In an open letter posted on her website, Tori Spelling sets the record straight on Star magazine’s recent reports claiming her 7 year marriage to Dean McDermott is on the rocks. Spelling, who has 4 children with McDermott, says she was prompted to shoot down the “hateful” reports when their 5-year-old son Liam became upset over the magazine at the grocery store.
“My son Liam is turning 6 in a couple weeks. His proudest achievement so far in his young life is that he is learning to read. Until now, when that pride turned to sorrow thanks to Star magazine. He first spotted me on the cover, then Dad, and then a picture of himself and his 3 younger siblings. He was able to read two things out loud, the word DIVORCE (which he proudly sounded out) and the caption above his picture which read "Who will get the kids?" He became terrified,” Spelling explains. “I had to hurry him and his confused 4-year-old sister Stella out of the grocery store and into our car. By the time he was fastening himself into his car seat he was asking, "Why is someone getting us?? Where are you and Dad going?" He was anxiously biting his lower lip and his big blue eyes were filled with tears. My heart sank.”
“Driving home I repeatedly told my children, ‘That magazine doesn't know us. Daddy and I are very happy and in love. There will be no divorce and all of us will remain together as a family,’” the former 90210 star says.
“I've always had shots taken at me. It's been almost 24 years since I became a public figure starting at age 16 with 90210. It's the downside to this business but I've built up a pretty thick skin to the lies and trash talking at this point. But my children are another story. Keep them out of it!” continues Spelling.
She also defends McDermott against Star’s allegations. “Again, you want to make inaccurate low blows at someone Star? Go for me! I can handle it. I always have. But don't do it to a man that has done nothing but loved me and our children. He has stood by me during the good times and held my hand through the darkest moments of my life,” Spelling adds. “I'm so blessed to have him as my partner in life and love and he is the best father to our four children. I'm aware that all that matters is that we know our truth. It’s just sad that our actual happiness would probably be deemed boring to Star Magazine. What kind of society have we become where love stories and fairytales are dead? That others’ failure is what people crave and what sells? That’s not the world I want my children growing up in.”
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