This season of Lifetime’s True Tori is shaping up to be far more dramatic than the first. Tori’s throwing tons of material into this season. So far, Tori has teased preganancy, lunched with Dean McDermott’s ex, and bragged about sleeping with a married man. The most interesting thing is Tori’s shambolic finances. She already refused to downsize her lifestyle because Aaron Spelling “wouldn’t have wanted it.”
Tori’s continuing with this theme. The lastest episode revealed that Tori has plowed through $18 million since marrying Dean. A lot of this amount includes Tori’s ridiculous real estate adventures. She also has a warehouse full of what she calls “treasures.” A literal warehouse full of Tori’s junk. Tori also tried to take Dean for a vasectomy as the cameras rolled. She wanted to film the whole thing. Here’s more of what happened on the episode:
* Dean did not go quietly to the vasectomy visit: “I don’t know … I feel like Spencer Pratt. Does the world really need to know this? Does the world really need to see this? It’s my reproductive organs. No cameras please … go go, seriously, please go, I’m losing my mind babe.” He left before getting snipped.
* Tori’s storage warehouse is stupendous, and The Mail has photos of this place. Tori has organized 127 storage vaults with a 440-page document to keep track of where everything is located. You guys, this is insane. Tori says it costs a mortgage payment to store all this garbage. She also has a large room in the family home filled to the brim with junk. A friend tries to tell Tori she could pay for a home by selling off her trinkets, but Tori says no.
* At the warehouse, Tori located the wedding bouquet from when she got hitched to ol’ Charlie Shanian. Tori said, “I feel so much regret and shame for the way I ended it.” She wated to visit Charlie to “get closure” Dean wasn’t happy about the plan. Tune in next week to see what happens!
Oh, and Dean lost it on Twitter. I guess someone saw him visiting an adult novelty shop during his wife’s ongoing hospitalization. Dean hit back at the haters and quit Twitter:
(1) @TruthAndSarcasm I bought a gag gift to make her laugh. All you haters need to F— OFF!! I’ve had it with you a–holes. GO F— YOURSELVES
(2) @TruthAndSarcasm who the F— do you think you are? Any time any place pal. You hide behind your bullsh-t twitter name. Show urself pr-ck.
(3)“@HighonHillcrest: Noticed u didn’t post a pic of urself on your profile there cupcake. Can you say coward? Sending u love anyway. No hate.
(4) I’m done with this social media sh-t. To all my fans, you’re the best. Love you guys. Always will. To all the haters, you know how I feel.
[From Dean McDermott on Twitter]
Let me get this straight: Dean wants us to believe he visited an adult store to buy Tori “a gag gift” during her hospital quarantine. And that would make her laugh? Sure.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & Lifetime
Wow. Countdown to divorce in 1, 2, 3.
Is that a countdown to infinity? 🙂
To all his fans…! Lol
LOL yes. I swear these two are such a trainwreck. Who the heck goes through $18 million dollars in like 6 years???
Aussie Girl, I thought that was the funniest line in the whole thing!
@Aussie yeah I died at that line. Who the heck are his fans? Squinty cheaters?
Ehi that’s the plot for next season! lol
One more thing for the storage unit! I can’t decide if this is A Very Special episode of Storage Wars or Hoarders. Time will tell.
I’m wondering if her hoarding is part of the reason that Candy doesn’t support her financially. Total speculation, but she may feel like supporting her would enable her hoarding even more.
I had the “pleasure” of watching Candy’s moving out of the big mansion HGTV special on a sick day a few years back, and Tori has definitely learned/inherited her hoarding tendencies from Candy. The woman had a warehouse in her home that looked like a Costco, that she drove around in with a forklift, and that contained, among other things, every decoration (centerpiece, garland, lights, etc.) for every party she ever threw in 25 years, and there were a LOT of parties. The four different moving companies she hired to help her move repeatedly tried to convince her to get rid of some of the stuff and she was resistant–it was just like watching an episode of Hoarders. Not to stick up for Tori, but the reason Candy doesn’t support her financially is that she has her own money/mental issues.
