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Holly Marie Combs revisits cast tensions on Charmed in part two of Shannen Doherty's podcast

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Life wasn't so Charmed, it seems, on the set of that popular TV series.

On a new episode of her podcast Let's Be Clear, Shannen Doherty featured part two of her conversartion with her former co-star Holly Marie Combs.

As with part one, their co-star Alyssa Milano figured prominently.

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Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Charmed, 1999

Shannen Doherty (centre) featured part two of her chat with former Charmed co-star Holly Marie Combs (right) on a new episode of her podcast Let's Be Clear, where Alyssa Milano (left) again featured prominently. Getty

The three starred as a trio of sisters who played witches on the CW series that debuted in 1998.

Combs said that in the early 2000s, she had a conversation with one of the show's producers about why Doherty would no longer be on the show, starring as Prue Halliwell.

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"He said, 'We didn't mean to, but we've been backed into this corner, we're basically in this position where it's one or the other,'" Combs told Doherty during the podcast.

"'We were told [by Milano] it's her or [Doherty] and Alyssa has threatened to sue us for a hostile workplace environment.'"

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Both Combs and Doherty denied recalling any instances of bad behavior toward Milano on set.

"I lived a year after that sort of replaying everything in my brain and really trying to find those moments," Doherty said.

"I don't ever remember being mean to her on set."

Doherty, who is battling cancer, said it's all had an affect on her over the years.

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"As you get older, you accept that a situation happened. Acceptance and moving on with your life does not equate to forgiveness," she said.

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"You just learn a lesson and look at somebody differently and move on."

Combs also spoke about being in the dark about things on-set after her two main co-stars were dating other actors on the show.

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"You know, Brian [Krause, who played Combs' love interest Leo] and she [Milano] were dating at the time when this all went down, which, to me, us being completely oblivious, to me was the worst part," Combs said.

"Where, it was all sort of part of this plan that was happening and unfolding through over months. It was months of that year.

Brian Krause and Alyssa Milano in Charmed

Brian Krause and Alyssa Milano in Charmed WB

"You were dating Julian [McMahon, who played Milano's love interest Cole]. So you guys were off in that world. Brian was off with Alyssa."

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Combs says while on a panel in France alongside Krause "about a year ago" the actor apologised to her.

"We got off stage and he just looked at me and said, 'I'm so sorry. That must have been a terrible time for you'," she recalled.

"I mean, it took him like 24 years, but better late than never," Doherty responded.

"Better late than never," Combs added.

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CNN has reached out to representatives for Combs, Doherty and Milano for comment.

Milano has previously described a different approach to their work on Charmed between her and Doherty.

Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty, Charmed

Milano has previously described a different approach to their work on Charmed between her and Doherty. The WB

"I think it's hard when you put two very different people together," she told Entertainment Weekly after Doherty left the show in 2001.

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"I'm very laid-back and passive. I have my Buddha. I come in here and meditate. [Dohertys] got a lot of energy, she's very headstrong, she wants to get the job done."

Milano told Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live in 2013 they had some "rough days" on set, comparing it to high school, but said she was unclear what led to Doherty's departure from the show.

"We never really found out what happened," she said.

In the first part of the podcast, Doherty alleged that Milano and her family contributed to "a weird divide" between her and Combs, which continued throughout the second season of the show, Doherty said.

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"I think I cried every single night," she said.

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