Donna Martin’s onscreen drama has nothing on Tori Spelling’s real life. The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum and her husband, Dean McDermott, have been making headlines since their scandalous start.
The two actors met on set of Lifetime’s Mind Over Murder in 2005, a year after Spelling married her first husband, Charlie Shanian. McDermott, for his part, had been married to Mary Jo Eustace, with whom he shares son Jack, for more than a decade when he met Spelling.
“It was love at first sight. I fell so hard … Then I noticed he had a wedding ring,” Spelling wrote in her 2009 memoir, sTORI Telling, about meeting McDermott. “When someone asked, he pulled out photos of his children. And — oh, yeah — I had a husband too. 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. Something was really wrong with my marriage. Not only because I slept with this guy — though that certainly wasn’t a positive sign — but because I didn’t regret it.”
Less than a year after they met, Spelling and McDermott eloped in Fiji. It didn’t take long for them to start a family either; the duo welcomed their son Liam in March 2007. The same month that the twosome became parents, they also became reality TV stars. Oxygen’s Tori and Dean: Inn Love followed the couple as they renovated a bed & breakfast titled Chateau La Rue for two seasons. Putting the hotel business behind them, the series was later renamed Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood. Spelling welcomed the duo’s eldest daughter, Stella, during season 3, which aired in 2008.
As Spelling and McDermott continued to document their lives, their family also grew. They became parents for the third time — to daughter Hattie — in October 2011. While the reality TV cameras initially stopped rolling after six seasons, the drama was just getting started. In December 2013, after welcoming their second son, Finn, Us Weekly broke the news that McDermott was unfaithful to Spelling. The pair worked through the aftermath of the affair on a Lifetime series titled True Tori.
While health scares and financial woes continued to threaten the couple’s happiness, they appeared to be stronger than ever five years after the affair. Spelling told Us in February 2019 that twosome “don’t have relationship problems.”
“We communicate now, I have a voice,” she explained. “He probably hears too much of it but he [is so] good at listening. Women like to talk and over-explain.”
Two years later, however, fans began to wonder whether the pair were on thin ice once again after Spelling revealed in June 2021 that she and her husband were sleeping in different rooms. At the time, a source exclusively told Us that the Hollywood stars were “having major issues for over a year,” adding, “The end could be very near.”
Scroll through for a timeline of Spelling and McDermott’s ups and downs:
Spelling and McDermott, who were both married to other people, met on the set of a made-for-TV movie in Ottawa, Canada, in July 2005. The Scary Movie 2 star detailed telling her first husband about her affair with McDermott in her 2009 book, sTORI Telling. “I told him that I’d never been in love with him. I loved him and he’d been a friend to me, but I married him because he was a great guy, a guy who took care of me. Charlie didn’t want to hear it,” Spelling wrote. “He kept saying, ‘Where’s all this coming from? We have a perfect relationship.’ Then he turned to me. ‘Did you cheat on me?’ I said yes. He said, ‘It was with Dean, wasn’t it?’ I said yes. He said, ‘I should have known.’” Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
The pair exchanged vows in a private ceremony in Wakaya, Fiji, on May 7, 2006. Less than two months later, Tori’s father, TV producer Aaron Spelling, died from complications of a stroke. KMazur/WireImage
Following Aaron’s death, reports surfaced that Tori and her brother, Randy, only inherited $800,000 each of their late father’s fortune. As a result, rumors of a feud between Tori and her mother, Candy, ran rampant. While the Spelling family drama made headlines, the newlyweds started a family of their own. Tori and McDermott welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Liam, in March 2007. Clark Samuels/startraksphoto.com
After two successful seasons of Tori and Dean: Inn Love, Spelling and McDermott’s reality series returned for season 3 on Oxygen as Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood. That same year, their daughter, Stella, was born in June. INFphoto.com
Tori’s relationship with her mother hit another low point in 2009 after Candy blamed her daughter — and her relationship with McDermott — for Aaron’s death during a May 2009 radio interview. She clarified her comments, but maintained that Tori’s estrangement from her dad affected him negatively. ”I didn't intend to create headlines. I was asked a question about my daughter not speaking with my family, and I answered truthfully,” Candy told HuffPost in a statement at the time. ”My husband was very ill, and he had stopped eating and taking liquids. He called Tori on a daily basis, and never stopped asking if Tori had returned his call. We had to say no every day.” Ron Wolfson/Wireimage
Spelling and McDermott fought back against split rumors in April 2010 after footage from their reality series showed them feuding. "I just want the old Dean back. I really do. I miss you so much,” Spelling said on an episode of Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood. A month after declaring they were “committed to each other” on the Today show, the couple renewed their vows. "This is a rebirth," Spelling told Us exclusively at the time. ”We've gone through our ups and downs, but we wouldn't have changed a moment of it." Albert Michael/startraksphoto.com
