Jennie Garth is no longer in touch with her “Beverly Hills, 90210” co-star Tiffani Thiessen after their infamous falling out.
“Tiffani and I didn’t have such a happy ending with our friendship,” Garth writes in her new memoir, “I Choose Me,” which is out now.
She adds, “We’re no longer close.”
The two met in 1994, when Thiessen, 52, joined the cast of “90210” in the fifth season as the cunning Valerie Malone.
Jennie Garth admits that her friendship with Tiffani Thiessen did not have a “happy ending.” (The two are seen here in 1996.) FilmMagic, Inc
The two met when Thiessen joined the cast of “Beverly Hills 90210” in 1994. Courtesy Everett Collection
“Her character brought tension, complexity, and a fresh energy to the ensemble,” Garth writes, admitting that she immediately “felt threatened and competitive” with the “Saved by the Bell” alum, “just as I had with many beautiful co-stars before.”
Garth quickly realized the negative pattern she was repeating, apologized to Thiessen, and “that’s how we became best friends during her years on ‘90210.’” The two hit it off so well that Thiessen served as a bridesmaid at Garth’s wedding to Peter Facinelli in 2001.
The two maintained their friendship after the show ended.
Garth admits that the two, in this undated photo, were not friends off the bat because Garth was jealous. WireImage
Garth apologized, and the two became close friends. They’re seen attending the show’s 200th episode party together here. FilmMagic, Inc
When Garth, 54, began working on “What I Like About You,” an actor named Brady Smith joined the show for one episode. Garth “immediately knew” Smith was “perfect” for Thiessen.
“He was tall and handsome and from Texas,” she writes, “and I just had the feeling they would hit it off. I called her right away and told her to come down to the set to meet this cute guy … Cut to: They’ve been married for years with a gorgeous family.”
Garth has never given a full reasoning behind the falling out, though the two have run into each other since, at an audition and a dinner party,
“The connection we once shared wasn’t there,” Garth writes.
Garth even set up Thiessen with her future husband. (The pals are seen here at a party in 2002.) WireImage
Thiessen and her husband, Brady Smith, are seen here in 2005, the year they got married. FilmMagic
The “What I Like About You” alum, photographed in 2026, does not reveal why the friendship ended. GC Images
“I’ve come to see that some friendships are meant for a reason or a season, and ours was a meaningful one, while it lasted.”
Theissen spoke about their fractured friendship during a 2012 appearance on “The Howard Stern Show,” sharing that they “had a falling out and we grew apart.”
“I was the one who was hurt, let’s just say that,” Thiessen added.
Garth also writes about the painful dissolution of her marriage to Facinelli in the memoir.