Jennie Garth reveals ‘90210’ co-star who was her ‘first true love’ in major bombshell

Jennie Garth revealed her erstwhile “Beverly Hills, 90210” co-star Luke Perry was her “first existent love” erstwhile they worked together successful nan 90’s.

“Yeah. I do deliberation he was my first existent love,” Garth told People successful an question and reply published connected Wednesday arsenic she promotes her forthcoming memoir, “I Choose Me: Chasing Joy, Finding Purpose, and Embracing Reinvention.”

“Now looking back, I’m like, ‘You were conscionable for illustration each different woman successful nan world,'” she reflected.

Garth specifications really she navigated her onscreen and off-screen narration pinch Perry successful her book, noting that she felt a jealousy for each of nan impermanent stars that Perry flirted with.

“Everyone imagined him arsenic their first existent love. But it really was confusing. It sewage a small blurry astatine times. There were a batch of friendly conversations and moments betwixt these 2 characters, and I deliberation I sewage caught up successful it and I allowed myself to deliberation that it was real,” she told nan outlet.

“I still judge that location was thing existent there,” she continued. “We had a very typical relationship.”

“When Kelly was falling for Dylan, I was falling for Luke,” she writes of their coquettish relationship, referencing their celebrated characters.

But eventually, things became clear for Garth aft nan 2 stars moved connected pinch their real-life partners.

“All that disorder near for me, because he sewage joined and I sewage married, and we became conscionable really awesome friends. And that was conscionable a silly dream. But my teenage aforesaid really believed it,” she said.

Perry went connected to wed character Rachel Sharp, who he stayed pinch from 1993 to 2003. They had 2 children together, boy Jack and girl Sophie.

After “Beverly Hills, 90210” concluded its run, Garth went connected to necktie nan knot pinch Peter Facinelli successful 2001. They welcomed 3 daughters: Luca, 28, Lola, 23, and Fiona, 19. They yet called it quits and got a divorce successful 2013.

In her book, Garth besides recalls a low-point successful her divorce. She elaborate an incident wherever she ended up successful nan infirmary aft consuming intoxicant and pills — resulting successful having her tummy pumped.

Perry died successful March 2019 astatine property 52 aft suffering a awesome stroke.

On his death, Garth writes successful her memoir that it “shook maine to my core.”

“I felt paralyzed, incapable and unwilling to speak. It was excessively large to comprehend, to devastating to accept,” she writes.

“I Choose Me: Chasing Joy, Finding Purpose, and Embracing Reinvention” will beryllium released connected April 14.