Rose McGowan 'regrets' not getting to know Shannen Doherty 'sooner' after being 'pitted against each other' over Charmed By Terry Zeller and Claudia Aoraha For Dailymail.Com Published: 19:11 BST, 23 August 2024 | Updated: 19:28 BST, 23 August 2024 e-mail View comments Rose McGowan looked back on her friendship with the late Shannen Doherty , expressing regret that their bond hadn't begun earlier. The actress, 50, opened up about their relationship on Friday's episode of the Let’s Be Clear With Shannen Doherty podcast .

The program, which continues to be produced by Shannen's mother and friends, carries on following Shannen's passing at 53 from cancer on July 13. 'If I have any regrets, I wish I could have gotten to know her sooner,' McGowan began. 'I don’t know how it would have happened, but I wish we could have.

' She then referred to Shannen, who had courageously battled breast cancer since 2015 , as 'the bravest, bravest champion' she’s known. Rose McGowan looked back on her friendship with the late Shannen Doherty , expressing regret that their bond hadn't begun earlier; (pictured in 2019) 'If I have any regrets, I wish I could have gotten to know her sooner,' McGowan began. 'I don’t know how it would have happened, but I wish we could have'; (Shannen and Rose circa 2008) 'We were really pitted against each other,' the star, who joined Charmed after Shannen's dramatic exit from the CW series in 2001 , continued.

'I was just told she was fired and nobody talked abo.