We haven’t heard much from 90210 alum Shannen Doherty since her unsuccessful turn on Dancing with The Stars last season. She was on the 90210 remake for a few episodes in 2008 but was reportedly fired for being difficult to work with. There were rumors that Doherty was trying for her own reality show with her photographer boyfriend, but nothing came of that. Now Shannon has a new memoir coming out in early November called Badass: A Hard-Earned Guide to Living Life with Style and (the Right) Attitude. In a promotional interview with Parade magazine she explains just how different she is from the latest crop of actresses trying to out do her in the attitude department. It’s like she thinks she invented mean girl entitlement and that she did it with more panache and none of the credit. Doherty says she’s changed though, and that she’s learned from her past. Here’s part of what she said:

On her reputation
“I have a rep. Did I earn it? Yeah, I did. But, after awhile you sort of try to shed that rep because you’re kind of a different person. You’ve evolved and all of the bad things you’ve done in your life have brought you to a much better place.”

Claims she wasn’t that bad
“The irony is that, if I was doing the same stuff now, I wouldn’t be getting the attention. Like I never did a sex tape. I never didn’t wear panties and flash a camera. You sort of stop and go, ‘Wow, it’s sort of what’s acceptable now.’ And, then, they always have excuses. When I made a mistake, I would admit to it. These girls don’t seem to see their own mistakes, much less learn from them.”

On Lindsay Lohan
“It’s such a horrific situation that I don’t even know what to say. I just have kind of tried to tune it out. I totally understand that it’s newsworthy, but it just seems so tragic to me. I mean, Lindsay’s dad giving a press conference at the end was just like, ‘Oh, my God.’ I’ve been acting for 29 years. My parents have never given a press conference, ever. It all seems so exploitative.”

Advice to Lindsay
“I think that it’s still about having faith in yourself. You’ve hit some road bumps and maybe they made you fall down and you’ve got some gravel and asphalt in your face because things are that bad. But have faith because you can get better and you can become the woman that I’m sure you want to be.”

What badass means to her
“Badass is a little tongue in cheek. But, at the same time, it’s very poignant because it’s sort of telling the things that I went through and the mistakes that I made when I was in my 20s. I had this amazing career in front of me and because of some things I did, my career really suffered. Thank God that I’ve had some second chances.”

“You can either be a bad girl in life, or you can become a badass. It means owning who you are and being compassionate and knowing when you’ve made a mistake and not repeating it. And, also not being afraid to kick some ass and take names.”

On people dissing her online
“Perez Hilton has been very nice to me, so I clicked on his site recently to see some reader comments about me. The majority of them had really nasty things to say. I was devastated. So I called a friend of mine who said ‘Everybody has haters. It doesn’t matter how huge of a star you are. People want to take other people down.’ My mom has always told me, ‘You know what kind of person you are, so hold your head up high and just keep believing in yourself. But it’s hard, especially when you click on a bunch of haters.”

On Angelina Jolie being a badass
“My book gives a couple of examples of celebrities I really admire who I think are badasses. One of them is Angelina Jolie. When she was in her 20’s, she had the vial of blood and the knives and everything. You were like, ‘Okay, she’s brilliant, she’s talented, she’s stunning, but what about the weird stuff?’ Now, you see the progression that she’s made as a mature woman. Angelina is an inspiration.”

[From Parade, subheaders added]

Yes Doherty screwed herself out of gigs on 90210 and Charmed, got arrested in 1996 and got a DUI in late 2000. In her mind she’s not like Lindsay because she plead guilty for DUI and did her community service and probation without complications. The result for her career seems to have been about the same though.

39 year-old twice divorced Doherty also talked about her piss poor taste in men and how she was hoping to “save” some of the guys she was with. She added “like any badass, I think I’ve learned from my mistakes.” She never went to jail at least. I don’t think it makes her “badass” to do stupid destructive things and then follow judge’s orders. Badass is being yourself but not sabotaging your career.

Shannen Doherty is shown out on 6/17 and 6/26/10. How fake does her hair look? Credit: WENN.com