Jason Priestley reacts to Jessica Alba's claim about a Beverly Hills, 90210 rule

6 October 2020

Jason Priestley has insisted he never told Jessica Alba not to look at him whilst they were filming ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’.

Jason Priestley

Jessica recently claimed she was instructed not to make eye contact with any of the cast members of the hit show when she guest starred back in 1998, but Jason - who played Brandon Walsh - has now said he doesn’t know who would have told her not to look at anyone, as he insisted he “never would have made her feel” uncomfortable on set.

He explained: "'Don't look at the stars of the show' was never an edict that came down on our show. I don't know who told Jessica Alba not to look at us. We never thought we were MC Hammer.

“I mean, apparently somebody did because they thought that maybe that was the thing to do. I don't know what Jessica Alba's experience was coming on our show as a guest star. I know that certainly … I never would have made her feel that way.”

Jason also claimed he “always went out of [his] way” to make the ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ guest stars feel “incredibly welcomed”.

He added: "I always went out of my way to make sure that our guests always felt incredibly welcomed and I would always go and talk to them and make sure they knew this was a place where we wanted them to succeed.”

However, the actor doesn’t think he ever actually worked with Jessica, as he insisted he had “nothing to do with” the storyline she was involved in.

Speaking to KiSS 92.5's ‘The Roz & Mocha Show’, he said: “She was in a storyline that I had nothing to do with. I’m sorry that that happened to her. It seems really incongruous with everything else that happened on our show, so I don't know what her experience was.”

Jessica, 39, made her allegations against the show last week, when she said she would be “thrown off set” if she made eye contact with any of the show’s main cast.

She claimed: “I couldn’t even make eye contact with any of the cast members, which was really strange when you’re like trying to do a scene with them. It was like, ‘You’re not allowed to make eye contact with any one of the cast members or you’ll be thrown off the set.’ ”