As a bright and cheery Candy Spelling signed copies of her new tell-all Candyland and greeted anxious fans at Susie Cakes in Brentwood, Calif. on Aug. 8, she took a moment to talk with OK! about her take on a reconciliation with her estranged daughter Tori Spelling.
“I have been trying and I’m never going to stop trying to reconcile with Tori. I love her. She is my child,” Candy tells OK! But, despite a lonely mother’s plea to get her daughter back, Candy had much to say on her absence at grandaughter Stella’s first birthday party.
Although Candy sent back a clear cut “yes” RSVP for her granddaughter, whom she has yet to meet, Candy was still a no-show at the over-the-top lady bug-themed fete.
Defending her actions, Candy revealed to OK! that it wasn’t a last minute cancellation.
“I sent Tori the email and she opened it at 10:38 in the morning,” prior to the actual party, says Candy.
As seen on Tori’s reality show, Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, Tori anxiously awaited her alienated mother’s presence throughout the entire bash and ended up in tears when her mother failed to arrive.
“I’m a punch line on the scripted reality show and that’s kind of not what I bargained for,” Candy tells OK! of the show’s plot. “I’m telling the truth. It killed me, but that’s what I had to do.”
Despite hopes for a future reconciliation with her beloved daughter and grandchildren, Candy still has a few issues with Tori’s lavish lifestyle.
“Everyone is complaining that they don’t have any money now, and here Tori is doing these grand parties,” Candy dishes to OK!. “She even rented a house for Stella’s party.”
And while she doesn’t approve of being a character on Tori’s show, Candy hasn’t counted out the idea of her own reality TV program.
“If it was the right thing and it was scripted, I would do it,” Candy explains to OK!. “I would not let someone follow me around all of the time. That would make me nuts.”
By Gena Oppenheim
for candy to complain about how TORI spends money is by far the craziest statement yet!
I KNOW! hmmmmm….I wonder how she learned to spend like that!!
They’re both wrong. The whole thing’s silly, and I still think it’s got to do more with a publicity stunt. Candy’s the rich b*tch, and Tori’s her spoiled whiny little brat. Can Dean kiss up to Tori anymore than he does?
I have seen Tori’s show ( I just love watching ) and heard all of Candy’s excuses – I have been there with my biological mother and I feel for Tori – having been there myself …. Candy you need to take responsability for your actions , period ! Tori and Dean have a great thing going and beautiful children , regardless of what happens with her mother – they will all be fine !
Candy Spelling is completely DILUTED!!! She complains that Tori lives a lavish lifestyle!!!!??? What about the multimillion dollar condo honey! Candy I know that you will troll the internet and read all these comments so take note… YOU have the problem here. YOU could stop all this if you would just make nice and be a part of your daughters/grandchildren lives. If it has to be on Tori’s terms SO BE IT!! If you really cared it wouldnt matter. You could swallow your pride and do what it would take (apologize, be compassionate,loving) to make a relationship possible. BUT you are unable to do that because you dont care and are a COMPLETE NARCISSIST!!! Every thing you say/do just reinforces what Tori says about you. You should be ashamed of yourself , but you wont because you are a sociopath!
I personally think sorry is FAB-U-LOUS!! She has the option too spend her money the way she wants to. Candy is spending sooo much time hating Tori that she cant see the good in her to save her life. There is no sitution bad enough to make Candy hate her daughter that bad…to the point of not seeing or being in her grandchildrens lives! Its sad and pathtic Candy! You need to ask God for forgiveness and reconcile with Tori…she dearly loves you. God only protects fools and babies….and your no baby!
I say that we not buy any of Candy’s books or watch Tori’s show until the two of them come back done off their high horses.
Candy, You’ve made Tori a ‘motherless daughter.’ Mazel Tov! Can’t you see how much that girl needs her mommy.
I’m glad I don’t have Candy Spelling as a mother! Why say yes to an RSvp when you’re not going to go…..to torture Tori? And Tori, grow up, so your mother didn’t go to your daughter’s bday party….BFD.
i am a mother, and i feel sorry for candy…she dedicated her life to raise a very spoiled ungrateful woman.tori spelling is a selfish,spoiled,insecure person.
