Since they first met, Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott’s relationship has been tainted with scandal. The duo met while working on the film “Mind Over Murder” in 2005. Spelling had already tied the knot to Charlie Shanian at the time, while McDermott was Mary Jo Eustace’s husband. In her autobiography, “sTORI Telling,” Spelling revealed that it was love at first sight for both of them.
She admitted that she and McDermott slept together on one specific night, and even though she was married, the “Beverly Hills, 90120” star felt that it was the right thing to do. Spelling claimed that although she was married to another guy when she woke up the next day, she didn’t regret sleeping with Dean, which made her realize how dysfunctional her marriage to Shanian was. When it “just felt right” to her, she instantly knew she wanted to be with McDermott.
Spelling and McDermott tied the knot less than a year after divorcing their respective partners a little before that, but their relationship was extremely tumultuous, to say the least. Us Weekly revealed that McDermott had an affair with Emily Goodhand seven years into his marriage with Spelling. Goodhand alleged that Spelling and the “Chopped Canada” host had a “sexless marriage,” which frustrated him.
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Spelling’s reaction to the situation
Spelling said to People magazine that after the cheating scandal, the couple is working on trying to resolve the issue, and she thinks they are doing okay though she admitted that the process of getting through the situation would take some time. Despite their greatest attempts to overcome the consequences of the problem, adultery affected their children too.
The anchor and host of “Love at First Lie” claimed that it still impacted their family six years after Dean McDermott confessed to cheating on her.
According to People, Spelling discussed the affair in detail on the “Women on Top” podcast and said that her kids have had access to all the information available on the internet. She claimed that when her daughter saw some of the articles and news pieces on the matter, it truly and deeply saddened her.
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Spelling continued by saying that early on in their romantic affair, her main concern about McDermott was that he would cheat on her. She acknowledged that she used to express her fears to him, but he would often challenge and dispute them.
She said that when it happened, it was extremely hard for her to navigate through because her deepest fear became her reality. The couple continued to experience difficulties throughout the years, despite her claims that she had made the decision to forgive him and move on at the time.
Details of the Extramarital Affair
Dean McDermott and Tori Spelling’s relationship had come under scrutiny ever since the Emily Goodhand cheating incident. Spelling acknowledged she and McDermott slept on two separate beds while appearing on “Jeff Lewis Live” in 2021.
Spelling told Jeff Lewis that four of her five children had been sleeping with her while her husband was away for six months filming for a job, but she remained silent on whether she and McDermott are having issues.
Spelling also caused a stir when she posted a holiday photo of herself and her kids on Instagram without McDermott. Many followers inquired as to his whereabouts and questioned whether or not the two had broken up. McDermott was once more conspicuously missing from Spelling’s family portrait on New Year’s Eve, making fans question why he wasn’t present.
In November 2022, McDermott addressed the rumors that he and Spelling were getting a divorce. He acknowledged to The U.S. Sun that they were not divorcing, that everything was fine between them, and that they were looking forward to the cold weather and the Christmas and Thanksgiving vacations. He appeared to get along well with Mary Jo Eustace, his ex-wife, as the two were preparing to launch a podcast together.
