Quoted by The Express Tribune
Shannen Doherty recently opened up about the significant impact her ex-husband Kurt Iswarienko’s infidelity had on her mental health during an episode of “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast with Kelly Ripa.
Shannen Doherty is a 53-year-old actress, she revealed that she went through emotional turmoil for about nine months after discovering Iswarienko’s affair.
“I was really, really in a dark place for, like, nine months after I found out what he did,” Doherty shared. She described the aftermath of the affair as a “whole fiasco” that significantly affected her well-being, adding that she has only recently fully recovered from the ordeal. “When I found out, it was like a whole fiasco that it’s only recently that I’ve completely recovered where I have zero [feelings] for him anymore.” She said
She described this period as a “dark place” and a “whole fiasco”
Doherty also talked about her current hurdles regarding her divorce proceedings, she felt uncertain about her future, particularly concerning new relationships.
“I don’t know where I am with dating,” she admitted. “It’s only been a year since the whole fiasco with my husband, and I’m still fighting a divorce, and it’s still so hard and raw.”
“Obviously, divorce is not easy, especially when you really loved someone,” she said. “And I did love my husband. And when you get so hurt by their actions that you just feel betrayed and like a sucker, it’s really hard.”
“What I don’t understand and what I can never wrap my head around is why someone thinks that they don’t owe you as a human being respect.”
“It is simply not right that Kurt be permitted to prolong our divorce in hopes that I die before he is required to pay me while he continues to live his life and shirk his responsibilities to his dying wife of more than 11 years,” she stated in the filings during court documents.