Tori Spelling She (re)opens about the time she first met her ex-husband Dean McDermott while making a movie Beware of Murder In 2005.

“I was sitting in the director’s office and I remember going into my wardrobe first, I wasn’t really interested in this TV movie and I was just going because I thought I had to do this right now to pay the bills,” Spelling said. , 51, described on this page: “wrong spelling” Podcast released on Tuesday, November 12. “And when I went to get dressed, there were pictures of all the actors on the wall and they said, ‘Oh, have you met your lead, Dean McDermott?’ they said.

Spelling’s wardrobe team showed him a photo of the 57-year-old McDermott, and Spelling wasn’t too fond of her look.

“It was like a clean look, like a totally cop-type role,” he said. “I remember thinking, ‘Oh, this is so sad.’ … My leading lady isn’t that likable. Whatever, okay.’”

McDermott walked through the door shortly after seeing his photo, and Spelling noticed that he was “completely different” than she expected.

“His hair was longer, it was messy, he was dressed cool and he had blue eyes, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m in trouble,'” she explained. “It was so hot.”

After their first meeting, Spelling said McDermott “really sealed the deal” when they met in the hotel lobby that night—even though they were married to different people at the time. (He was married to Yazım Charlie Shanian While married to McDermott from 2004 to 2006 Mary Jo Eustace From 1993 to 2006.)

“I remember coming into the lobby, he looked at my bag, he said, ‘Balenciaga,’ and I said, ‘Yes.’ …. “I was very impressed with his knowledge of wallets,” he said. Chris Alberghini And Mike Chess.” Then you met him, then we went to dinner, then we went to a bar, and then I kissed him.

Spelling recalled climbing over the 59-year-old Alberghini in the bar booth to get to McDermott.

“The more (Chris) said ‘no,’ the more I wanted to do it,” she shared.

After their passionate kiss that night, Alberghini planned to go home, but Spelling didn’t want her to go because she knew “something was going to happen” between her and McDermott.

He joked with Alberghini: “You went home and I thought forever, it’s your fault.” “We had sex the first night and the next day Charlie flew out to see me and stay for a week.”

Spelling married McDermott in 2006 and gave birth to five children: son Liam in 2007, daughter Stella in 2008, daughter Hattie in 2011, son Finn in 2013, and son Beau in 2017.

After 17 years of marriage, Spelling and McDermott divorce In June 2023.

“With great sadness and a very, very heavy heart, after 18 years and 5 wonderful children together, @torispelling and I have decided to go our separate ways and begin our own new journey,” McDermott wrote in the since-deleted note. Statement from Instagram. “We will continue to work together as loving parents and guide and love our children through this difficult time.”