Tori's Ex Spills Spelling Secrets

Charlie ShanianBeing married to Tori Spelling comes with many perks, one of them being privy to intimate details about the Spelling household.

Charlie Shanian, the first Mr. Tori Spelling, is breaking his silence to "The Dr. Keith Ablow Show" and opening up about his high profile marriage and his ex-wife's relationship with her parents, Aaron and Candy Spelling.

Charlie reveals to the syndicated talk show that Candy told him if he didn't sign the pre-nuptial agreement the invitations to the wedding would not go out in the mail.

Shanian admits the bad blood between Tori and Candy existed even prior to their wedding in 2004. Charlie claims that after asking the Spellings for their blessing to marry Tori, Candy and Aaron proceeded to tell him what a terrible daughter she was. "They said how selfish she was and how she needed therapy really badly and she was just horrible to her parents."

Shanian also claims Aaron would tell Tori "I love you best, even more than mommy," which would pit Candy and Tori against each other in a competition for Aaron's affection.

Since Aaron's death in June, Candy and Tori have been involved in a nasty inheritance battle.

Charlie and Tori divorced in April 2006. The following month Tori married Canadian actor Dean McDermott.

Charlie Shanian's interview airs Thursday on "The Keith Ablow Show."

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16. Well once thing is for sure,Tori Spelling isn't stupid if she made this jerk sign a pre-nup.
And from his behavior now, why are we surprised she dumped him.
And Tori's mother is upset that Tori got out of that marriage? Is Candy Spelling crazy?

Posted at 9:02PM on Sep 13th 2006 by angie

17. now we know where aaron got all his story lines for those idiot shows he made billions from, probably not a bad tradeoff, hindsight being 20/20.

Posted at 9:34PM on Sep 13th 2006 by bubba

18. white trash with money

Posted at 9:27PM on Sep 13th 2006 by Stan

19. It's gross!
Trying to talk Charlie out of marrying her because she's spoiled. Then forcing him to sign a pre-nup....If the daughter was out of the will at the time, why do they need that?
Pitting mother and daughter against each other is truly sick.
And lastly, with all of the money they had.....to cut off a daughter reflects SO BADLY on Aaron & Candy.
ICK!

Posted at 4:53PM on Sep 14th 2006 by Mary

20. So we in our tell all society, feel it is obligatory to shovel all of our family BS into the public eye.....what kind of man does that??? It would be bad enough to have te troubles (Iknow ..boo hoo) that these folks face, but to have some ex husband dis you...yikes. Polite people keep their mouth shut and then publish their memoirs at the end of their lives.

Posted at 10:42AM on Sep 14th 2006 by Henry

21. When will read Paris&Charlie--one night romp?

Posted at 12:06PM on Sep 14th 2006 by one too know

22. Not sure why the Charlie bashing, but He does have the right to give his side of the story, and at that he is doing it very tastefuly at that. His interview only shows that he is a great guy and to be honest a bit more "Normal" than the average person. He definetly is not the hollywood type. Only to bash him is to mean that there is unrooted bitterness in those who casted the first insult.

Have a Great Life Charlie

Posted at 12:54PM on Sep 14th 2006 by betterthanabby

23. what a p ---y, you and that other person who was doing christy b' husband
shut the f---k up

Posted at 2:15PM on Sep 18th 2006 by Jacqueline Jackson

24. Tori had no problem making a jackass out of him by having
an affair and publicly humiliating him, so why should he have to be quiet? Wouldn't shock me to find out that Candy paid him to
get on tv and drag her daughter thru the mud. Never have seen
a parent with such jealousy and hatred toward her own daughter,
it's digusting.

Posted at 4:08PM on Sep 14th 2006 by Dee

25. I REPEAT :)

Not sure why the Charlie bashing, but He does have the right to give his side of the story, and at that he is doing it very tastefuly at that. His interview only shows that he is a great guy and to be honest a bit more "Normal" than the average person. He definetly is not the hollywood type. Only to bash him is to mean that there is unrooted bitterness in those who casted the first insult.

Have a Great Life Charlie

Posted at 5:58PM on Sep 14th 2006 by betterthanabby

26. As an actor in NY who worked with Charlie, shared the same agent, and hung out together, I just have to say more power to him. He was talented enough to write a hit off-Broadway play, savvy enough to cast Tori in his LA production, and fortunate (or not) to have a billionaire heiress fall in love with him. He will forever be linked to her, and while he's re-grouping after their split, you can't blame him for trying to step out of his virtual anonymity and create name recognition for himself.

It may be totally cheesy to milk his connection to her, but, hey, he's just working this to lead to another project. Hopefully, for his sake, it's not a career in reality television.

Posted at 8:42PM on Sep 14th 2006 by michael

27. Couldn't you just tell how spoiled she was when she tried to "act" her way through 90210? Even in her quickie divorce and new marriage you can tell she is used to getting what she wants. Spoiled brat, bad actress and a daddy's girl - what a great combinination of traits for a full rounded human being.

Posted at 9:47PM on Sep 14th 2006 by Betsy

28. THIS IS TO NUMBER TWO,YOU SAID ,HOW STUPID OF TORI TO FIGHT WITH HER RICH MOTHER.
WELL MY MOM ISN'T THAT RICH ,BUT SHE HAS A LOT OF MONEY.AND SHE AND I HAVE EVER GOTTING ALONG .AND I'M THE BABY AND ONLY GIRL.
AND NO ONE IN MY FAMILY UNDERSTANDS MY MOTHER NOT EVEN MY STEP FATHER.BUT I HAVE TRY AND I'AM NOW 41 YEARS OLD AND I'M SICK OF HER
SHIT AND I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE OF HER SHIT .IF SHE WANTS TO BE THAT WAY FINE BY ME.SHE IS THE MISERABLE ONE NOT ME AND I NOT GOING TO FALL FOR HER SHIT LET MY BROTHERS DO THAT.MAYBE SHE GOT MAD AT THEM FOR FUCKING ME .WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD .MAYBE SHE WANTED TO FUCK THEM HELL IT'S A STRANGE WORLD OUT THERE .AND I COULD TELL YOU SOME GOOD STORIES ABOUT MY MOM WHO JUST LOVES ME SO.MOTHER LOVE WHAT A JOKE .ALL I KNOW IS NOT TO DO THAT TO MY DAUGHTER OR MY SON.AND WE WELL BE JUST FINE.

Posted at 10:43PM on Sep 14th 2006 by PATRICIA

29. While I love reading about these things, I hope Dr. Keith Abalow asked this guy: "What kind of man are YOU to go on national television and tell your business like this?"

Posted at 10:57PM on Sep 14th 2006 by Adrienne

30. It's sad that when someone dies, the family fights. I hope Tori can get through this emotionally and also get the money her father wanted her to have.
Banannas

Posted at 12:11AM on Sep 15th 2006 by Bananna

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