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Shannen Doherty: Mix My Remains With Dog, Dad

By    |   Wednesday, 17 January 2024 01:05 PM EST

Shannen Doherty is speaking candidly about her end-of-life plans.

Speaking on a new episode of her "Let's Be Clear" podcast, the "Charmed" alum, who is currently battling stage 4 breast cancer, said she wants her remains to be "mixed with my dog and I want it to be mixed with my dad," according to the New York Post.

"This is such a morbid conversation, but it's also so fun," she said before saying that while she had not yet decided where she wanted her ashes to be spread, she liked the idea of using them to "grow them into a tree."

Doherty, 52, said she wants to "find a place that my dad and I both really loved and it meant a lot to us."

Doherty also admitted that there were "a lot of people" who she doesn't want to attend her funeral.

"There's a lot of people that I think would show up that I don't want there," she said without dropping names. "I don't want them there because their reasons for showing up aren't necessarily the best reasons. Like, they don't really like me — and they have their reasons, and good for them — but they don't actually really like me enough to show up to my funeral.

"But they will because it's the politically correct thing to do, and they don't want to look bad."

Doherty previously shared on her podcast that she's hoping to "squeeze out another three to five years."

"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," the Beverly Hills 90210 alum said of the field of cancer research, according to People.

"There's going to be a lot more options that will give another five years. Then in those five years, there's a whole other group of options, and eventually there's going to be a cure."

Zoe Papadakis

Zoe Papadakis is a Newsmax writer based in South Africa with two decades of experience specializing in media and entertainment. She has been in the news industry as a reporter, writer and editor for newspapers, magazine and websites.

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