Tori Spelling celebrates being a “badass” after split from Dean McDermott

Tori spelling refuses to admit her drama with her estranged husband Dean McDermott Bring her down.

“I believe in always looking forward and keeping my eyes on the prize,” Spelling, 50, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, November 8th. “But this morning I took a break for self-reflection. It’s important to look back every now and then and remember how far you’ve come and what a badass you really are.”

The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum captioned her post, “Strength” and “Living in the moment.”

Spelling’s social media upload featured a selfie of her posing in front of a tree. The actress wore a white tank top and nameplate necklace, with her bicep tattoo on full display. Spelling’s ink reads: “Tout mon couer, tout ma vie.”

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Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott have been making headlines since their scandalous start. The two actors met on the set of Lifetime’s Mind Over Murder in 2005, a year after Spelling married her first husband, Charlie Shanian. McDermott, for his part, was married for more than 30 years to Mary Jo Eustace, with whom he shares son Jack […]

Spelling got the tattoo – which means “my whole heart, my whole life” in French – in 2016 as a matching piece of art with McDermott, now 56. The ink commemorated their 10th anniversary.

Since then, Spelling and McDermott’s relationship has been on the rocks. McDermott, who married Spelling in 2006, announced in June that the two had separated after nearly two decades of marriage.

“It is with great sadness and a very, very heavy heart that @torispelling and I, after 18 years together and five amazing children, have decided to go our separate ways and begin a new journey of our own,” McDermott wrote via Instagram at the time. “We will continue to work together as loving parents, supporting and loving our children through this difficult time.” We ask that you all respect our privacy as we take the time to surround our family with love and navigate our way through this situation .”

Spelling – who shares children Liam, 16, Stella, 15, Hattie, 11, Finn, 10 and Beau, 6, with McDermott – did not address the actor’s statement. McDermott deleted the post a few hours later and later told a source Us that the duo had no plans to divorce.

Nearly four months later, breakup speculation grew after McDermott was spotted holding hands Lily Calo. A second insider told Us The romance between McDermott, who also shares 25-year-old son Jack with his ex-wife, was revealed in October Mary Jo Eustace – and Calo, 32, only started when he realized that “it was all over with Tori.”

Spelling has also evolved since she recently started working as an advertising CEO Ryan Cramer after meeting through work.

Amid their new relationships, Spelling and McDermott are currently on “pretty icy terms” with one another, according to a third source, who claimed earlier this month that McDermott isn’t buying Spelling’s new romance.