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Candy Spelling Explains “Final Plea” to Tori

May 4th, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff

In mid-April, Tori Spelling’s mother, Candy Spelling, made the decision to reach out to her estranged daughter. But rather than send a letter or pick up the phone, Candy chose to post an open letter to Tori on her very own Web site. And in a new interview with Extra, she explains the reasons why she felt the need to take her private family matters public.

"She doesn’t answer my phone calls. She doesn’t answer the emails. She doesn’t answer the texts," says Candy, who has a new book, Stories from Candy-Land. "I was really just making one last plea."

However, when Extra spoke to Tori, she claimed that her mother "has not contacted me. And she’s welcome to contact me. Privately.” 

For her part, Candy says it’s not as easy as it may look to an outsider. "It’s not like I can just show up at Tori’s house with a plate of cookies at her door," she says. "I don’t want to discuss things with her on her show, on tape, with a film crew there."

Candy also pleads ignorance as to what even caused the bad blood in the first place. “I really don’t know… There’s no answer because she’s never replied. I have no way of knowing," she reveals. "I’m just so hoping that some day she’ll come around. I certainly would love to make amends with her entire family…To be a grandma to those darling kids and… for her to maybe have my son in her life would be a very nice thing also."

Tune in to check out the entire interview on Extra on Tuesday night!

Exclusive: Candy Spelling Says Tori “Plays the Victim”

April 15th, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff

As Tori Spelling’s new book, Mommywood, which describes her mother Candy Spelling as "disastrous" and calls their relationship "intense and destructive," hits bookstore shelves, an escalating war of words between mother and daughter has begun. To try to make sense of it all, OK! went straight to Candy to hear her side of things.

"It hurts a lot," she says in the new issue of OK! about the allegations made in Mommywood. "She’s always playing the victim, but at 36 years old, I think it’s time not to play the victim anymore."

It appears that one of the biggest issues Candy has with her estranged daughter is that she feels Tori is exploiting her children for her career. "I certainly never took one of my kids and made them objects," she explains. "It’s always like they’ve got them when it’s convenient for the press. They are objects that are being used for her press persona… My kids — although she says differently — had a very normal life."

As for her currently strained relationship with Tori, Candy say, "I hope that it would change. My son has not stopped hoping. My husband [legendary TV producer Aaron Spelling] until the day he died was hoping. We are all there ready to welcome her with open arms. But she has to be willing."

So does Candy think Tori should have any more children? "That would be wonderful," she says, adding with a laugh, "But just set up more trust funds!

"It shouldn’t be all about the money. I know that’s a big thing with her, but that’s not all it’s about."

For the complete interview, pick up the new issue of OK! — on newsstands everywhere Thursday!

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Tori Spelling Hopes to Return to ‘90210′

August 13th, 2008

What would a 90210 spinoff be without Brenda, Kelly and Donna?

Tori Spelling, who was rumored to have dropped out of resprising her role as Donna Martin due to a battle over money, says she still plans to appear on the show.

"I was supposed to be in the pilot and then I had Stella [daughter] when they went back into production so it didn’t work out, but I’m hoping [to return] later in the season," she tells Extra in an interview set to air tonight.

Returning to West Beverly High will be just the latest accomplishment in the busy actress’s life. She recently hosted a blowout bash in Las Vegas at Christian Audigier’s nightclub, is getting ready to promote her second book and keeps audiences glued to the TV set with her reality show Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.

But the 35-year-old new mom says she keeps her priorities in check– raising her two children, Liam, 1, and baby Stella, 7 weeks, with husband Dean McDermott is always number one.

"Having two is so much better than having one," she said. "Because I get to differentiate between a boy and a girl…At seven weeks, Stella already has a much different personality than Liam and just seeing them bond together is so amazing. It takes your life to a different level."

Spelling says she definitely wants more kids—just not quite yet!

"We would like more…But I think we’ll take a break. Enjoy the ones we have now and enjoy each other and the family unit," she says. "But in the future, it would be nice to have more."

Tori says she’s really excited about her second book, Mommywood. "STori Telling was kind of stories about my life growing up and now it’s kids lives growing up, and me being a mom…Being in the craziness of Hollywood and dealing with that," she says.

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