Shannen Doherty.Photo:Neilson Barnard/GettyShannen Dohertyshared that cancer treatment wrecked her libido — and said that sex toys were recommended to remedy the situation.TheBeverly Hills, 90210alum welcomed her good friend, modelAnne Marie Kortright,to her podcast,Let’s Be Clear, this week, and Doherty opened up about “what cancer does your libido. I mean, when you’re feeling not great about yourself that’s going to kill your libido — but then…when meds take your libido away, or it makes things not as pleasant, like sex doesn’t feel as good.”But as they shared on the podcast, it took some prompting from Kortright for Doherty to begin working on her own sexual wellness.Shannen Doherty and Anne Marie Kortright,.Rob Latour/WWD/Penske Media via Getty“Even though we’re both conservatives in our own upbringings and like our backgrounds…I think the modeling business is a little bit more open than the way you you were,” Kortright, 41, said, sharing that she took Doherty, 52, to visitDr. Sherry Ross, an obstetrician/gynecologist who specializes inwomen’s sexual healthand, as Doherty says, “makes me blush.”“Of course I took Shannen to the OB appointment and I sat there with her because that’s what I do,” Kortright said with a laugh.Doherty added, “She took me because, you know, I specifically said her, ‘I need to do something. Things aren’t working and this isn’t the life that I want to live.”“I also don’t want my husband to live like this,” theCharmedalum said, referencing her third husband, Kurt Iswarienko, whomshe divorcedin 2023.Shannen Doherty with ex-husband Kurt Iswarienko.Charley Gallay/WireImageKortright described the doctor’s office, saying, “she’s got all these little displays of things — of toys — then she goes, ‘Here Shannen, take this,’ and Shannen, like, shoves it in her bag. She’s like, ‘You think you can see it?’ and I’m like, ‘No one can see it, no one knows it’s there!’ She’s like, ‘Are you sure?’”She shared that Dr. Ross told Doherty to take the sex toy home and showed her how to use it.“Shannen was like — I’ve never seen her this embarrassed,” Kortright said.“I was beet red,” Doherty added.Kortright said the next day she asked Doherty how it went, and her friend admitted the sex toy was “still in my bag.”“I think it stayed in my bag for a really long time,” Doherty said. “I’m turning red just, like, literally talking about it right now.”Doherty wasfirst diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. Since then, Doherty — whounderwent brain surgery and radiationin January of 2023 — been open about her health journey. In a November PEOPLE cover story, the actress revealed thatthe cancer had spread to her bones— and she’s looking to“squeeze out another 3 to 5 years of life”while living with Stage 4 cancer.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.However, she said that it wasn’t just thecancertreatment that impacted her sense of sexual wellness.“Perimenopause,menopause, just getting older — all of it impacts not just your exterior,” she said, “it’s also impacting the whole way that your body is reacting and responding and then you add to that, cancer meds, you add to that, chemo, or and it just zaps you of of everything.”“It takes away your confidence,” Doherty said. “It takes away your identity.”“You have to learn to love yourself first,” Kortright said. “You weren’t loving yourself, so how can you even have somebody else love you?”
Shannen Doherty.Photo:Neilson Barnard/Getty
Neilson Barnard/Getty
Shannen Dohertyshared that cancer treatment wrecked her libido — and said that sex toys were recommended to remedy the situation.TheBeverly Hills, 90210alum welcomed her good friend, modelAnne Marie Kortright,to her podcast,Let’s Be Clear, this week, and Doherty opened up about “what cancer does your libido. I mean, when you’re feeling not great about yourself that’s going to kill your libido — but then…when meds take your libido away, or it makes things not as pleasant, like sex doesn’t feel as good.”But as they shared on the podcast, it took some prompting from Kortright for Doherty to begin working on her own sexual wellness.Shannen Doherty and Anne Marie Kortright,.Rob Latour/WWD/Penske Media via Getty“Even though we’re both conservatives in our own upbringings and like our backgrounds…I think the modeling business is a little bit more open than the way you you were,” Kortright, 41, said, sharing that she took Doherty, 52, to visitDr. Sherry Ross, an obstetrician/gynecologist who specializes inwomen’s sexual healthand, as Doherty says, “makes me blush.”“Of course I took Shannen to the OB appointment and I sat there with her because that’s what I do,” Kortright said with a laugh.Doherty added, “She took me because, you know, I specifically said her, ‘I need to do something. Things aren’t working and this isn’t the life that I want to live.”“I also don’t want my husband to live like this,” theCharmedalum said, referencing her third husband, Kurt Iswarienko, whomshe divorcedin 2023.Shannen Doherty with ex-husband Kurt Iswarienko.Charley Gallay/WireImageKortright described the doctor’s office, saying, “she’s got all these little displays of things — of toys — then she goes, ‘Here Shannen, take this,’ and Shannen, like, shoves it in her bag. She’s like, ‘You think you can see it?’ and I’m like, ‘No one can see it, no one knows it’s there!’ She’s like, ‘Are you sure?’”She shared that Dr. Ross told Doherty to take the sex toy home and showed her how to use it.“Shannen was like — I’ve never seen her this embarrassed,” Kortright said.“I was beet red,” Doherty added.Kortright said the next day she asked Doherty how it went, and her friend admitted the sex toy was “still in my bag.”“I think it stayed in my bag for a really long time,” Doherty said. “I’m turning red just, like, literally talking about it right now.”Doherty wasfirst diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. Since then, Doherty — whounderwent brain surgery and radiationin January of 2023 — been open about her health journey. In a November PEOPLE cover story, the actress revealed thatthe cancer had spread to her bones— and she’s looking to“squeeze out another 3 to 5 years of life”while living with Stage 4 cancer.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.However, she said that it wasn’t just thecancertreatment that impacted her sense of sexual wellness.“Perimenopause,menopause, just getting older — all of it impacts not just your exterior,” she said, “it’s also impacting the whole way that your body is reacting and responding and then you add to that, cancer meds, you add to that, chemo, or and it just zaps you of of everything.”“It takes away your confidence,” Doherty said. “It takes away your identity.”“You have to learn to love yourself first,” Kortright said. “You weren’t loving yourself, so how can you even have somebody else love you?”
Shannen Dohertyshared that cancer treatment wrecked her libido — and said that sex toys were recommended to remedy the situation.
TheBeverly Hills, 90210alum welcomed her good friend, modelAnne Marie Kortright,to her podcast,Let’s Be Clear, this week, and Doherty opened up about “what cancer does your libido. I mean, when you’re feeling not great about yourself that’s going to kill your libido — but then…when meds take your libido away, or it makes things not as pleasant, like sex doesn’t feel as good.”
But as they shared on the podcast, it took some prompting from Kortright for Doherty to begin working on her own sexual wellness.
Shannen Doherty and Anne Marie Kortright,.Rob Latour/WWD/Penske Media via Getty
Rob Latour/WWD/Penske Media via Getty
“Even though we’re both conservatives in our own upbringings and like our backgrounds…I think the modeling business is a little bit more open than the way you you were,” Kortright, 41, said, sharing that she took Doherty, 52, to visitDr. Sherry Ross, an obstetrician/gynecologist who specializes inwomen’s sexual healthand, as Doherty says, “makes me blush.”
“Of course I took Shannen to the OB appointment and I sat there with her because that’s what I do,” Kortright said with a laugh.
Doherty added, “She took me because, you know, I specifically said her, ‘I need to do something. Things aren’t working and this isn’t the life that I want to live.”
“I also don’t want my husband to live like this,” theCharmedalum said, referencing her third husband, Kurt Iswarienko, whomshe divorcedin 2023.
Shannen Doherty with ex-husband Kurt Iswarienko.Charley Gallay/WireImage
Kortright described the doctor’s office, saying, “she’s got all these little displays of things — of toys — then she goes, ‘Here Shannen, take this,’ and Shannen, like, shoves it in her bag. She’s like, ‘You think you can see it?’ and I’m like, ‘No one can see it, no one knows it’s there!’ She’s like, ‘Are you sure?’”
She shared that Dr. Ross told Doherty to take the sex toy home and showed her how to use it.
“Shannen was like — I’ve never seen her this embarrassed,” Kortright said.
“I was beet red,” Doherty added.
Kortright said the next day she asked Doherty how it went, and her friend admitted the sex toy was “still in my bag.”
“I think it stayed in my bag for a really long time,” Doherty said. “I’m turning red just, like, literally talking about it right now.”
Doherty wasfirst diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. Since then, Doherty — whounderwent brain surgery and radiationin January of 2023 — been open about her health journey. In a November PEOPLE cover story, the actress revealed thatthe cancer had spread to her bones— and she’s looking to“squeeze out another 3 to 5 years of life”while living with Stage 4 cancer.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
However, she said that it wasn’t just thecancertreatment that impacted her sense of sexual wellness.
“Perimenopause,menopause, just getting older — all of it impacts not just your exterior,” she said, “it’s also impacting the whole way that your body is reacting and responding and then you add to that, cancer meds, you add to that, chemo, or and it just zaps you of of everything.”
“It takes away your confidence,” Doherty said. “It takes away your identity.”
“You have to learn to love yourself first,” Kortright said. “You weren’t loving yourself, so how can you even have somebody else love you?”
source: people.com
