Shannen Doherty talks about wanting children
Actress Shannen Doherty has been battling cancer since 2015. Now she speaks openly about her desire to have a child, which she also had to put up with a lot to fulfill in the time before. Later, it even influenced her cancer treatment and yet remained unfulfilled.
US actress Shannen Doherty has been battling cancer for almost ten years. Since November, she has also been talking openly about this in her new podcast "Let's Be Clear with Shannen Doherty". In the latest episode, she describes how her desire to become a mother influenced the course of her cancer treatment. She had herself artificially inseminated several times in order to give herself and her husband Kurt Iswarienko a child.
Doherty was in a relationship with Iswarienko for 14 years and they were married for twelve years. In April 2023, the actress filed for divorce from her third husband after finding out that he had allegedly cheated on her with another woman. During their marriage, however, she had a strong desire to get pregnant, she tells her friend and oncologist Dr. Lawrence Piro in the podcast.
"I not only wanted a child for myself, but also for my husband. I wanted it for our marriage, I wanted that part to come true for him as well," Doherty says in the podcast conversation. "I met my husband late in life and as you know, a lot of things happened. When it came time to make a decision, we opted for artificial insemination. I did a few rounds of it."
Breast cancer diagnosis in 2015
Shannen Doherty has been battling breast cancer since 2015, which has since metastasized. In 2017, she announced that she had the disease under control. In 2020, however, she had to announce that she had been diagnosed with cancer again - already at an advanced and incurable stage.
In 2017, she believed that artificial insemination had contributed to her cancer, the 52-year-old now explains in the podcast: "Many other women I knew who had undergone artificial insemination also ended up with breast cancer." Her thoughts were that the "hormones that are pumped through the body through artificial insemination only increase the risk". However, there is currently no scientific evidence to support her assumption.
When she was given the all-clear after the chemo that no more tumor residue could be detected, she no longer wanted to undergo artificial insemination. As she was already in the menopause, there was no longer any reason for a pregnancy. However, due to her convictions against artificial insemination in connection with cancer, she had also refused treatment with tamoxifen, a common treatment method for breast cancer that affects the hormone oestrogen in the body. She had not made an "uninformed decision" at the time. "My decision at the time was based on the facts I knew and had researched."
In June 2023, Doherty told the public that she had developed metastases in her brain, and in November 2023, she announced in an interview with People that the cancer had also attacked her bones.
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Shannen Doherty, despite her cancer battle, expressed her desire for motherhood in her podcast, mentioning how she underwent artificial insemination several times. In Hollywood's entertainment world, rumors circulated about Doherty potentially starring in a movie about her cancer journey and motherhood dreams, adding another layer to her already inspiring story.
Source: www.ntv.de
