Almost cousins. Although he did not participate, Alyssa Milano gushed over it Charm reunion that happened in the 90s Con.
“This makes me happy for the OG Charmed fans. What a gift!” actress, 50, captioned the photo of Shannen Doherty, Rose McGowan and Holly Marie Combs in the Charmed panel.
The three women joined them Brian Krause, Dorian Gregory and Drew Fuller for the reunion at the convention in Hartford, Connecticut, on March 19. Milano is the only member of the main cast missing.
Original Charm ran from 1998 to 2006 on The WB and followed the three Halliwell sisters — played by Doherty, Combs and Milano — who discover they are witches. After the third season, Doherty shocked viewers when she left the series amid a rumored feud with Milano, and her character, Prue Halliwell, was killed off.
“There was too much drama on set and not enough enthusiasm for the work,” Doherty, now 51, detailed to Entertainment Tonight in 2001.
In October 2022, Milano said that he felt guilty because of some tension in Charm tune. “I would say we’re good,” the actress, who plays Phoebe Halliwell, said of their current relationship in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “You know, I can be responsible for a lot of the tension that we have. I think a lot of our struggles come from feeling that I am in competition instead of my sister who shows so much about it. And I have some guilt about my part.
She added that she had reconnected with Doherty after she was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. Riverdale The guest star went into remission in 2017 but the cancer returned in 2020. “I would send her a DM every couple of months to just check in,” Milano added in October.
While her problems with Doherty have long been rumored, tensions between Milano and McGowan began to build in 2018 amid the #MeToo movement. McGowan joined Charm in the midst of Doherty’s absence in the fourth season, playing her long-lost sister Paige Matthews for four seasons.
The author of Brave famously called Milano a “liar” for his involvement with the Time’s Up organization in a January 2018 interview with Night line anchor Juju Chang.
Milano responded to McGowan’s comments in a statement to Night line in time. “I am and will always support Rose and admire her courage and talk about her experiences,” he said. “My goal over the last few months with the #MeToo and TimesUp movements is to use my platform to give others a voice so that we can all work together to end sexual harassment and sexual assault.”
The following April, Milano said she did not interpret McGowan’s comments as hateful. “[I don’t] seeing it is the same as hating,” he exclusively told Us Weekly in time. “I saw that it was a beautiful soul who was in so much pain that she talked about that pain. And I understood.”
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For her part, McGowan remains close to Combs, 49. “I really love my Charmed co-star Holly Marie Combs. This day means a lot to me. Bless you forever! #Charmed,” on Jawbreakers The actress captioned the February selfie with her pal via Instagram.