Saying that she hopes to sit down with her estranged husband Charlie Shanian and "talk about all this in detail," Tori Spelling admits to People in its new issue: "I went into the marriage with the best intentions, hopes and dreams. I feel that I've really disappointed people. I've disappointed everyone who came to my wedding. I'm disappointed in myself." She adds: "I don't know exactly what happened and when things started to go wrong."
Since early August, the former Beverly Hills, 90210 star, 32, has been living apart from Shanian, 36, a writer-actor she met in Los Angeles in 2002, when she starred in the play he co-wrote (Maybe Baby, It's You). The pair married at a $1-million wedding in July of last year.
In a conversation with People on Sept. 16, the actress expressed uncertainty and sorrow as she talked about a day she hoped would never come. For his part, Shanian declined to comment about the breakup. But according to a source close to Spelling, by the beginning of August, when she was in Ottawa to film the TV movie Mind over Murder, she and Shanian were "living separate lives."
Away on the set for three weeks, "She realized the relationship was not right for her," says her friend. She also realized something else: She was developing feelings for costar Dean McDermott. The actor, 38, who according to a source was also in a "marriage that was not working," was equally drawn to Spelling, and the two became romantically involved. "It just happened," says Spelling's friend. "No one meant any harm to anyone. You can't help who you fall in love with and who you're right with."
Still, her friends insist, the romance between Spelling and McDermott – who filed for divorce on Sept. 9 from his wife of 12 years, Mary Jo Eustace – had nothing to do with Spelling's breakup. "The marriage was over a long time ago," says a friend of hers. "They never should have married in the first place."
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Paris Hilton and Tori Spelling: two celebrities who would have been NOTHING if not for their parents riches.
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ren at September 23, 2005 12:03 PM
Did you kick up the content filter after Johnny Chicago's outburst yesterday, Lawren? It just booted me for an abbreviation of "celebrities"
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ren at September 23, 2005 12:04 PM
That's happened to me a couple times, Ren. Ms. Lawren explained to me a couple days ago that she has no control over what words are and are not filtered.
Why 'cel ebs' is a taboo word while Mr. Chicago rants about Lexington Steele's money-maker is beyond me.
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Kevvy the Unnamed Source at September 23, 2005 12:29 PM