MARY JO Eustace is pulling no punches regarding her ex-husband Dean McDermott and his divorce battle with Tori Spelling, admitting she finds the former couple embarrassing.
The Canadian actress, author, and podcast host, 62, says Tori and Dean’s entire public-facing relationship has been a “false narrative” with the couple controlling what people see of them.
Tori filed for divorce from Dean in March 2023.
The former Beverly Hills 90210 star is currently seeking sole custody of their five children together, spousal support, and termination of Dean’s ability to receive spousal support from her, according to court filings.
Dean, who now has a new girlfriend, countered by requesting joint legal and physical custody of the kids – and previously claimed there is no “bad blood” between him and his ex-wife.
Mary Jo, however, who was married to Dean between 1993 and 2006, is not convinced by the former couple’s public comments saying they have “absolutely zero” to do with reality.
The host of the Senior B***hes podcast had one son Jack with Dean during their marriage and was in the process of adopting daughter Lola, when Dean left her for Tori.
When asked if she gets annoyed about being asked about her ex-husband’s love life, she told The U.S. Sun, “I don’t get irritated, but I wonder why people find it so fascinating.
“I think it’s a very constructed storyline that they control and arc and all that stuff that has nothing to do with reality.
“Absolutely zero to do with reality. And I find it, and I can say this for my son and my daughter, embarrassing. I find it really, really embarrassing.
“And they’re not called to task on blatant lies about their relationship, which has always been frustrating because we’ve been participating in this for two decades, believe it or not.
“And the lies that keep getting repeated and done are very harmful to other people. So it’s just like this tacky circus that won’t go away. It keeps going on and on and on. And we’re pulled into it.
“And to a certain extent, we laugh about it. But at the same time, it really does affect people’s lives. And it is a completely false narrative. There is no truth in it.
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“So to keep coming up with that is like, it’s a pathology, right? It’s very odd to want to put yourself out in such a degrading way constantly.”
Mary Jo says she is constantly asked about Tori and Dean’s kids and hits out at their decision to put the children in the public eye – both on social media, on red carpets, and in their former reality show Home Sweet Hollywood.
“Well, it sort of seems like the children are pawns in it, and they’re used for publicity, which is, I don’t even understand that, like putting your children out for public fodder constantly,” Mary Jo said.
“I don’t understand why you would keep putting your children out to that type of exposure. It seems narcissistic. It seems bizarre to keep doing that.
“Wouldn’t you want to protect your children and keep them private and not having them on parade? Like that’s the biggest tragedy around the train wreck.
“And it just continues. I don’t know, I can’t think of any other person in the public eye who does that. I really can’t, who puts her children in such a vulnerable position constantly?
“People always lead with that question. Are the kids OK? Because it’s constant. They’re flummoxed by it.
“The kids often don’t look healthy and attended to and all that stuff. So it’s a weird pathology. But that’s the number one question I get asked.”
It’s very odd to want to put yourself out in such a degrading way constantly.
Mary Jo Eustace on Tori and Dean
It comes after Mary Jo showed off her stunning bikini body and spoke about how she’d undergone toning-up treatments to prepare for a mystery new show.
Earlier this year, Mary Jo spoke about how she doesn’t “engage” with ex Dean any longer and thought he was living “under a bridge.”
The U.S. Sun reached out to reps for Tori and Dean for comment.
