“Divorce is the last thing Shannen wanted,” her rep told Page Six at the time. “Unfortunately, she felt she was left with no other option.”Doherty previously married actor Ashley Hamilton and poker player Rick Salomon in 1993 and 2002, respectively.
While she considered having children with Iswarienko before their breakup via an egg donor or adoption, Doherty told Health magazine in 2019 that she was “fear[ful]” of motherhood amid her health struggles. “[I don’t know whether I’m] going to last five years, 10 years,” she explained. “I certainly wouldn’t want my 10-year-old burying a mother. I’ve always wanted a kid. But maybe I’m supposed to mother in a different way.”