Tori Spelling files divorce from Dean McDermott, focuses on ‘evolving time’

Tori Spelling has filed for divorce from Dean McDermott and is embarking on a new chapter in her life.

The 50-year-old Beverly Hills, 90210 alumnae told People magazine on the red carpet at the iHeartMusic Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday night that she is acclimating to a new normal, stating,

“I definitely want to redefine it and take the hard out of it. And I feel like it’s an evolving time and it’s the appropriate time in life and shifts happen in life for a reason and you just keep going. You move forward and you do your one thing.”

When questioned about her navigating public opinion about the split, she replied, “The public has always had something to say about me since I was born. So now I get to tell my own story on my podcast misSPELLING…so I’m very excited.”

Spelling vowed she would be “telling my story, my version, my whole thing with anything” on the podcast, adding, “Whether it’s my books [or] my podcast, I keep it authentic and I always tell it from my side in my perspective and it’s my story.”