Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott together.Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
Tori Spellinghas now stepped out twice wearing shirts with cryptic messaging in the wake of her husbandDean McDermottsharing asince-deleted Instagram post announcing their separation.
“She’s not ready to break it yet,” a source close to Spelling told PEOPLE. “She knows once she makes an announcement public there is no going back.”
The insider also called Spelling’s recent fashion choices a “stunt.”
Dean McDermott and Tori Spelling in 2019.Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic
McDermott, 56, announced the couple planned to separate in a June 17 Instagram post. “It’s with great sadness and a very very heavy heart that after 18 years together and 5 amazing children, that @torispelling and I have decided to go our separate ways, and start a new journey of our own,” he wrote alongside a photograph of himself and Spelling with their kids. He later deleted the message.
Reps for both Spelling and McDermott have not responded to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
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“Their friends have seen their ups and downs through the years, but they really did seem to be in a good place in recent months,” one source close to Spelling said. “This feelsreally out of the blue."
“If this had happened a year ago, it would’ve been expected because things were terrible between them,” the source continued, referencing the couple’s past struggles. “Sure, they still had their disagreements and didn’t always see eye to eye, but the past six months things had felt good between them.”
A source close to the family told PEOPLE they also thought the couple was in a better place.
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott with their children in June 2023.Stefanie Keenan/Getty
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Spelling and McDermott married in 2006. They have been public about their relationship struggles, including acheating scandal seen in Spelling’s 2014 reality seriesTrue Tori.
Multiple sources told PEOPLE in November 2021 that there were still issues between the two after McDermott was missing from that year’s family holiday card.Spelling said McDermott was making a movie in Canada, but a source said at the time they were “not in a good place and have been evaluating their relationship.”
“It’s been very chilly between them for a long time. They have been through the wringer before, but they’ve always gotten out of it,” the source said in November 2021. “They’ve been living separate lives. They will still have family meals and occasional outings, but it’s for the kids.”
source: people.com