The duo welcomed their second daughter, Hattie, in October 2011, six days before Spelling’s scheduled C-section. "The baby wasn't planned, but it obviously happened for a reason," Spelling told Us at the time. "Knowing we were bringing a third life into the world just enhanced our relationship. … The moment I had her, I looked at Dean and fell in love with him all over again.” Michael Simon/startraksphoto.com
After an unexpected fourth pregnancy — just five months after welcoming Hattie — Spelling was diagnosed with a severe form of placenta previa and suffered massive bleeds throughout her pregnancy. Following four months of strict bed rest in the hospital, Spelling gave birth to son Finn in August 2012. "It was surreal. I just remember thinking, I can't leave three children behind,” the actress told Us in October 2012. "I kept envisioning myself holding a healthy baby. That was my goal.” She added: "When they put him in my arms I was like, 'We made it. We did.' Now we have an insane bond. We've been through hell and back." Michael Simon/startraksphoto.com
Us broke the news in December 2013 that McDermott cheated on Spelling with then 28-year-old Emily Goodhand while on location shooting Chopped Canada. “He told me he and Tori had a sexless marriage," Goodhand told Us of their two-day affair at the time. "I believed him.” Michael Simon/startraksphoto.com
Spelling coped with McDermott’s affair by documenting their struggles on a Lifetime docuseries, True Tori. "I can never give him enough sex!" Spelling yelled in one of their onscreen couples therapy sessions. ”He's never gonna be happy with just me." McDermott, for his part, suffered an onscreen breakdown on True Tori. “I just thought, 'This is it. You can't get out of this. I blew it. Everything great in my life, I s–t on.' I just thought, 'Tori deserves me to die,’” he said during an April 2014 episode. He later checked into treatment. TLC
Two years after the affair, McDermott surprised Spelling by proposing for a third time during a family vacation in Paris. ABACA/startraksphoto.com
While their relationship was back on track, Tori and McDermott made headlines for allegedly owning nearly $39,000 in unpaid credit card bills in 2016. Candy, who was also on good terms with her daughter, told TMZ at the time that she was helping out Tori and her family financially. Noel Vasquez/Getty Images
Following her high-risk pregnancy with Finn, Spelling shocked fans by announcing she was pregnant with her fifth child in October 2016. The Mystery Girls star welcomed a healthy baby boy named Beau in March 2017. Spelling later referred to the twosome’s third son as the “rebirth” of their marriage. “We know how to do it differently now,” she said in October 2017. “For so many years, we kind of didn’t know how to find time for ourselves, it was all about the kids, because we did start having kids right away.” Vince Flores/startraksphoto.com
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to Us in March 2018 that they responded to a 911 call about a verbal dispute at Spelling’s house on March 1. They did not confirm if the argument was between Spelling and McDermott. An insider told Us at the time that the Mistle-Tones star’s family and friends were “very, very worried” that Spelling was on the cusp of a breakdown. McDermott’s ex-wife, meanwhile, told Us that same month that Spelling was paying her husband’s alimony payments. “[Tori] stepped up, and I accepted that. So that, sort of, our relationship took a turn there as well because she was owning up to it and taking responsibility for it, which was good,” Mary Jo Eustace told Us at the time. After Spelling missed a couple of payments, according to Eustace, the Masked Singer star told the Divorce Sucks author that she had been suffering from migraines. “She said, ‘I’ve been consistent, and I can’t go through it again, and I just haven’t been well, and I just want to take care of this right away,’” Eustace explained. “And I said, ‘OK.”’ Noel Vasquez/Getty Images
Months after the family drama, Spelling and McDermott were back on track. “My husband and I have it so balanced,” she told Us in May 2018. “We really balance each other with getting it all done. We’re kind of that rock for each other. I always feel you’re not given more than you can handle.” Sophie Fritz/startraksphoto.com
Spelling and McDermott’s only issue in 2019? Instagram trolls. The Slasher actor has defended his wife’s social media activity several times. In January 2019, McDermott clapped back at a hater who body-shamed his kids. Two months later, the former Chopped Canada host stood up for Spelling after users criticized her post about feeding their children muffins for a snack. After Spelling shared a photo with her BH90210 costars Jennie Garth and Gabrielle Carteris in bathing suits on location for the Beverly Hills, 90210 quasi-revival in June 2019, McDermott swooped in again. “I love how you haters have private accts!!” he fired back at the time. “Let’s see what you trolls look like ya cowards!!!” Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
McDermott reflected on the couple overcoming his past indiscretion during an exclusive interview with Us in November 2019. “I thought that Tori was just going to run for the hills, and I could totally understand why,” he told Us. “But she was like, ‘I just can’t turn off the love for you. I love you. You hurt me. I’m angry, but I love you. I can’t turn that off.’”
