While discussing with her best friend and will executor, Chris Cortazzo, Shannen Doherty got candid about dying and revealed plans for her funeral. The Heathers actress was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and it has since progressed to stage 4 at present.
During a recent episode of her podcast, Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty, she told Chris that because she was “horrible at funerals” as the girl who “literally sobs,” she would plan hers as less of a sad ceremony. “I don’t know if anybody is actually good at funerals… I can’t handle it,” she said.
Shannen Doherty shares end of life plans
Shannen wants her funeral to be more of an intimate house party among people of her choosing. She is leaving nothing to chance regarding her guest list, as she only wants genuine people around. “There’s a lot of people that I think would show up that I don’t want there,” she said frankly.
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The Mallrats star added that some people will show up to satisfy their guilty conscience and not because they “actually really like me enough to show up to my funeral.”
“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, you know, they have their reasons, and good for them,” she added.
Guest list in the works
Chris asked Shannen to draft her invitee list so he could fulfill her wishes after her passing. The 52-year-old actress wants her funeral to be “a love fest” and will not have people “crying or people to privately be like, ‘Thank God that b—- is dead now. But they will because it’s the politically correct thing to do, and they don’t want to look bad, so I kinda want to take the pressure off them.”
Shannen also confessed that she wishes she had more time to pursue her dreams. “My biggest thing is I just don’t want to die too soon because I have a lot to accomplish, so that weighs heavy on my brain,” she admitted. However, she expressed gratitude for being able to impact lives through her condition, saying she “always have to look at the other side and go, ‘Well, what else would you be dealing with? And would it be as impactful and meaningful as this?'”