Tori Spelling has spoken of her depression following an eight-week illness battle.
Speaking on her MisSpelling podcast, the actress discussed a sudden-onset illness that worsened with time. She believes her five children, whom she shares with ex-husband Dean McDermott, may have passed on a viral infection. Tori joked about living with her “five petri dishes,” and the support she received from her ex.
Tori Spelling opened up about her mental health during the eight-week illness
“It has been hell. Hell is individual to all of us, but this has been hell. I know I have had a past of getting sick a lot, infrequently, but this one took me down,” Tori explained during the February 6 episode of her podcast. “Eight weeks I couldn’t work. It all started with my sinuses.”
Additionally, the 90210 alum talked about feeling “hopeless” after two months without recovery. It reached a point where even taking it easy and engaging in self-care made her feel worse.
“It gets to the point where it’s depressing being in bed,” she explained. “I don’t want to be back up in that bed again.”
Tori was married to Chopped Canada host and actor Dean McDermott from 2006 to 2025. They share five children, aged between 18 and 8 years old. During the podcast, Tori explained that her “petri dishes”, referring to her kids, would all get sick individually, and she too would soon catch their illness during this period.
“I now know the name of every virus and bacterial thing out there. There was enterovirus, there was rhinovirus, there was Covid. It’s everything, RSV,” Tori recalled.
Additionally, the infection spread throughout her body. “It took me out. I was flat on my back.
Then, it got so ingrained in there, it went into my Eustachian Tube,” she continued.
“It was both sinuses. It was an inner ear infection, Eustachian tube. Then, the vertigo kicked in. I’m still having vertigo.”
Although admitting she is still not “100 percent,” Tori admits she’s feeling slightly better than when she first got sick in December. She added that she completed a course of antibiotics prescribed by doctors, but a nasal rinse was what worked for her in terms of feeling an in improvement in her symptoms.
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