Tori Spelling breaks down in tears as lookalike daughter Stella gets learner’s permit
Tori Spelling has revealed she ‘cried like a baby’ when her 16-year-old daughter Stella got her driving licence.
On Tuesday, the 51-year-old Beverly Hills 90120 star went to Instagram to share a photo of her cheerful daughter behind the wheel of a Chevrolet vehicle and wrote a lengthy post celebrating her teen’s achievement.
‘Permission to drive. So proud of @stella_mcdermott08,” she wrote of Stella, whom she shares with her ex-husband Dean McDermott.
The Mistle-Tones star continued, “She’s officially on her way with her driver’s license! She worked hard and passed the written test. Started her driving lessons. And can now be my personal uber. Life moves pretty fast.
“But the rewards are great all around. I can still see her in her car seat. Me, constantly checking to see if she was okay in the back. Now my outlook is literally, physically, mentally and emotionally very different.
‘I couldn’t be more proud of these sweet sixteen. And I’m not going to lie, I cried like a baby when she passed away. Tears of pride. Now I officially have six months before she gets her driver’s license to figure out a car situation. I love you Buggy.”
Tori Spelling was every bit the doting mother she was as she admitted she cried when her 16-year-old daughter Stella got her driver’s license; seen in May 2022
Spelling shared a photo of her cheerful daughter behind the wheel of a Chevrolet vehicle and wrote a lengthy post celebrating her teen’s achievement
In addition to Stella, the Scary Movie star shares Liam Aaron, 17, Hattie Margaret, 13, Finn Davey, 12, and Beau Dean, seven, with McDermott.
The blonde bombshell’s celebratory post comes just days after she opened up about navigating her June 2023 split with the Canadian actor on Friday’s episode of her Wrong spelling podcast.
“With five children, I feel like I’m sorry. I constantly let them down because my life is not stable. Their lives are not stable,” she admitted to psychotherapist Dr. Hillary Goldsher.
“I can give love in abundance, but unfortunately they are on this roller coaster with me,” she added.
Spelling also confessed that her life is currently “not financially consistent nor stable.”
The Saved By the Bell star went on to suggest that her children’s lives looked very different financially before the birth of her youngest child, Dean.
‘They could have taken it [a] a certain life that I provided for them through my work. And then suddenly things were not stable anymore,” she said emotionally.
The A Friend To Die For actress explained that she used to be a “workhorse in an empire” with “multiple shows, multiple product lines and brands.”
“And I’m not saying poor me – here I am defending myself again – but I feel like ever since my soon-to-be ex-husband and I split, it’s been fight or flight,” the mother of five added.
Later on Friday, Spelling made a special appearance with Stella and Hattie on the red carpet at the iHeart Radio Jingle Ball.
‘Permission to drive. So proud of @stella_mcdermott08,” she wrote of Stella, whom she shares with ex-husband Dean McDermot
Spelling also confessed that her life is currently “not financially consistent nor stable”; seen in December in LA
Later in the interview, she admitted that she felt ‘guilty’ as a single parent in the run-up to the holidays and regretted that the majority of the household chores fell solely on Stella; seen in 2021
In addition to Stella, the Scary Movie star shares Liam Aaron, 17, Hattie Margaret, 13, Finn Davey, 12, and Beau Dean, seven, with McDermott; seen in 2023 in Universal City, California
Later in the podcast, the former Dancing with the Stars contestant admitted that she felt “guilty” as a single parent in the run-up to the holidays and regretted that the bulk of the household chores fell solely on Stella fell.
“When I’m at work and gone all day, it’s a big responsibility for my 16-year-old to really supervise the family,” she said candidly.
“I feel really guilty when I get home at the end of the day.”
She added, “People have babysitters or nannies or housekeepers or things like that, but we’re just us. I know it’s probably very difficult for the public to understand, but it’s true.”