Shannen Doherty Insists You Only Call Her Brenda When The Mortgage Payment’s Due

Recently bestowed with official “icon” status by the L.A. Architectural and Faded Starlet Landmarks Association, Shannen Doherty pulled up a chair at The Rachael Ray Show table to discuss her recent cryogenic career-defrosting, appearing on a short but heavily promoted arc on the new 90210. She vigorously denied harboring any regrets about her decision to abandon the original series at its peak, explaining how the strain of playing a fictional bitch week-in and week-out was ultimately taking its toll on her real-life, bitch-being pursuits. As for why she chose to return to the fabled zip code, she admits she was hesitant at first; ultimately, it was something she did less for herself than for her fans—those “Brenda!”-chanting masses who have kept both her and her dogs in natural fabrics and macrobiotic vittles since her days on Little House on the Prairie. [Rachael Ray]