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The Spelling Diaries
What you don't know about Tori Spelling could fill a book. And now, it's going to.
The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum has announced plans to chronicle some of the most notable experiences of her 33 years in a memoir to be published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment, a division of Simon & Schuster, in spring 2008.
Spelling plans to write the tome with the help of a ghostwriter, she told USA Today. She stopped short of dubbing it a tell-all, calling that description "icky."
"I feel there's a nasty connotation when you say 'tell-all,' " Spelling said. "That is not what I plan to do. It's not about calling people out or telling negative stories about people. It's how I see things."
There's no doubt that Spelling, who is currently pregnant with her first child with husband Dean McDermott, has plenty of material.
In the past year alone, her divorce from her first husband Charlie Shanian was finalized, leaving her free to marry McDermott, which she did in May.
In June, her father, Aaron Spelling, died at age 83. In the wake of the TV titan's passing, strained relations between his daughter and his wife and son developed into a full-on family feud played out in the media.
In July, Us Weekly reported Spelling was allotted a mere $800,000 of her father's $500 million fortune, a slighting attributed to her estrangement from her mother, Candy—the sole executor of her husband's will.
"I'm not ashamed to admit that circumstances have changed, and you work with things the best you can," Spelling told USA Today of her financial situation. "It's important for me to tell people about the struggles."
Spelling does not speak to her mother and calls her relationship with her 28-year-old brother Randy only "okay." As of Friday, she had not told her family about her plans for the book, but she was planning to tell her brother over the weekend.
"I certainly hope [the book] doesn't cause more damage," she said.
Other topics Spelling plans to tackle include her history of plastic surgery; her past relationships, one of which she refers to as "abusive"; and the hard-partying ways of her youth.
"We all think we know who Tori Spelling is because she has grown up in the public eye, but her book will give readers a chance to know the real Tori—a funny and resilient young woman with a fascinating story," Jennifer Bergstrom, vice president and publisher of Simon Spotlight, said in a statement.
The book does not yet have a title, and financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Spelling said she decided to write her memoirs after her VH1 faux-reality show, So NoTORIous, was canceled.
"I thought, I have, like, 10 seasons' worth of things that happened to me that people would be shocked to hear.' I think I'm a really good storyteller, so why not tell my stories in a humorous, self-deprecating book?" Spelling posited.
She believes her father would be proud of her decision. "He knows that I am respectful of the family and will tell these stories in the right way," Spelling said. "I learned my storytelling skills from him."
Spelling also said she remains hopeful that she will reconcile with her mother one day. "There has always been love, and I don't doubt now that there's love," she said.
On top of penning her life story, Spelling and McDermott will be filming a new reality series for Oxygen, about their attempts to hunt down and refurbish a bed-and-breakfast.
The couple's baby is due this spring.
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