Tori Spelling’s Husband Deleted Divorce Announcement: The Couple Went on Vacation with Their Kids amid Financial Woes

• Dean McDermott caused online confusion after announcing he and his wife, Tori Spelling, are getting a divorce, but deleted the post in less than 24 hours.
• Spelling and her husband have been together since 2006.
• She is the mother of 5 children.

Candian actor Dean McDermott recently caused confusion on social media after announcing that he and his wife, Tori Spelling, are getting a divorce following seventeen years of marriage.

He announced the divorce news on June 17, 2023, on Instagram. However, the “Due South” alum deleted the said post several hours later, in which he wrote a lengthy statement about the couple’s supposed split.

“It’s with great sadness and a very, very heavy heart that after 18 years together and 5 amazing children, that @torispelling and I have decided to go our separate ways and start a new journey of our own,” he penned.

McDermott noted he and the actress would move forward as doting co-parents “and guide and love our children through this difficult time.”

The family patriarch continued: “We ask that you all respect our privacy as we take this time to surround our family with love and work our way through this. Thank you all for your support and kindness.”

The separation announcement post was accompanied by two photos: a throwback of the couple on the red carpet and another from a recent red-carpet event, showing the duo posing with four of their children.

McDermott and Spelling have been making headlines since they became an item. The pair met in 2005 on the set of Lifetime’s “Mind Over Murder” movie.

It was a year after she married her first husband, Charlie Shanian, while McDermott had been married to Mary Jo Eustace for over ten years.

Spelling got candid about the early stages of her and the “Open Range” star’s romance in her 2009 memoir, “sTORI Telling.” She penned:

“It was love at first sight. I fell so hard … Then I noticed he had a wedding ring. [..] It was fun to flirt, but I knew nothing would happen … But: Dean and I went to a bar after dinner. And we spent the night at the Cartier Place. The following day when I woke up next to Dean, I had no regrets.”

The reality star admitted that was when it dawned on her that her marriage was on the rocks because she had no remorse about cheating on her now-former spouse.

Spelling and McDermott had a whirlwind romance as they eloped in Fiji less than a year after crossing paths. They soon started a family after that.

The lovebirds had their eldest child, son Liam in March 2007. Their eldest daughter, Stella, arrived in June 2008, followed by their third child, Hattie, in October 2011. The duo welcomed their second son, Finn, in December 2013 and their youngest child and son, Beau, in March 2017.

Spelling and McDermott’s marriage has had its fair share of ups and downs. An affair from McDermott’s side has rocked the union, but the couple got through it; they have also faced health scares and financial woes, which continue to be a major issue in their lives.

In a February 2019 interview, Spelling, the “Beverly Hills, 90210” star, dished on her relationship with her husband, revealing they had no issues between them:

“We communicate now, I have a voice. He probably hears too much of it but he [is so] good at listening.”

Despite this statement, two years later, in June 2021, Spelling revealed she and the father of her kids were sleeping in different bedrooms. At that time, an insider disclosed the two had been having problems for more than a year, adding they could soon end their marriage.

Still, by 2023, McDermott and his wife seemed to be back on good terms. They posted pictures from several family outings on social media. The father of five even paid tribute to the family matriarch on her 50th birthday, sharing a throwback photo of Spelling online.

However, money problems persist in their lives. In January 2023, reports revealed Spelling owes over $1.3 million in tax liens, which is the outstanding balance of the number of state and federal tax liens over the years.

She and McDermott were slapped with a federal tax lien of over $75,000 in 2018 for the year 2016, per documents filed with the Los Angeles County Recorder’s Office.

Spelling was ordered to pay over $31,000 state tax lien for 2016 that same year. Another federal tax lien was filed against the couple, amounting to $184,390. 67.

The mother of five was slapped with another state lien in 2017 for over $50 000 for the year 2015. In 2016, she and McDermott had to fork out $707,487.30 in federal tax lien for 2014. They received their final state tax lien filing in 2016 for the year 2014 for $259,108.23.

Amid their ongoing financial woes, McDermott and Spelling continue with life as per usual. She posted a family photo from their visit to the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on June 15, 2023.

In a September 2022 interview, Spelling spoke candidly about being a mother of five children and parenting her brood with McDermott.

After finding ways to manage her stress levels while juggling being a working parent, she revealed how she and the reality television personality balance each other out.

“Co-parenting, Dean and I definitely have different parenting strategies. I’m kind of the feelings, Mom, and he’s more procedural,” said Spelling.

While McDermott is said to be “great at timing and planning,” she lacks in that department. The Los Angeles native added, “You need both of those to make it work. […] You need both worlds.”

Spelling grew up not knowing how to express her feelings, so she vowed to do things differently with her children. Doing that has allowed her to get out of her shell. She divulged:

“My kids, they’ll probably say, ‘Oh, Moms asks too much about our feelings.’ That’s okay. I am constantly checking in and saying, ‘Okay, what’s up? What are your worries? Let’s talk about it.'”

While checking in on her sons and daughters, Spelling uses that time to bring them together by doing activities they love and enjoy, such as cooking, baking, and DIYing.

The doting mother said she gets more answers from her children when she asks them questions in a relaxed environment.