Tori Spelling wants to make it clear that her divorce from Dean McDermott, 57, is not your typical ‘ugly’ Hollywood spectacle.
“We’re really friendly,” he said. “I know in Hollywood people think divorces have to be ugly, but ours aren’t.”
The couple share five children: Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie and Finn, 12, and Beau, seven.
“We are very good parents, we are good friends and he is one of my biggest supporters,” said Tori, who looked stunning at the Annual Star Gala. People.
The Beverly Hills 90210 star, 51, filed for divorce from the Chopped Canada host in March, citing irreconcilable differences.
Tori Spelling wants to make it clear that her divorce from Dean McDermott, 57, is not your typical ‘ugly’ Hollywood divorce. Pictured here in 2023
Spelling and McDermott married in 2006 and had a tumultuous relationship in recent years, for which Dean takes full responsibility.
“All Tori has done to this day is want me to be happy and healthy and I inflicted a lot of harm and pain on that woman,” he told DailyMail.com in November 2023.
“Today I take responsibility for that. And it is the biggest amendment I will ever have to make in my life.”
When he hit rock bottom, Dean says the duo lived as “roommates” and were plagued by money worries and paparazzi while he was deeply depressed, consuming tequila and drugs alone every night and enraged by alcohol that “petrified” his wife and children. 50 years old.
He said he would pass out, leaving a worried Tori frantically checking on him to make sure he was still alive.
Dean spent the summer of 2023 in rehab and now lives a sober lifestyle. ‘The alcohol made me feel pretty good. I started to feel pretty good until it got to a point where that wasn’t the case anymore: I ended up isolated.
“I ended up drinking a fifth of tequila every night, seven days a week, and a handful of narcos (prescription medications) alone with a beautiful family in the other room.
‘That’s what it led to and that’s what led to the brokenness and what happened between Tori and me.
Meanwhile, Tori opened up about how she balances work and motherhood, admitting, “It’s not easy.”
“But hey, we all do it. My children are a great support,” he said. “The older ones now take care of the little one, so it’s kind of an integrated community in our home.”
Tori and Dean share five children: Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie and Finn, 12, and Beau, seven.
“We’re really friendly,” he said. “I know in Hollywood people think divorces have to be ugly, but ours aren’t,” he said. Seen here competing on Dancing with the Stars.
She added that her brief time on Dancing With the Stars was difficult because it took up a lot of her time.
“But the hardest thing was being away when I was doing Dancing with the Stars, because that was full time every day, five hours a day and it was all-consuming. Seen here in October 2024.
She added that her brief time on Dancing With the Stars was difficult because it took up a lot of her time.
“But the hardest thing was being away while I was doing Dancing with the Stars, because it was full-time every day, five hours a day, and it was all-consuming. So everything else is easy after that,” she added.
Tori and her partner Pasha Pashkov were among the first to be eliminated from the ABC dance competition on September 24, and although their kids won’t admit it, they’re happy to have mom back full-time.
“I just became a mother again,” she said. “They’re happy that I can be their Uber driver and pick them up anytime now, I don’t have to go dancing.”