Tori Spelling reveals how she became a 'cool mom' to her kids again following her divorce
Tori Spelling became a "cool mom" again when she took part in 'Dancing with the Stars' but wishes she could have stayed on the show longer.
Tori Spelling became a "cool mom" again when she took part in 'Dancing with the Stars'.
The 51-year-old actress - who has Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie, 12, Finn, 12, and seven-year-old Beau with her ex-husband Dean McDermott - was given the chance to appear on the ABC reality show earlier this year and was eliminated in the second week but admitted that everyone was "so supportive" upon her early exit.
She told E! News: "Oh my gosh, everyone has been so supportive. We had to keep it secret for a while, so when I was able to tell people, they were like, ‘Oh my god.’ It doesn't matter how old you are, everyone watches 'Dancing with the Stars', something people do as a family. So I was cool with my kids again, because their friends watch it. I'm the cool mom again."
The former 'Beverly Hills, 90210' star found the whole process on the series to be "transformational" in a personal sense and will take the lessons she learned with her on into the future.
She said: "I got everything out of the experience. It was transformational, personally. And it was only a month in you know, we were training and working every day, and just what I got, the change I saw in myself, spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically, something I'll carry with me.
"I wish it had kept going. I was like, ‘Wow, this is the best therapy I've ever done.."
After her elimination from the series, Dean - who split from Tori over "irreconcilable differences" in June 2023 - even came out in support of his former wife.
Speaking in a video posted to Instagram, he said: "Tori Spelling, you did an amazing job. I’m so proud of you. You put on two beautiful performances on Dancing With the Stars. I saw how hard you worked and I know the injuries that you worked through. Your dedication and your work ethic is amazing."
