Candy Spelling Stands By Tori "Killed" Father Remark

Us Magazine - May 29, 2009 6:12 AM PDT
Story photo: Candy Spelling Stands By Tori Candy Spelling and Tori Spelling at the "Carousel of Hope Ball 2002" to benefit childhood diabetes in Beverly Hills on October 15, 2002. Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesUs Magazine
Candy Spelling insists she didn't mean to stir up controversy by remarking Thursday that daughter Tori's actions contributed to the 2006 death of TV mogul Aaron Spelling.

In an interview with 94.7 WMAS in Springfield, Mass., Candy said Tori abandoned Aaron and "that's what killed my husband actually. He just didn't want to live after that. You know, he had done everything ... he could possibly do for his daughter and she wanted no part of him once he couldn't do anything for her."

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Of her remarks, Candy said on The HuffingtonPost.com, "I didn't intend to create headlines. I was asked a question about my daughter not speaking with my family, and I answered truthfully."

"My husband was very ill, and he had stopped eating and taking liquids. He called Tori on a daily basis, and never stopped asking if Tori had returned his call. We had to say no every day," she went on.

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Of making such an outlandish remark, Candy now says, "I should have known better, but it is the truth."

Tori and Candy have been estranged for some time. Tori has never revealed the reason they don't talk. Instead, she has vaguely said they just "don't go together."

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In April, Candy -- who released her frank memoir Stories From Candyland a few weeks before Tori debuted her book, Mommyhood -- posted a public letter to Tori on her website, pushing for a reconciliation. "I want to see you and your family in private, like the 'normal family' you say always wanted," pleaded Candy, who said she has met Tori's son Liam, 2, but never met daughter Stella, 11 months.

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Tori told Usmagazine.com in April: "If I said one thing to my mother, it wouldn't be public because if she does intend to have a relationship with her grandchildren -- which I am totally open to -- I just would like her to approach us privately."

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  • Moni
    Tori...Dean is right. It sucks, but he's right on this one. Sorry g/f. But keep your head up. You have a wonderful family and she's the one who's missing out, not your children. If she did come around, then you'd have to explain to your children why she acts like a (*#^$. Enjoy your life ! You have an awesome one!
    report abuseposted August 15, 2009 4:51 PM PDT
  • LL
    Candy pull the stick out! Grow up!
    report abuseposted August 2, 2009 4:00 PM PDT
  • Charlie
    Hey Tori! You plant potatoes, you get potatoes! In other words, "What goes around comes around!" I agree with your mom, your father may have been devastated when you interrupted another family. Watch out it WILL come back to YOU!
    report abuseposted May 31, 2009 12:10 PM PDT
  • GeannineF
    i will nver say anything bad abouy my family this woman wants to be the spot light cause she has no life or friends.
    report abuseposted May 31, 2009 10:31 AM PDT
  • Melody
    Tori is the product of her raising. She was raised with wealth and privilege, and then it appeared when she grew up and quit taking orders, the wealth and privilege were taken away. So she went off on her own... What has her mother to be proud of, other than being a trophy wife who had the good fortune to control Aaron's vast fortune, and who continues to use the money like a weapon?
    report abuseposted May 31, 2009 10:01 AM PDT
  • ur mom
    Number one, take one look at this broad's face. Does she look like she has a brain in her head? And number two, who gives a rat's ass? These people have all the money in the world esp. after that old coot kicked the bucket. I cannot believe that ppl actually hang on to every word and every move these celebrities make. That is pathetic, these two biatches are pathetic, and I
    report abuseposted May 31, 2009 9:56 AM PDT
  • WARRENS
    This is what happens when you raise your child to have everything and bond with nannies instead of their own parents! They grow up feeling like they should and will have they want in life even if that is another woman's husband and take no thought of Thanks to a aged father or mother only a mind set of me!!....They raised the selfish little monster!
    report abuseposted May 31, 2009 9:56 AM PDT
  • ur mom
    Number one, take one look at this broad's face. Does she look like she has a brain in her head? And number two, who gives a rat's ass? These people have all the money in the world esp. after that old coot kicked the bucket. I cannot believe that ppl actually hang on to every word and every move these celebrities make. That is pathetic, these two biatches are pathetic, and I
    report abuseposted May 31, 2009 9:55 AM PDT
  • The Cat Lover
    It is getting ridiculous between these two. It all started when the newlywed Tori was shacking up with a married man and father in Canada. No class! No Values! Tori's ex husband, Charlie was gorgeous and it seems as though he had great old-fashioned morals, unlike Tori and Dean. How will these two idiots tell their kids about their BAD BEHAVIOR. I think with Tori sleeping around, it killed
    report abuseposted May 31, 2009 9:28 AM PDT
  • The Cat Lover
    It is getting ridiculous between these two. It all started when the newlywed Tori was shacking up with a married man and father in Canada. No class! No Values! Tori's ex husband, Charlie was gorgeous and it seems as though he had great old-fashioned morals, unlike Tori and Dean. How will these two idiots tell their kids about their BAD BEHAVIOR. I think with Tori sleeping around, it killed
    report abuseposted May 31, 2009 9:28 AM PDT
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