Tori Spelling Under Fire For Letting Her 7-Year-Old Son Massage Her 'In Exchange' For His Allowance

TTori Spelling is facing backlash from fans after she allowed her 7-year-old son, Beau, to massage her in exchange for his allowance.

The actress seems to be taking an unconventional approach to raising Beau as she previously disclosed her lazy mom parenting hack of putting him to bed in his school clothes.

Tori Spelling is currently in the middle of a divorce from her estranged husband, Dean McDermott, and has shared how difficult their split was for her.

The 51-year-old actress took to her Instagram stories on Wednesday to share a photo of herself scantily dressed while her lower half was covered in a pink blanket, per the Daily Mail.

Appearing in the cut is Beau who seemed excited about the chance to make a few bucks massaging his mom's legs.

She captioned the snap, "Beau said he wanted to do chores in exchange for an allowance...solid plan."

While some fans praised the bonding moment between mother and son, others expressed concern as some expressed concerns saying it'll be "weird" and the image "disturbing and "beyond inappropriate."

One fan wrote, "That's weird. Just weird and wrong," while another commented, "I am once again begging rich people to just be normal."

"This is just weird and wrong," a third person noted, per the Daily Mail. "What kind of message does this send to her son?" asked another.

Spelling previously opened up about her lazy mom hacks in an episode of her "MisSPELLING" podcast, revealing that she usually prepares Beau for school the night before.

"It's so bad. I've gotten so lazy with my youngest one because there's so many that at night I put him in his clothes for the next day," the "Beverly Hills: 90210" alum shared with a laugh, adding, "And convinced him that it's cool to do that."

Spelling then proceeded to explain how she "rationalized" the routine for Beau.

"So, he has dinner, he takes his bath — sometimes— but then I'll be like, 'Hey, dude. It will save an extra five minutes if we get dressed now and then you can sleep later,'" she recalled of their conversation.

"And I can sleep later wink wink," Spelling told her actress Debbie Gibson. "So he's like, 'Yeah.' So, he sleeps in his clothes."

The podcast host then jokingly asked, "Am I a bad mom?"

Spelling and McDermott are in the process of a divorce after first meeting on the set of "Mind Over Murder" in 2005.

The pair reportedly separated for a while before finally opting to go their separate ways. At the time, McDermott took to Instagram to share news of their split with loved ones.

"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 on Instagram.

The actor added, "We will continue to work together as loving parents and guide and love our children through this difficult time."

Spelling revealed that she was relieved when McDermott announced their marriage was ending in June 2023.

At the time, he shared in a now-deleted Instagram post that they'd decided to go their "separate ways" and "start a new journey" apart.

Reacting to the news in a past episode of her "MisSPELLING" podcast, she claimed that he "apologized" for the post and subsequently removed it.

"He was reacting emotionally, and he was still drinking, and, you know, he was in that spiral," she recalled. "But I gotta say, when I saw that post — inside, I was like, 'Oh, thank god.'"

"Because... I don't know if I could have done it. I want to do it. I want it to be strong enough," she added.

In an April episode of her podcast, the "Scary Movie 2" actress took a deep dive into her reaction to McDermott's divorce announcement.

"I looked at [his post] and I'm not kidding you guys, I felt like this giant rock had been lifted off my chest," she shared, per People Magazine. "I could breathe deeply, and I was like, 'Oh my God. He said it. He said it, so now I'm free.'"

According to the news outlet, she alleged that he'd threatened divorce "1 million times," adding that she doesn't "think I've ever threatened that, like, ever."

"And there were times where I desperately wanted it," Spelling continued. "But, like, I would never throw that in someone's face if I didn't actually mean it."

"I didn't have the balls to leave," she added, recounting her reaction to seeing McDermott's post. "I couldn't do it and he did it. [I thought] 'Now I can move on. He's put it out there. Let's go. Yes! I needed this,' you know? Like, I couldn't do it myself."