Jason Priestley on Cutting Off Friends After 90210 Fame

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorJason Priestley says he cut off friends after Beverly Hills, 90210 made him famous, the E! News report says, and that he was surprised who was involved.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHe had a handful of guys he thought were ride or die forever. Forever lasted until the pilot aired.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHis words were, I just had to cut those guys loose.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd it's the jealousy that gets me. He says it undermined him, and he expected that from girls, not from his male friends.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGirls undercut you, guys don't. That's his whole friend policy, and it had a handful of members.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe said he was very surprised.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI think he's right to go.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe friends were there before the fame. So was the jealousy, apparently. It just wasn't on the call sheet.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'd disagree. He said he started recognising behaviour in long-standing friends that he no longer wanted around.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe was an adult noticing something about people he'd known for years.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHe played Brandon Walsh for all ten seasons.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTen years of that show was a man making friends, and the real one was doing the opposite.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTen seasons playing the new kid who makes friends. Off camera, he was downsizing.