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Actress Shannen Doherty at the Paramount Network Launch Party in 2018
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“Beverly Hills, 90210” actress Shannen Doherty, who is suffering from cancer, has sharply criticized the public pressure on British Princess Kate, who is also suffering from cancer. »Being a public figure does not mean that the public has control over that person. We all have the right to go through an illness or our lives privately," wrote Doherty (52) on Instagram at the weekend.
The onslaught of "conspiracy theories, possessiveness and just plain morbid curiosity" forced Kate to explain herself before she came to terms with it herself and explained it to her children, Doherty wrote. »I pray that we all learn from this to respect the privacy of others, even when it is in the public eye.«
Precautionary chemotherapy
Kate, 42, made a public statement in a video message on Friday evening after weeks of speculation about her health. She had abdominal surgery in mid-January and has not appeared in public since. Tests after the operation revealed that there was cancer, she said in the video. On the advice of her medical team, she is receiving chemotherapy as a precaution.
Shannen Doherty announced in 2015 that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Since then, she has been fighting the disease - explicitly publicly in order to encourage other sufferers. In November, she appeared combative in an interview with the US celebrity magazine “People”: “I’m not done with life yet. I'm not done loving yet," she said.
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