FWIW, here is a 2010 blog post with pictures of Candy Spelling’s 17,000 square foot “attic,” which includes some helpful tips on how to keep your hoarding organized: http://www.organizingla.com/organizingla_blog/2010/05/candy-spelling-gives-us-brilliant-attic-organization-tips.html
I don’t know that I would call either Candy or Tori “hoarders” so much as extremely spoiled. Neither ever hears “no” and both fill thwir lives with stuff, and for both “stuff” is all they have to show for their lives. There’s some extreme self-indulgence going on.
I vote Storage Wars, much more entertaining…where’s Dave Hester when you need him? LOL
Yuuuuuuuuup! I stopped watching when he left … I just googled, and he’s back after his wrongful termination lawsuit against A&E. Good for him. 🙂
Now I’m wondering if she will use the hoarding as her new storyline.
Or a new show!
I saw Candy Spelling’s attic years ago. It was exactly same way — boxes and boxes of crap meticulously labeled with photos of the contents — and it was the size of a warehouse. If Candy wasn’t so rich and organized, she would have been called a hoarder herself. Like mother, like daughter.
I bet. It runs in my family too. Except my parents don’t organize things. It would be better if they did because then you can just throw away boxes wholesale without having to open them up and sift through them. We’re not hoarders, but we’re up there on the scale. I’m not looking forward to the day I have to go through their crap. Already did it with my grandmother and I was amazed how much random old junk she could fit in her house.
Ten bucks says Tori and Dean will threaten to file for bankruptcy. Since they have ” no money”. They will hope that Candy Spelling will swoop in with money to prevent it. After saying she might be pregnant again, making up “Emily Goodhand” etc and now going through eighteen million dollars? These two are beyond disgusting. Tori and Dean are the west coast version of Teresa and Joe Giudice
I do not like online diagnosis and I am not even qualified to give a diagnosis in real life, but is it possible she is affected by compulsive hoarding ?
They need to have a massive yard sale.
So they have major money trouble, four small children to provide for and she is blowing a large sum of money on a storage unit to house all her crap?! Holy $%^& she is a moron, these two deserve each other they are both awful people.
This is really leaving a bad taste in my mouth. Is this sort of thing supposed to make her likable, or relatable, or even appear human? In a time period when most Americans are still trying to work through a less-than-great economy, is this woman harping about her warehouse of stuff and refusing to downsize suppose to move anyone at all? What is the point? I’m starting to feel like I’m watching some incredibly complex piece of performance art that’s designed to critique capitalism, but it’s all true.
Whoa! Is this episode loaded with all kinds of dysfunction! I’m fascinated by hoarding behavior and Tori definitely falls into that category.
How could someone blow through $18 mil? Even my mother would have trouble going through that much money.
Yep, she just has the dough to keep it hermetically sealed off from her place of residence. Curated hoarding. A new series idea: High Dollar Hoarders.
The inability to get rid to “stuff” isn’t that uncommon. I knew a guy who didn’t have any money to speak of, but over several years spent over $8,000 to store junk he didn’t have room for and couldn’t part with. What a waste! After moving several times, I became the anti-packrat. I’m ruthless in getting rid of things I don’t use.
When I was a kid we were really poor, so I was a pack rat. We had so little that the things I DID have were my ‘treasures’. It was such a treat to even get a .50 toy at a yard sale so I held onto EVERYTHING. But like you, when I started moving more I eventually just started slashing and burning. And now that I have kids I’m even more of an anti-hoarder. My parents grew up during WWII so my mom especially is so “Hold onto this, you might need it one day” and loves garage saling & Goodwill. She then brings me all kinds of stuff that I thank her for then secretly add to my garage sale pile. I have a huge garage sale every 2 years and the money goes to family trips. I find it SO refreshing to get rid of stuff–I can’t believe I ever hoarded.
During one of my maternity leaves I did get hooked on “Hoarders” for awhile and was fascinated by the psychology behind it. Nearly everyone I saw had some traumatic life event–usually the loss of a loved one–that triggered the hoarding. Sometimes it was a sudden death and sometimes it was having to take care of a parent during a long illness who then passed. If Tori was estranged from her dad when he died I wonder if that contributed to hoarding. Or perhaps it’s the ‘loss’ of her previous lifestyle that causes her to hold onto everything in an effort to feel that she’s still ‘rich.’
