Jennie Garth Says She Regrets Participating in ‘90210’: “I Didn’t Know How to Say No Then”

Jennie Garth, star of Beverly Hills, 90210, actually didn’t love returning for The CW’s reboot years later.

The actress, who reprised her role as Kelly Taylor in 90210, which ran from 2008 to 2013, shared that she regretted participating in the remake during a recent panel at ’90s Con in Florida. “I wish I hadn’t done it. No offense to them,” she said, via People.

“The producer was a friend of a friend, and I remember he came over in my living room, sat me down, [billed it as] this chance of a lifetime. He asked me to do it and I didn’t know how to say no then,” Garth added. “But the people were very nice and all the best to them.”

Garth, Shannen Doherty and Tori Spelling were the only original actors to return for 90210, which starred Shenae Grimes-Beech and AnnaLynne McCord and followed wealthy kids at West Beverly Hills High School. However, Beverly Hills, 90210 alum Brian Austin Green, Gabrielle Carteris and Ian Ziering also joined Garth at the panel and had their own thoughts about the reboot.

“I never wanted to [do it],” Carteris admitted. “I was so shocked they were doing a new show. I was like, is it like, they long so much you’re just going to try to reinvent it over and over?”

Green added, “No offense at all, it’s to me, we did 10 years of that show and it’s like OK, done.”

Beverly Hills, 90210, which was created by Darren Star and ran for 10 seasons from 1990 to 2000, followed a group of friends living in Beverly Hills as they transitioned from their school days into college and adulthood. The show also starred Jason Priestley, Luke Perry, Joe E. Tata, Carol Potter, James Eckhouse and Tiffani Thiessen.

Though most of the original cast didn’t reprise their roles in 90210, they later came together for Fox’s BH90210 in 2019, which saw them play heightened versions of themselves in a fictionalized drama.

“It felt full circle, to be together as adults, having had our children, being able to work together,” Carteris recalled. “I thought it was probably one of those most impactful moments of my life.”