Tori Spelling reveals her 90210 costar Luke Perry once confided in her about dating Madonna
On her '90210MG' podcast, Spelling recalled Perry pulling her into his dressing room to tell her about the pop star and playing her a voicemail message from Madonna herself.
Tori Spelling says her late 'Beverly Hills, 90210' costar Luke Perry once confided in her that he was dating Madonna, sharing the story on the January 22, 2024 episode of her '90210MG' podcast with cohost Jennie Garth, according to a report from US Magazine republished by Yahoo Entertainment.
'I will never forget him pulling me into his dressing room and telling me,' Spelling, now 50, said, describing how Perry shared the news privately. 'I felt so confided in,' she recalled. '"Oh, my god, he's telling me about Madonna."'
Spelling, who appeared alongside Perry on the Fox teen drama from 1990 to 2000, said Perry went further than just telling her -- he let her hear from Madonna directly. 'Remember how we used to have answering machines? He played me a message from her,' Spelling said.
What Madonna reportedly said
According to Spelling's retelling, the voicemail included Madonna telling Perry, 'You're the coolest person in the whole world. One, cause you're Luke Perry, and two, because Madonna wants you.' Cohost Jennie Garth reacted with surprise on the podcast, and Spelling joked that the two of them had kept the relationship under wraps from her at the time.
How the relationship reportedly started
Best Life's account of the history places the connection during 'Beverly Hills, 90210's' initial run, which premiered in 1990, and cites a 1992 Vanity Fair profile as the first to document rumors of the pairing. According to that account, Madonna called Perry directly on the '90210' set to ask him to present her with an award at an American Foundation for AIDS Research event after Elizabeth Taylor, the original presenter, became too ill to attend; Perry reportedly assumed the call was a prank at first. At the amfAR event itself, Madonna greeted Perry onstage with what was described as a full kiss, a moment that fed public speculation about the two.
The relationship's place in the historical record
The relationship was described in reporting as brief and kept private at the time. Perry went on to marry Rachel Sharp in 1993, and the two remained together until 2003, according to Best Life. The precise duration of the Perry-Madonna relationship, and whether it extended beyond the period around the amfAR event, was not established in the sourcing reviewed here.
US In News compiled this archived account from contemporaneous coverage by Yahoo Entertainment and Best Life. It restores a story originally published on this site in January 2024; figures are as reported at the time.