One of my friends is a hoarder. She lives in an 800 sq ft cottage and it is packed to the rafters. She has to turn sideways to get into the bathroom and this is difficult with her bad knees. She also has 2 storage lockers. If she sees something she wants, she obsesses about it until she gets it and she is happy to pay full price. She doesn’t have TV or internet because she needs the money for stuff, so when she goes home from work she just lays in bed and reads.
She loves antiques, jewelry and art so her stuff would keep her in a decent retirement if only she could part with it. She’s nearly 65 but won’t even think of retiring because her pension wouldn’t pay for her stuff, credit cards and lockers.
I think I might throw up. The solution to Tori’s problem isn’t more money, it’s less spending.
Got to chuckle at that pic of Whori Tori with the cardboard cutouts—that is them alright, with cardboard personalities. They are so disgusting. Can anyone say maybe they are both “SICK”????
I don’t even care if he really bought something for her at the adult store. But I care even less to the fact that he did that while she was in the hospital. She took pictures of herself with hospital masks promoting that true AHS Freak Show called TrueTori. He is trash, so is she – let’s all be glad they’re trashing together and aren’t bothering anyone else – well at least realtionship wise.
Hey, Tori, there are these things called “IUDs”. And this other called “Essure”. And believe it or not, a quick, quiet visit to your OB-GYN can set you up with either one. Then you wouldn’t have to tell the whole world about your husband’s refusal to get a vasectomy, or your possible pregnancies! You could even come up with something else to tell everyone about!
but would the companies be willing to do an endorsement deal? If she can’t wh-re it, she won’t do it. And a “quick, quiet visit”?!? Why do that when you can put it on your reality tv show!
I do not have an ounce of sympathy for this woman.
Who is weirder: Tori or Mama June? Anybody want to play? I say TORI.
I figured as much. She’s “Hollywood broke” — 99% of the country could live incredibly well on what this idiot thinks is a tragic pittance.
She’s probably paying at minimum $40 a unit (probably double that) which is $5000 a month. A MONTH. To store a bunch of crap. Assuming it’s true, considering how everything else she says and does is faked for the cameras. I remember her whining about her kids seeing tabloid stories about them – look how low they’ve stooped now, creating the gossip themselves. Pathetic.
Just this week I was thinking how I hadn’t gone through the closet in my guest room in ages, and could probably get rid of some stuff. I can’t even imagine how one accumulates as much as she has. You’d have to shop 24/7.
I don’t get her insistence on filming every ugly aspect of her life just to make a buck. I watched a few of episodes of their ‘show’ and I came away feeling sorry for him despite his being a coward for not addressing his issues with his wife and cheating on her. For her, I just feel plain disgust. She’s manipulative and exploitative.
Now she’s turning her attention to the man she cheated on for Dean. Let’s remember that they bought Mary Jo for $10,000.
Rather the network did. Charlie’s also going to roll over now? Wonder what his price is? When looking for a definition for bottom feeders, I can suggest two examples to display. Each week that this disgusting show continues, more people are getting nauseated. I think these two characters should be locked in a room and forced to watch episodes of The Little Couple until THEY GET IT. Jen and Bill are so inspirational. They have turned every adversarial obstacle life has given them into a success. They have achieved in their careers as well. Most importantly, their love, warmth, and sincerity shine through. They give off positive vibes. The other pair makes me feel like I want to wash my hands. Can’t watch them anymore.
AMEN. Talk about 180 degrees of separation. Bill and Jen represent all that is good in the world, whereas Spelling and McDermott…………
i really dont understand why people question why her parents didnt give her more money
basically the whole run of 90210 was an early inheritance imo
Yeah that show was such a HUGE hit, plus think about residuals from the reruns, merch, dvd sales, etc. And Tori also had perfume lines and books published. She should have been set for life 10 times over. And yet, she always seems broke. I think this is why Aaron cut her off before he died, plus he was probably disgusted with how her marriage went down.
