Tori Spelling wants to "redefine divorce" and "take the hard out" following her split from husband Dean McDermott.
Tori Spelling wants her divorce from Dean McDermott to be different
The 50-year-old 'Beverly Hills, 90210' star recently filed for divorce from Dean after almost 18 years of marriage and five children together and now she's insisted she wants to handle things differently to other couples.
She told PEOPLE: "I definitely want to redefine it [divorce] and take the hard out of it. And I feel like it's an evolving time and it's the appropriate time in life and shifts happen in life for a reason and you just keep going. You move forward and you do your one thing."
In court documents obtained by PEOPLE, Tori and Dean's official date of separation was listed as June 17, 2023. Tori asked the court to award her spousal support and to terminate her husband's ability to receive the same support.
The actress is also seeking sole physical custody of their five children - Liam, 17, Stella, 15, Hattie, 12, Finn, 11 and Beau, seven. The court filing doesn't specify whether the celebrity duo - who have been married since 2006 - have a pre-nuptial agreement in place or not.
Tori also opened up about the breakdown of her marriage in her new 'misSPELLING' podcast, admitting she's never felt "so alone" as she goes through divorce proceedings.
She said: "I’ve never felt more alone. In a room full of friends doing a podcast, I’ve never felt more alone in 15 years."
Tori added of the divorce filing: "There’s this weird thing that I didn’t know about before that you have to be careful with your ex.
"It’s a he-said, she-said, who filed first. I had to file and go through the process and then once it was accepted and publicly posted, then I’m allowed to call and fill in my ex. So I just called Dean."
She also opened up about her inner demons, admitting she doesn't feel like she's worthy of love. Tori confessed: "I don’t feel worth loving. That’s the truth. And that’s something that’s just in you, it’s not something I wanted or created. That starts when you’re young ...
"I know you can change any point in your life, yeah, yeah, yeah everyone always says that. But it’s a harder task than we realise. Especially if you don’t believe it.
"People can tell you and tell you and tell you and ‘should, should, should,’ but if you don’t believe it in your soul, in your core, I don’t know how you change that."
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