Candy – you are making a grave mistake with your daughter. I had a falling out with my mother and did not speak for months. I finally spoke to her and we cried, laughed and cleared the air. Exactly one month to the day we spoke, she was killed in a car accident. I did not make it to the hospital before she died. She basically bleed to death from internal injuries. I wish I could get back all those months we did not speak. The grief and guilt I felt was so horrible. Life is too short Miss Candy. You are the mother and need to reach out. Your daughter is hurting and covering her hurt with lavish surroundings. You will never be alright until you heal the wounds. Those precious grandchildren need you and so does your daughter.
Hey, all you people who think Candy’s wrong – TORI is the one who started this whole mess with her mother by WRITING a book in which she trashed her mother over every little thing. Why should Candy ever have to put up with her daughter after that?
Here’s the rule. You publicly trash your mother in books and on tv for years – saying she was mean to you as a kid and cheated on your dad while he was dying then you should not expect to be invited to the family dinners on Sunday, or expect your mummy to come to her granddaughter’s first birthday to meet her for the first time on your REALITY SHOW.
You people need a reality check, and so does Tori. She started this mess. Candy has every right to defend herself and say she’s not going to put up with that crap.
Tori’s wrong – yet she makes HERSELF out to be the victim. Tori’s a victim of HER OWN stupidity.
You are wrong if you think YOU know what the real truth is… This whole deal between Tori & her Mother became “public” after Tori left her first husband & her Father died.
That said, there are ALWAYS two sides to every story… I love watching Tori’s show, however, I am not beyond keeping an open mind to reading Candy’s book; as I said before , there are two sides to every story…and we will only know the parts they WANT us to know.
As for knowing who is at fault…without knowing ANY details it should be quite obvious…they are BOTH at fault for letting this thing become public & for allowing their behavior to continue … right or wrong.
Candy:
I watch every show of your daughters and she is a great person. She seems to want to let you in her live but you just don’t give her the opportunity. You need to put everything behind you and begin your life over again with your daughter and son in law and especially those grandchildren of yours.
A bond for a mother and daughter are to be special and by the sounds of it, you hold grudges and you should not be.
Go see your granchildren and bond with your daughter
Cara – THANK YOU!!! Finally someone who sees what is really going on here. Of course people think horrible things about Candy, Tori has spent the last few years publicly bashing her. Of course she is going to defend herself to the media. When the press ask her about what is going on of course she is going to respond. Please people, take the blinders off!
its about time Candy defends herself. who wants to be humiliated on television?
Way to go Candy for setting the record straight! She doesn’t have the platform that her daughter does. I can’t imagine her frustration and disappointment having to watch things unfold on Tori’s show, which is so orchestrated and calculated… I hope they work it out for the sake of the little ones, but meantime, I think I am a captain on Team Candy!
I think that Candy and Tori should just bury the hatchet and learn to get along for the sake of the grand children. At the end of the day they are family. You can tell that Candy loves Tori by what she wrote in her book – have you all read it? It really gives you a sense of the type of person Candy is and it she is caring and thoughtful!
Candy hasn’t done anything wrong. I think Cara and Renee hit the nail on the head!
Why on earth does this woman feel such an insatiable need to be nasty? Was she never taught this at least: if you can’t say anything nice – DON’T SAY ANYTHING. She seems to get such glee out of being as nasty as she can.
I think Candy is just misunderstood. After reading her book, it’s obvious she’s thoughtful and a giver and all too often people take advantage of a personality like that. Including your own family. Let’s hope they can put this all behind them and reunite as a loving family.
Get over yourself, lady… Family is the most important thing in life. She is your daughter for God’s sake. Don’t let it be too late!!!
I’m sorry, but there’s no way in hell I’ll ever believe Candy Spelling has any desire to reconcile with her daughter…ever! After coming out and publicly stating that Tori is responsible for her father’s death??? No matter what has gone on between them before and who was to blame for what, how on earth is any child ever to forgive a parent for saying something like that??? Can you imagine if your beloved father died and your mother publicly accused you of being responsible for his death?!! I would think a knife in the heart would heart less.
Candy did not even call Tori, when Aaron died. How could a Mother be like that? That is unforgivable.
I agree with the above. No mother should ever accuse her daughter of her father’s death especially in the world news How could a Mother not call if your father was dying. It is really unforgivable. This is a toxic relationship to intentionally hurt someone in your family. MY mother told my sister and I 6 years ago to get out of her house and we have not spoken to this day. My Dr. says it is my Mother’s baggage, and not mine.