Tori Spelling Broke the News to Dean McDermott That She Was Filing for Divorce on Debut Episode of Her Podcast

Tori Spelling filed for divorce from husband Dean McDermott on Friday after 18 years of marriage

Tori Spelling broke the news to her estranged husband Dean McDermott that she had filed for divorce on the air.

On the debut installment of her podcast misSPELLING, the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum, 50, revealed that she had just filed for divorce after 18 years of marriage, saying, “I don’t know what feels more like a punch in the stomach: that it’s out there and it’s final, or that I have to call him right now.”

She then called McDermott, 57, but he didn't pick up, so she left him a voicemail asking him to return to her call.

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“There’s this weird thing that I didn’t know about before,” Spelling explained of her decision to call her ex. “That you have to be careful with your ex, like it’s he said, she said, who filed first, so I had to file and go through the process and then once it was accepted and publicly posted, then I’m allowed to call and fill in my ex.”

“So I just called Dean. He’s working and I have to tell him and I’m super nervous because I don’t like confrontation,” she added.

Later in the podcast, her phone rang and listeners heard her side of the conversation with McDermott. “I hate to do this to you while you’re at work. They’ve done it. It’s just the formality, it’s just a one-sheet you check off and next you’ll have to sign it," she said.

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McDermott then seemingly questioned how it will be received that she filed first and she responded, “I mean, in all honesty after this whole journey, if it’s about that — like, who filed first, the other person’s wrong — I feel like I deserve to file first then.”

Spelling explained that he had “basically put it all out there” in his November 2023 interview with the Daily Mail, in which he revealed that the couple hadn't been sleeping in the same bed anymore, and their marriage was characterized by “anger and…yelling.”

“You said everything you’ve done to me over the years, so I think it would make perfect sense that... I would follow,” she said. “‘Cause those are things I never would have divulged to anybody and you did.”

“It’s just a one sheet where you check divorce and irreconcilable differences,” she said. “OK, I love you. OK. Bye.”

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Following the release of the podcast, McDermott shared his own update after the couple’s split.

Per a video obtained by the Daily Mail, the Canadian star noted that he's doing "good" amid the divorce news. "It's been a long time coming but T and I are good," he added.

On Friday, Spelling cited irreconcilable differences as the reason behind their split in documents obtained by PEOPLE. Listing their official date of separation as June 17, 2023, Spelling requested the court to award her spousal support and terminate McDermott's ability to receive the same.

She also asked for sole physical custody of their five minor children — Liam Aaron McDermott, 17, Stella Doreen, 15, Hattie Margaret, 12, Finn Davey, 11 and Beau Dean, 7 — and joint legal custody with McDermott's visitation rights to be determined at a later date.

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On the same day Spelling listed as their date of separation, McDermott announced that the couple had decided to go their separate ways in a statement that was later deleted off his Instagram.

“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 at the time.

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