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- Tori Spelling Says She Took 2 Years Off Cooking After Split from Dean McDermott: 'I Needed a Break!'</p>
<p>Becca LongmireJuly 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM</p>
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<p>Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott</p>
<p>Tori Spelling said she took a break from cooking for "like, two years" after she broke up with her ex-husband Dean McDermott</p>
<p>The couple called it quits in June 2023, before Spelling filed for divorce in March 2024</p>
<p>"It was like I needed a break and it was triggering," the actress said of cooking on the Fourth of July episode of her MisSPELLING podcast, admitting the couple's last fight before the split was in the kitchen</p>
<p>Tori Spelling took a break from cooking after her split from her ex-husband Dean McDermott.</p>
<p>During the Fourth of July episode of Spelling's MisSPELLING podcast, titled "Miss 4th of July," the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum, 52, admitted making her own meals was "triggering" after the couple called it quits in June 2023.</p>
<p>Spelling filed for divorce from the Canadian actor in March 2024 after 18 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason behind their split, per court documents obtained by PEOPLE at the time.</p>
<p>Speaking about the breakup on her podcast, Spelling shared, "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."</p>
<p>"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 actress continued.</p>
<p>Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott in 2019</p>
<p>Spelling said McDermott is a "clean up as you go" kind of person.</p>
<p>"I'm 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," she went on, admitting that maybe she considered it "a challenge" for herself.</p>
<p>"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," Spelling said on the podcast.</p>
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<p>Spelling — who shares kids Beau, 8, Finn, 12, Hattie, 13, Stella, 17, and Liam, 18, with ex McDermott — said the family would instead opt for things like premade meals or order in Postmates.</p>
<p>Acknowledging that "wasn't practical," Spelling continued, "But it was like I needed a break and it was triggering."</p>
<p>"Maybe because our last fight before we broke up took place in the kitchen. Could be that. Maybe. Anyway … I've been getting back into cooking lately, and I hope to keep going with it," the Saved by the Bell star added.</p>
<p>"Sorry. I didn't mean to get all dark there, but just sharing my feelings," Spelling told the podcast.</p>
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<p>Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott in 2019</p>
<p>Spelling's latest comments about McDermott come after she honored her ex on Father's Day last month.</p>
<p>The former reality TV star shared two family photos on Instagram, writing in the caption, "Happy Father's Day to my baby daddy and rad co- parent @imdeanmcdermott . #fathersday #5."</p>
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<p>While speaking to PEOPLE in October, Spelling insisted the pair were "really amicable" despite the divorce.</p>
<p>"I know in Hollywood people think divorces have to be ugly, ours are not. We co-parent really well, we're good friends, and he's one of my biggest supporters," she said.</p>
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