Tori Spelling says she's still 'good friends' with ex-Dean McDermott as he's her 'big supporter'

Tory Spelling wants to make it clear her divorce from Dean McDermott57 is not the usual 'ugly' Hollywood scene.

“We're very compatible,” he said. 'People in Hollywood think divorce should be ugly, ours isn't.'

The couple share five children: Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie and Finn, 12, and Beau, seven.

'We co-parent well, we're good friends, and he's one of my biggest supporters,' Tori – who stunned at the stars' annual gala – told People.

The Beverly Hills 90210 star, 51, filed for divorce from her beau. Canada held out in March, citing irreconcilable differences.

Spelling and McDermott were married in 2006 and have been married in recent years. Had a tumultuous relationship, for which Dean takes full responsibility.

In an interview with DailyMail.com in November 2023, she said: 'All Tori has done to date has been to want me to be happy and healthy.

I take responsibility for that today. And it's the biggest correction I've had to make.'

At the time of his beating, Dean says the two of them were living like 'roommates', plagued by money worries and paparazzi, while he was deeply depressed, consuming only tequila and drugs every night and alcohol-fueled rages. 50 years old wife and children.

A worried Dory frantically checks on him to make sure he's alive, only to be told he's going to die.

Dean spent the summer of 2023 in rehab and now lives a sober lifestyle. 'Enough to drink alcohol. I started feeling better until it got to a point where it didn't – and it ended in isolation.

I ended up drinking a fifth of tequila and a handful of drugs every night, seven days a week. [prescription meds] Myself with a lovely family in the other room.

'That's what led to the breakup between me and Tori and what happened.

Meanwhile, Tori opened up about how she balances work and motherhood, admitting 'it's not easy'.

“But hey, we all do it. My kids are really supportive,” she said. 'The adults now take care of the little one, so it's a built-in community in our home.'

Tori and Dean share five children: Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie and Finn, 12, and Beau, seven.

“We're very compatible,” he said. 'People in Hollywood think divorce should be ugly, ours is not,' he said. Watch Dancing With The Stars compete here

Her short stint on Dancing with the Stars was difficult because it consumed her time

'But being away when I was doing Dancing with the Stars was really hard because it was full-time every day, five hours a day and all-consuming. Seen here in October 2024

She added her short stint on Dancing with the Stars was difficult because it took up a large chunk of her time.

'But being away when I was doing Dancing with the Stars was really hard because it was full-time every day, five hours a day and all-consuming. So everything else is easy after that,' he added.

Dori and her partner Pasha Pashkov were among the first to be eliminated from the ABC dance competition on September 24. Ask mom to come full time.

“I'm a mom again now,” she said. 'They're happy that I'm their Uber driver and can pick them up all the time now and I don't have to dance.'