There was a time when Tori Spelling (51) was the spoiled child of Hollywood. Her father Aaron Spelling was the creator of some of the best series from the seventies to the nineties such as Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty, and Beverly Hills, 90210.
Being the king of producers meant having a legendary mansion, that's why he had The Manor built, the most spectacular mansion of that time located in Holmby Hills. Spelling bought the former Bing Vrisby property, which he demolished to build one to his liking.
The family moved in 1991. Inside its 5,250 square meters (larger than the White House and the Taj Mahal) emerged a paradise of luxury and splendor far above the standards of the time. With 123 rooms, including 14 bedrooms and 27 bathrooms, this chateau-style residence had separate rooms to store silver with humidity control, another for gift wrapping, for Candy's shoe collection (Aaron's wife), a barbershop, a doll museum, an underground library... Tori and her brother Randy were the Hollywood princes.
After the prolific producer's death in 2006, problems began. Candy kept most of the fortune, and her offspring only received $750,000 each. With that amount, they couldn't maintain their privileges. In 2011, the widow sold the mansion to socialite Petra Eccleston for $85 million, a bargain for a house of that size. By then, Tori was already independent, had achieved great fame from Beverly Hills, 90210, and had been married to writer Charlie Shanian since 2004. The marriage fell apart when the actress cheated on him with actor Dean McDermott while filming a TV movie, leading to their divorce. In 2006, she remarried Dean, and they have had 5 children, Liam, Hattie, Finn, Beau, and Stella. While everything was going well, the family lived in a mansion in Encino where their reality show Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood (2007-2011) was filmed, which they sold for $2.5 million in 2011.
In a short time, they began to have serious financial problems. The lack of well-paid jobs prevented them from making ends meet on more than one occasion. As a result of these problems, despite years of estrangement from her mother, she decided to help them by covering their needs such as rent, food, school, and insurance, but not their debts with banks and credit card companies.
The climax of this situation came when Tori could no longer bear Dean's sex addiction and infidelity. After 17 years of marriage, she filed for divorce. And the downhill spiral continued. In June of last year, she and the children had to leave their home as they were being poisoned by a toxic mold.
Due to lack of resources, they stayed in a motel for $100 a night, later moved to a friend of Tori's house, and then were forced to settle in a camping trailer.
Tori tried to mask the terrible situation from her children by telling them it was a mini vacation. Fortunately, last fall it was reported that the actress had rented a house in Hidden Hills for $18,000 a month, while her ex-husband turned to social services for assistance.
Her situation has reached such an extreme that during an interview, she suggested the possibility of creating an account on OnlyFans to be able to afford her children's expensive university tuition. However, things have changed for the better for the actress, who has confirmed that she will be part of the new season of Dancing with the Stars, a project that will allow her to improve her and her children's future.
This new stage in her career is precisely thanks to one of her great friends, Shannen Doherty, with whom she shared the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210, who passed away last July from the cancer she had been battling for years.
According to Spelling, it was she who inspired her to move forward. "Without a doubt, she gave me the strength to reclaim my power. And that has definitely stayed in my heart."