Former 1990s TV star Shannen Doherty is standing up for Kate Middleton in the wake of her cancer diagnosis after the British royal became a target of public criticism.
Doherty, who herself has been fighting cancer since 2015 and also recently announced it had returned, spoke about Middleton in an Instagram post on Saturday.
The Charmed star posted her reaction to Middleton’s cancer announcement stressing the right for celebrities to have private lives out of the eye of the public.
“Being a public figure does not mean the public owns that person. We ALL have the right to go thru illness or life privately,” Doherty wrote.
“The onslaught of conspiracy theories, ownership, and plain morbid curiosity forced this person to explain herself before she had come to terms with it and explained to her children,” Doherty continued. “I pray this is a learning moment for us all…
