Tori Spelling had 'no emotional attachment' to Spelling Manor
Tori Spelling has opened up about what it was like growing up in the 123-room mega-mansion known as Spelling Manor revealing she had "no emotional attachment" to the expansive property because she only lived there for a couple of years.
Tori Spelling had "no emotional attachment" to the 123-room mega-mansion where she grew up.
Tori's parents TV mogul Aaron Spelling and his wife Candy bought the expansive property in 1983 and they bulldozed the house on the site - which was previously lived in by Bing Cosby - and built a ginormous house in its place which became known as Spelling Manor.
The 'Beverly Hills, 90210' star has now opened up about her time living there - revealing she was only a resident for a couple of years because it took her parents such a long time to rebuild the house from scratch.
During a new episode of her 'MisSpelling' podcast, Tori explained: "When I was 12, my parents purchased property that became The Manor, and it was Bing Crosby’s house.
"Little known fact: my mom loved Bing Crosby. [She was] a huge fan, so that was a fun connection, and then she tore all that s*** down."
She added of the mansion: "I can honestly say I have no emotional attachment to the house and I never did. I have good memories there but my best memories with my parents were created at the other house. The [big] house wasn’t my dad’s jam. He liked small and cozy, and my mom loves to decorate."
Tori went on to talk about the vastness of Spelling Manor, which boasted a bowling alley, a barbershop, a gift-wrapping room and even a doll museum to house Candy's collections.
The actress said: "When you enter the house, on the ground level there’s everything that you would think of on a ground level. And there was an elevator. You would take the elevator [or] stairs [up] for the bedrooms and you would take the elevator downstairs almost like going to the basement level [and] that’s where all these unique rooms [were] ... "
She added: "[My brother Randy and our friends] would walk into the doll museum and I would be adjusting the lights to dim them perfectly and they’d be like, 'This is creepy'.
"Everyone was scared [and] terrified. My brother and I would mess with them, one of us would take you on a tour and someone [would] pop through the door around the back."
Candy put the house on the market after Aaron's death in 2006 and it eventually sold to Bernie Ecclestone's heiress daughter Petra for $85 million. She sold it on in 2019.
