Jennie Garth Reveals Why Tiffani Thiessen’s Addition To ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Was ‘Upsetting’

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Jennie Garth, 51, and Tori Spelling, 50, talked astir Tiffani Thiessen, 49, being added to Beverly Hills, 90210, successful the latest occurrence of their rewatching podcast, 90210MG. The erstwhile costars were watching the premiere of the 5th season, when Shannen Doherty left the amusement and Tiffani entered, and Jennie admitted she didn’t recognize wherefore a caller formed subordinate was bring added.

“I remember, you know, past — not arsenic I would deliberation these ways present arsenic an big — but arsenic a young girl, I retrieve thinking, ‘Yeah, wherefore are they bringing this miss in? Like, we’re doing great. … Why is idiosyncratic coming to capable the Brenda’s shoes?’ It conscionable felt, like, I don’t know. … I didn’t get it,” Jennie said connected the podcast. “And I was astir apt not that unfastened to the concept. But it worked for my character, that’s for sure. … Kelly and Val ne'er got along. … Kelly’s precise intuitive astir radical and their quality and she goes disconnected her gut, and I consciousness similar Kelly smelled a ratatouille.”

Tiffani and Jennie airs together. (Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)

The actress’ cohost, Amy Sugarman, referred to Jennie’s feelings and the wide concern arsenic “life imitates creation again,” hinting astatine alleged hostility betwixt her and Tiffani. Tiffani antecedently spoke retired astir however she felt unwelcome erstwhile she started her occupation astatine Beverly Hills, 90210, successful an unfastened and honest interrogation with Howard Stern successful 2012. “The girls were not precise bully to maine erstwhile I came onto the show,” she said with a laugh.

“Cause I benignant of, benignant of replaced Shannen Doherty, connected the amusement erstwhile Shannen left,” she continued. When Howard asked if the different girls saw her arsenic “a threat,” she admitted she didn’t know. “I deliberation having idiosyncratic caller travel into an already successful, benignant of, you know, amusement that’s tally connected its own, to person a caller benignant of vigor was astir apt hard.”

Jennie and Tiffani grin astatine a erstwhile event. (Bei/Shutterstock)

Jennie, Tori, and Amy besides reacted to watching Tiffani’s character, Valerie, determination into Shannen’s character, Brenda’s chamber connected the show. “It conscionable was truly weird watching Valerie successful Brenda’s bath similar that. My wide gut instinct — arsenic a viewer, watching it and being connected and attached to the archetypal formed and to Brenda and to Brenda’s chamber — I was like, ‘Well, I don’t similar what’s happening. I don’t similar what my eyes are seeing. I don’t recognize this. It’s upsetting me,’” Jennie explained connected the podcast. “And that she’s present going to beryllium a atrocious miss alternatively of a main quality that we love. But bash radical travel to emotion Valerie? … Did anyone ever consciousness the mode they felt astir Brenda astir Valerie?”

In summation to admitting she was “shunned” by immoderate of her caller costars, Tiffani, who has present moved connected from the drama, said she turned to her ma for advice. Her ma told her to not absorption connected the reactions of her critics and “just bash your job.”

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