Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott announce divorce after 18 years
The Hollywood stars, who are parents to five children, had brushed off rumors of a rift in their marriage recent years
After many months of speculation, Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott have announced their plans to divorce after almost two decades together.
The Due South actor, 56, took to Instagram to announce the end of their marriage in a heartfelt statement shared with his 138,000 followers.
“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,” McDermott wrote in his post.
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“We will continue to work together as loving parents and guide and love our children through this difficult time.
“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 for all your support and kindness,” he concluded along with the praying hands emoji.
McDermott and Spelling, 50, share five children together: Liam, 16, Stella, 15, Hattie, 11, Finn, 10 and Beau, six.
From as far back as March 2021, McDermott and the Beverly Hills, 90210 star brushed off rumors of a split after she was spotting out without her wedding ring.
Three months later, Spelling confessed during a radio interview that she and her now estranged husband had been sleeping in separate rooms.
“Right now, my kids and dogs sleep in my bed,” she shared with friend Jeff Lewis on his SiriusXM radio show in June 2021. However, she answered ‘no’ when the host asked if there were ‘problems at home’.
Spelling shared that McDermott sleeps in ‘a room’ but not in a guest room, which seemingly shocked Lewis.
She added that the former Chopped Canada host had left for ‘another country’ for six months to film a project as well.
McDermott also downplayed the split rumors himself in September 2021.
“It’s just weird that people need to know,” he said during an episode of the Feminine Warrior podcast.
“'What’s going on with Tori and Dean? She’s not wearing her ring’. Why do you need to know that? How is that going to affect your day?”
In response to the speculation about a split, he hit back: “I don’t reply anymore. It’s just like, 'OK, if that’s what you want to think, then think it'.”
The couple met in Ottawa, Canada in 2005 while filming the TV film Mind Over Murder while they were both married to other people.
After divorcing their spouses, Spelling and McDermott got married in 2006.
He later admitted to cheating on Spelling, which became the basis of the 2014 docu-series True Tori.
Topics: Celebrity, Sex and Relationships
Gregory Robinson