Tori Spelling reveals what became 'triggering' after divorce from Dean McDermott

Tori Spelling recently revealed why she took a break from cooking after separating from ex-husband Dean McDermott.

For the unversed, the 52-year-old American actress filed for divorce from her 58-year-old Canadian actor after 18 years of marriage in March 2004 due to irreconcilable differences.

On the Friday, July 4 episode of her MisSPELLING podcast, which she named Miss 4th of July, Spelling confessed that preparing her own meal turned out to be “triggering” following her split from McDermott in June 2023.

Sharing why cooking became difficult after divorce, she said, "Since the divorce, like, I think that's something that we always did together was cook because cooking, oddly, we would always fight in the kitchen, Dean and I."

"Only because everyone has their technique and different ways of doing things. He went to culinary school, so he's actually a trained chef. He would always want to show me the proper ways, but I'm like a DIY home cook. And if it's not messy, it didn't come from the heart," the Beverly Hills, 90210 star explained.

Spelling went on to note that the Slasher star is a "clean up as you go" sort of person, while she is like "'I don't wanna,' and he's always like, 'You know, you need a bigger pot for that or a bigger bowl.' And it's true. I would always manage to find the smallest bowl or smallest pot to cook things in, and I don't know why," and it’s "a challenge" for herself.

"I don't like the easy road, clearly … I don't know. So, when we split up, I honestly took like two years off of cooking," the mother of five revealed.

It is pertinent to mention that Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott share five kids together: Liam Aaron, 18, Stella Doreen, 17, Hattie Margaret, 13, Finn Davey, 12 and Beau Dean, 8.