They are beyond pathetic.
I’ve been reading stories about this woman on here for a long time, but the recent tales of her “money woes” have really hit home with me. It’s made me realise I need to let go of material things as they won’t bring happiness and stop spending money I don’t have so I can finally get out of debt. I don’t think Tori will ever realise the same unfortunately, hope it doesn’t rub off on the kids.
laura…you are so right about getting rid of a lot of material things and to stop spending money on more, especially if you are doing it to fill some kind of hole inside. My mom died a few years ago and when we went to her apartment it was filled to the brim with stuff. A lot of it was brand new, tags still on clothing. All she did was complain about money but constantly blew thousands of dollars and went through 4 marriages and who knows how many unsuccessful relationships. Things don’t buy happiness and it really leaves a burden for those left behind later to have to dispose of it all. We ended up just donating everything to charity. It did make me realize though, that I need to declutter my own house so my kids don’t have to deal with that. Having a few special things is normal, but having tons of stuff is not.
How much can this stuff really mean to Tori? I mean, it’s in a warehouse! She barely sees it! Plus I think it is kind of strange that she kept so much stuff from her first marriage, like her wedding bouquet. Not that you have to get rid of everything, but it sounds like she kept everything possible. I mean, really? Why keep your bouquet from your first failed marriage when you are married to someone else?
The kids look so unhappy in that family photo except for Hattie? (the one with her hair in ponytails). The older kids look really miserable. This can’t be easy on them. It’s one thing when they are too young to understand what’s going on, but the older ones now will see and hear stuff they should not be hearing and seeing. It will be no surprise later on when they go off the rails in their teens. They likely will have an enormous amount of anger built up from all of this and it will come out.
Most of these reality shows have really upped the “drama” factor probably due to threats of cancellation. Who knows how much of it is really true? No way is Mama with all her money going to let her daughter or grandchildren suffer. So, why is the fact she’s broke even being talked about? Drama. Her Mama giving her a couple million to help in hard times would be like somebody giving us $100. It’s just all fake drama to have something to put on a fake reality show.
I don’t think mama is giving her money but I do believe that this I’m broke storyline is BS so she can keep getting shows, Kate Gosselin tried the same thing. From the first time she cried broke this summer she movie twice each time into a bigger house if you have no money how can you keep upgrading your house.
Kate. Ugh. She treated Jon so badly those first few seasons .. I watched a few early episodes and couldn’t watch how she was towards him anymore .. and in front of the kids.
She is entitled and spoiled and she should definitely know better because of her more humble roots. (That said, I think everyone should know better, but not everyone seems to teach their children life skills when they have money)
I don’t know .. Candy Spelling seems pretty self absorbed. She seems to want to give Tori “tough love”, but hasn’t had any herself. She spoiled Tori all of her life and then suddenly cuts her off because she doesn’t like her husband? It’s hard to feel bad for the rich, but I do pity Tori because she had no chance being Candy and Aaron’s ‘Princess’. She has no idea what real life is.
But I do think as a Grandparent, Candy would want to pay for their schooling. I know my son’s grandparents would want to! They already contribute to his college / university fund and he’s only 3. If he needs a special needs school (which it is looking like he might), I’m sure they will try their best to help with that, as well .. and we / they are NOT well off by any means.
Bullshit! Her parents gave her nothing! They paid for her first wedding, countless cars, the champagne coloured bmw that wasn’t what she wanted but her mother said would look nice with her colouring, apartments, houses, and how about spots on daddy’s tv shows?
I like her but she needs to STFUP and maybe remember what she’s written in her past books about her upbringing
I can smell the reek of her desperation right through my screen. There seems to be no limit on the humiliation this woman will subject herself to (and her poor kids) in search of a dollar. She is just going to get worse and worse too, as the threat of cancellation looms ever larger.
I could live for the rest of my life on 18 million – easily. And so could most of us.
At what point does it all stop. This is such a trainwreck. It’s not fun trainwreck like the housewives etc.