In a surprising twist, Tori Spelling has made the difficult decision to end her 18-year marriage with Dean McDermott. This news has sparked curiosity and speculation about the reasons behind their split. Join us as we delve into the details and unravel the mystery behind this unexpected turn of events in the lives of these well-known figures.
Tori Spelling Files Divorce From Husband, Dean McDermott
The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum and the Canadian actor filed for divorce in court, citing irreconcilable differences as the cause of their divorce, according to court records.
According to the filing, Spelling, 50, has asked the court to grant her spousal maintenance and stop McDermott from receiving it. Their official date of separation is June 17, 2023.
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Liam Aaron McDermott, 17, Stella Doreen, 15, Hattie Margaret, 12, Finn Davey, 11, and Beau Dean, 7, are their five minor children. She requested joint legal custody, with McDermott’s visitation rights to be decided upon later.
The type and extent of the former couple’s separate properties have not yet been determined, according to Spelling, and the petition did not specify whether or not a prenuptial agreement was in existence.
McDermott, 57, revealed in a statement that was later removed from his Instagram that the couple had decided to part ways on the day Spelling named as the date of their separation.
He stated at the time, “It’s with great sadness and a very very heavy heart that @torispelling and I have decided to go our separate ways and start a new journey of our own after 18 years together and 5 amazing children.”
Spelling and McDermott met the year before while making the television film Mind Over Murder, and they were married on May 7, 2006, in a private ceremony in Fiji.
The couple, who had reaffirmed their vows on May 8, 2010, went through a difficult period after McDermott came clean about having an affair in 2014, for which he later expressed “shame.” During that year, the controversy was featured on their reality show, True Tori.
When Spelling spoke about the incident during an August 2020 episode of the Women on Top podcast, which is hosted by Roxy Manning and Tammin Sursok, she also shared her “biggest fear” regarding the couple’s relationship.
She said, “I was like, he’s going to cheat on me, he’s going to cheat on me, he’s going to cheat on me. So when it happened, I was like, ‘See, I always thought from day one he was going to cheat on me,’ and it wasn’t about him, that was about me. I was like, ‘Okay, I know I’m not good enough,’ that’s how I felt about myself, and one day he’s going to realize that and he’s gonna find someone else.”
McDermott spoke candidly about the breakdown of their 18-year marriage in November. He disclosed that the pair was no longer sharing a bed and that “anger and…yelling” defined their marriage.
He said, “It ended up with me drinking a fifth of tequila every night, seven days a week, and a handful of narcos [narcotics] by myself with, you know, a beautiful family in the other room. That’s what it led to and that’s what led to the brokenness. I couldn’t do it anymore. I couldn’t live that life anymore.”
The pair had both moved on in the past few months. While Spelling was photographed kissing Ryan Cramer, the CEO of the Santa Monica-based agency Neuron Syndicate Inc., in November, McDermott was seeing Lily Calo as a new girlfriend.
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