Jennie Garth’s Memoir I Choose Me (with Doree Shafrir and Elise Hu)

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Chelsea and Forever35 Podcast hosts Doree Shafrir and Elise Hu unpack “I Choose Me,” the new memoir from “Beverly Hills, 90210” star Jennie Garth. Together, they ask themselves if they should also “choose me,” and DNF this book! They recap the goss with Luke Perry, Shannen Doherty, and Tiffani Thiessen, before diving into her second marriage to Peter Facinelli, her reality TV pivot, and red flags like: should you date the man just who quit his job and has a roommate? A content warning: This episode contains discussions of sensitive topics, including disordered eating, diet culture, substance use, and suicide. Take care while listening and find helpful resources here. Contact us or send us your voice notes: hello@glamoroustrash.com Follow Chelsea: Instagram @chelseadevantez Join the cookie community: Become a member of the Patreon Thank you to our sponsors: Quince - Go to quince.com/glamorous for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Thrive Causemetics - Get 20% off your first order at thrivecausemetics.com/glamorous Libro.fm - Click here to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 with your first month of membership using code TRASH. Show Notes: Dringo! Card Where to find our guests: Doree Shafrir and Elise Hu Forever35 Website Forever35 Instagram Forever35 Patreon Doree’s Instagram Elise’s Instagram Windswept Film Website “Flawless” book by Elise Hu *** Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Glammer's Trash. This is a podcast that bookclubs viral articles, celebrity memoirs, and trashy discourse to elevate your life. I'm your host, Chelsea Devontes. I'm a TV writer, comedian, filmmaker, author, and sometimes I'm in stuff too. And today we are book clubbing. I choose Me, chasing joy, finding purpose, and embracing
0:24.5	reinvention by actor Jenny Garth, released just last month, April 14th, 2026.
0:30.7	You probably know Jenny best as Kelly Taylor from the hit 90s teen drama series that
0:37.1	lives on forever.
0:38.7	That is, of course, Beverly Hills 902.1, which ran for 10 seasons.
0:43.4	You also might know her as Val Tyler from what I like about you, starring Amanda Bines,
0:48.2	which ran for four seasons.
0:49.8	And she was also the star, I guess, of a CMT reality show, which we will get into in the book.
0:56.6	And yeah, I got to tell you, this is actually Jenny Garth's second memoir.
1:00.5	Her first was Deep Thoughts from a Hollywood blonde in 2014.
1:04.0	And I got to tell you, after reading this book, did she need a second one?
1:08.6	I don't know, you guys.
1:10.0	But let me bring my guests in so we can just dive into all of the juice.
1:14.7	And here is your trigger warning for talk of suicide as well as substance use and disordered eating.
1:20.6	So always take care when listening.
1:23.0	Now let's dive in.
1:24.6	Brandon, I can't accept this.
1:26.3	Wait.
1:27.9	Please. Wait. Please.
1:31.6	Dylan, have a nice trip.
1:35.1	I can't go with you.
1:37.0	Not this time.
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