Jennie Garth is having to deal with the kind of Hollywood rumour that just won’t stay put.
It’s the latest wave of talk around her “90210” co-star Jason Priestly—specifically, whether there was anything romantic happening off camera. In a new confessional, Garth tackled the messy question head-on: did she and Priestly ever share off-screen kisses? Misryoum newsroom reported the actress said no.
“Did I ever make out with Jason in real life? No, I did not,” Garth clarified. The message was pretty clear, and then she added the context that fans seem to want—where her relationship with Priestly really stands. “He and I, we’re very close. We’re like brother and sister. So much love for one another, but no, we kept it to Brandon and Kelly,” she added. And honestly, that line lands because it mirrors the characters—there’s comfort in the idea that the chemistry stayed in the script.
The conversation didn’t stop at Priestly, though. Garth also went back to her memoir, I Choose Me: Chasing Joy, Finding Purpose, and Embracing Reinvention, where she describes falling “head over heels” for Luke Perry. She penned of their passionate romance, “When Kelly was falling for Dylan, I was falling for Luke.” Misryoum editorial desk noted that in the same reflection, she doesn’t soften the sentiment: “I do think he was my first true love.”
There’s a particular kind of nostalgia in how Garth looks back. She ends with something that sounds a bit like she’s talking directly to everyone who ever imagined an off-screen fairytale: “Now looking back, I’m like, ‘You were just like every other girl in the world.’ Everyone imagined him as their first true love.” It’s not a statement meant to stir. It’s more like—maybe those rumours always had a “what if” built in, and she’s finally choosing the “what was” instead.
If you imagine her sitting in a quiet moment while discussing this—maybe the soft buzz of a studio light, the faint smell of coffee from set catering—it’s the kind of scene where the interviewer asks for the real answer, not the fandom version. Garth gave that real answer: professional with Priestly, and emotionally personal with Luke Perry. And yet, of course, the internet will keep doing internet things… because the question people really ask is never just what happened. It’s why people wanted it to happen in the first place.
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