live?
05:03Are you going to change how you live?
05:05I think the thing I want to do the most right now is I want to, I want to make
05:10an impact and I can make that impact through the sawsuit.
05:15And by saying enough is enough with big business and corporations running the little person over, it's not fair.
05:22And I'm taking a stand for all of us.
05:24But it's more about how I want to be remembered for something bigger than just me.
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