Jennie Garth

Episode overview

Jennie Garth (I Choose Me, 90210, What I Like About You) is an award-winning actor and author. Jennie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her vegan journey, being discovered in a pageant and moving to LA to work as an actor, and the recent experience of watching herself in Beverly Hills, 90210 for the first time. Jennie and Dax talk about how tense dynamics between their characters began to seep into real life, what it means for her to have been ‘born blue,’ and the layered, heartbreaking connection she had to Luke Perry. Jennie explains how having kids young saved her life amid the industry, having her stomach pumped at the end of her marriage, and healing through Buddhism and learning to care for herself after a near-divorce.

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1. 0:01Well, and you. Wow. You can be all It's all right if it's Monica. Some merch. Oh, I do love merch.
2. 50:25Right. Whether I was mistaken and just stupid, I felt that we had something really special. And I have every belief
3. 1:42:16That's what we It's an illusion if you think you know someone who's done it perfectly. Uh well, Jenny, great meeting you. Thanks for...