Tori Spelling.Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty
Tori Spellingis not allowing online criticism to get her down.
“I’m human. So, you know, sometimes I fall down that rabbit hole, but it’s just about letting it go,” she told the outlet. “And being like, ‘You know, it’s not about me. Ultimately, it’s about them and how they feel.’ They need it to tear people down.”
“I’ve been getting that since I was 16 since my career started, so, you know, I have pretty thick skin at this point,” she said.
Tori Spelling.Steve Granitz/WireImage
“We talk so much about, you know, women support women, women build each other up, we got to be there for each other,” she pointed out.
“And when you see another female doing it to you, and especially a lot of them, they’re moms, and they’ll be shaming your kid,” added Spelling, who shares five children — Liam, 14, Stella, 13, Hattie, 10, Finn, 9, and Beau, 4 — with husbandDean McDermott.
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott.Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic
This isn’t the first time that Spelling has opened up about receiving online criticism.
Last year, the actress shareda candid post on Instagram, speaking to the pressures of social media.
“We all put our best foot forward on social media. We don’t show the messy house, the bad photos, etc… because perhaps the ‘algorithm’ wouldn’t support that. Or the haters would love it way too much!” she wrote, in part. “If they write horrific things about my pretty ring lit and edited photo what would they say about the ones without makeup looking like a disheveled mess? Prime for the feast!”
“But I’m a busy working mom of 5 young children and a backyard farm. That’s my reality,” she continued. “And, it’s not always pretty. The reality is I’m human. I have feelings like each of them that post mean things about my looks and family.”
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Spelling also hasn’t beenafraid to address internet trolls who mom-shame her.
In October 2019, Spelling addressed aL.O.L. Surprise!event that she had attended, where she let her daughters, Hattie andStella, color their hair and later received criticism for it on social media.
“First of all, it was [for] Halloween costumes, in pink, and it washes out the next day. It wasn’t dye at all,” the star told reporters. “It was like, come dressed as your favorite L.O.L. [doll]. It was a costume dress party where girls can be anything they want to be. Screw the shamers.”
source: people.com