The couple celebrated 14 years of marriage in May 2020. “My partner in crime and my best friend. You are an amazing papa bear and I love that you always have my back no matter what!” Spelling gushed via Instagram. “Thank you for loving me and I promise I am still fun! Life just gets stressful sometimes but thru it all we have each other. One day we will get back to Fiji where we became husband and wife and started our journey of a lifetime. I love you with all my heart and soul. Always Your TT Girl xoxo #anniversary #14years #soulmate #happyaniversary❤️” Scott Kirkland/Fox/Picturegroup/Shutterstock
After Spelling ditched her wedding band during a March 2021 outing, fans noted that she and McDermott didn’t publicly acknowledge their 15th wedding anniversary that May. YouTube
In June 2021, the “9021OMG” podcast host addressed speculation about her marriage for the first time when pal Jeff Lewis inquired about Spelling wearing her wedding ring again. “What is really going on? You put the wedding ring on. Are things OK?” he asked on SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live. “Because I feel like the last time you were here things were good, you were having sex. Are you guys sleeping in the same bed?” Spelling revealed that her “kids and dogs sleep in my bed,” adding that McDermott is “in a room” at their home. “Since he left — this is not good, you guys — but since he left [and] he was gone for six months filming in another country, they all stayed with me,” she explained. “So I currently still have four in the bedroom with me who have yet to go back to their rooms, yes.” GAC/MEGA; MEGA
“Tori and Dean have been having major issues for over a year now," a source told Us exclusively in June. "The fact that she’s talking about sleeping in separate beds is very telling. She wouldn’t do that unless things were really not great between them. Tori knows her kids see what she says online, so for her to say something publicly means the end could be very near." Courtesy of Lifetime
As speculation about their relationship status continued to spread, McDermott seemingly shut down the divorce rumors during a September 2021 episode of the "Feminine Warrior" podcast. "It's just like, 'OK, if that's what you want to think, then think it,'" he said at the time. The following month, Spelling refused to answer a question about her marriage during an appearance on The Wendy Williams Show as an insider told Us the actress wanted to pull the plug but felt "trapped." The Wendy Williams Show/YouTube
Spelling raised eyebrows in November 2021 when she posted a family holiday card that showed her and her children posing without McDermott. “With Love, from our farm to your home! Xoxo, Tori & Family,” the card’s signature read. In a second photo, the actress hung personalized stockings on her mantle, but there was notably no stocking for her husband. "Fact: @imdeanmcdermott was filming his new feature film in Canada," she wrote via Instagram in response to a follower who asked where her spouse was during the card photo shoot. McDermott, meanwhile, was photographed seemingly getting into a fist fight while playing hockey in Los Angeles. Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock
Amid rumors that the pair had called it quits, McDermott included Spelling in his International Women's Day tribute. "Happy International Women's Day to these incredibly smart, creative, strong, fierce and funny Women. I'm so blessed to have you in my life," the actor wrote via Instagram in March 2022. "I love you So Much!! #happyinternationalwomensday #luckyguy." Broadimage/Shutterstock
In June, an insider told Us that the couple's friends were told that McDermott and Spelling are “going through with a trial separation.” A second source, meanwhile, claimed that the duo decided to press pause on divorce because it's an "expensive" process. "They both feel trapped," the second insider explained. "Having kids makes it more difficult because they don't want their children to be unhappy, yet at the same time Tori has been unhappy for quite a while now. They truly are still together for their kids." Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/MEGA; Mediapunch/Shutterstock
McDermott made his first appearance in Spelling's Vizio reality show, @Home With Tori, amid speculation that the pair had split. “You’re so cute, babe," he said in a July 2022 episode, while the couple watched her 1989 movie Troop Beverly Hills on a projector with their children. Broadimage/Shutterstock
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