Dean McDermott Breaks Silence On Tori Spelling Divorce

Dean McDermott has broken his silence days after Tori Spelling filed for divorce, demanding physical custody of their kids and wanting spousal support.

Spelling, who listed their date of separation as June 17, 2023, married McDermott on May 7, 2006 and share five children together.

Just days after Spelling filed for divorce, McDermott is speaking out.

Last June, McDermott took to social media to announce that he and the actress were separating after 17 years of marriage.

“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,” McDermott shared in his since-deleted Instagram post.

“We will continue to work together as loving parents and guide and love our children through this difficult time. We ask that you all respect our privacy as we take this time to surround our family with love and work our way through this,” he added.

Tori Spelling filed for divorce from Dean McDermott on Friday, March 29.

In a video obtained by Daily Mail, McDermott said "Tori and I are good" and the divorce was "a long time coming."

While what he said about the divorce was short, his public statement comes just hours after Spelling broke her silence on her new podcast. She called McDermott on air and left him a voice message to tell him about the filing.

“There’s this weird thing that I didn’t know about before that you have to be careful with your ex,” she explained. “It’s a he-said, she-said, who filed first. 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.”

“I have to call him right now. He’s at work. This sucks. I’m super nervous because I don’t like confrontation,” she confessed.

After the two split, Spelling began dating Ryan Cramer, the CEO of Neuron Syndicate Inc. while McDermott is dating his new girlfriend Lily Calo.

“They’re both really happy in their new relationships, and the kids are also happy,” an insider told PEOPLE. “The family camaraderie had been improving even compared to say three months ago.”

“Tori is still dating Ryan and has been in relatively good spirits,” the source adds. “She’s been excited to introduce her friends to Ryan, and she and the kids have been living in the Woodland Hills rental, along with their animals.”

Adding, “She doesn’t mind that the news of her dating is public. She is moving on too from her relationship with Dean. Things are still new with Ryan and they are talking and getting to know each other. He’s a chill guy and that’s nice for Tori right now. Her friends are surprised by the recent romance, but also happy for her.”

Last year, McDermott sat down with Daily Mailwhere he revealed his "worst memory with Tori is that last fight when [he] was drunk and angry."

"It was the night that I raged against her and the children and I saw the light, the final flicker of the flame go out in her eyes… I posted that because I was at the end of my rope," he continued. "I didn't know what to do. I had burned everything down yet again."

Now that the news of their divorce went public, Spelling told McDermott that she felt she deserved to file first because he "basically put it all out there with the Daily Mail."

"You said everything that you've done to me all through the years. So I think it would make perfect sense that it's followed up with I would file," she said on her podcast. "Because those are things that I would never have divulged to somebody and you did."

Tori Spelling filed for divorce from Dean McDermott on Friday, March 29. They share five children together — Liam Aaron McDermott, 17, Stella Doreen, 15, Hattie Margaret, 12, Finn Davey, 11 and Beau Dean, 7.