Jack McDermott and Mary Jo Eustace
Gonzalo Marroquin/for BHRCAs Dean McDermott‘s divorce from Tori spelling While his salary continues to rise, the actor is also facing relationship problems with his eldest son. Jack McDermott.
“Never say never, but I think we’re both doing really well,” Jack, 25, said exclusively Us weekly at the grand opening of the Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center West Hollywood on Thursday, April 25, when asked where he stands with Dean, 57. “So, I just don’t think about the foreseeable future [a reconciliation is] all I want. … It’s not at the top of my priority list.”
Jack attended the event with his mother. Mary Jo Eustaceto whom Dean was married from 1993 to 2006. Dean married 50-year-old Spelling that same year and the couple welcomed children Liam, 17, Stella, 15, Hattie, 12, Finn, 11, and Beau, 7.
Jack’s latest comments come almost two years after he defended Dean and Tori against negative comments from his mother Eustace, 61. “Please respect me and my blended family. Please avoid putting any additional strain on our family dynamic,” he wrote in a now-deleted December 2022 Instagram post. “The last few years have been nothing but peace and happiness, and I ask that we continue to try to make that happen do.”
Tori Spelling and ex-husband Dean McDermott have their hands full with their five children. “When you’re five, you definitely have to move as a family unit,” the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum told Us Weekly exclusively in December 2019. “There are times [when] Liam, the eldest, says, “Mom, I wish it was just you and me.” […]
Dean and Tori announced in June 2023 that they were parting ways after 17 years of marriage. However, a source revealed this exclusively Us When the couple had no plans to divorce, Spelling filed for divorce on March 29, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the separation.
Before filing for divorce, Dean revealed that his problems with alcohol played a big role in his and Spelling’s split. She has since gotten sober, another insider said Us in December 2023 that Dean had not seen his children since his and Spelling’s separation.
“All I have to say is I wish the kids well,” Jack said Us on Thursday of his five half-siblings. “I know Tori will probably have to do most of the child-rearing right now, so I just hope she’s the best mother she can be.” And these kids deserve the world, so I hope that she can give it to them.”
Jack further noted that he was “not surprised” by Dean and Spelling’s divorce, adding, “I lived with them for a year. I was in San Francisco for five [years] and then I moved to LA. So while I was looking for houses, I lived with them for a few months.”
Both Dean and Spelling have since moved on with new romantic partners Lily Calo And Ryan Cramer, respectively. Eustace told Us on Thursday that neither she nor Jack had met Lily, explaining, “I didn’t even know that. So we don’t play in those waters.”
Jack McDermott and Mary Jo Eustace
Gonzalo Marroquin/for BHRCFor his part, Jack added, “If she makes him happy, that’s really all that matters.” Us asked Dean for comment.
Currently, Jack and Eustace are prioritizing self-care with the help of Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center, a medical spa that offers anti-aging, CoolSculpting and other cosmetic treatments.
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott have been making headlines since their scandalous start. When the couple met in 2005, McDermott was married to Mary Jo Eustace, with whom he has a son, Jack, and Spelling was married to Charlie Shanian. “It was love at first sight. I fell so hard… Then I realized he had one […]
“I think whatever you want to do, you should be able to do it without judgment. … Half of the women talk about what they did. Half of women don’t want to talk about it. And I say, ‘Whatever you do, no judgment.’ Knock yourself out,” said Eustace, who hosts her own popular podcast, “Senior Bitches.” “There are so many things available to women, and as long as I think you’re healthy on the inside and feel good on the inside, I think it’s okay.”
With reporting by Andrea Simpson