- Shannen Doherty is currently battling stage 4 breast cancer
- The prognosis doesn't look too good for her
- THIS is who Shannen doesn't want celebrating her life
When your facing death, you tend to make some hard choices. In a recent episode of her podcast 'Let's Be Clear,' Doherty, who is courageously battling stage four cancer, spilled the tea on the "morbid" yet "fun" topic of her final farewell.
"This is such a morbid conversation, but it’s also so fun," she admitted. "I want [my remains] to be mixed with my dog and I want it to be mixed with my dad. I do not want to be buried and not cremated."
Shannen is pretty clear on her reasons
Doherty, 52, has not yet decided exactly where she wants her ashes to be spread, but she likes the idea of using them to "grow them into a tree." She also wants to "find a place that my dad and I both really loved and it meant a lot to us," mentioning that they spent memorable times together in Malibu, California.
Shannen, who is known for her straight-shooting persona, both on and off-screen, didn't hold back when discussing her posthumous plans with her best friend and will executor, Chris Cortazzo. "I'm horrible at funerals," she confessed, "I'm the girl who literally sobs. I can't handle it." But it's not just about her emotional reaction; it's about the guest list.
The actress revealed a surprising twist to the usual funeral narrative, saying, "There's a lot of people that I think would show up that I don't want there." She elaborated, "They don't really like me...they don't want to look bad, so I kinda want to take the pressure off them and I want my funeral to be like a love fest."
When Cortazzo probed for names to include in the memorial service, Doherty quipped with a hint of sass, "That's the shorter, that's the better list." She's all about keeping it real, aiming for an authentic celebration of life, minus the phonies.
Save your emotions, people!
"I don't want people to be crying or people to privately be like, ‘Thank God that b**** is dead now.’" Along with wanting her ashes mixed with her family’s, she gave Cortazzo permission to make a portion into jewellery.
Shannen was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, although she enjoyed a remission in 2017 after rounds of chemotherapy. Sadly by 2019, the cancer had returned and spread across her body. Shannen insists she is "not done with living." She told 'People' magazine: "I don’t want to die. I’m not done with living. I’m not done with loving. I’m not done with creating. I’m not done with hopefully changing things for the better. I’m just not - I’m not done."
"It’s insane to me [that] we still don’t have a cure [...] People just assume that it means you can’t walk, you can’t eat, you can’t work. They put you out to pasture at a very early age - ‘You’re done, you’re retired,’ and we’re not."
Shannen is hoping to live long enough for revolutionary new treatments to cure her cancer, admitting on her podcast: "I always talk about the fact that we just need to squeeze out another three to five years, and then there’s going to be T-cell therapy or there’s going to be this."
Also interesting:
Still fighting!
Shannen's priorities are pretty clear now for her, and she has no room for repentance. The actress also expressed her disdain for insincerity, stating, "I abhor fakeness." She's not here for the last-minute apologies or the dramatic turnarounds. "I'm like, 'No, no, no. I know you're still the exact same petty human being. Don't. Just stay away from me.'"
Fans are hoping that such a conversation won't need to be seriously had until a much later date. Doherty has proven to be quite a fighter already, and it wouldn't surprise us if she is around for many long years still to come.
Shannen Doherty's bold stance on her funeral arrangements is not just a statement about her personal preferences but a powerful message about authenticity and the relationships we cherish in life—and in death.
