Tori Spelling Shares Update on Dean McDermott Relationship Amid Divorce

Tori Spelling might be single, but she isn’t dancing through life alone.

In fact, as the 51-year-old navigated her appearance as a contestant on season 33 of Dancing with the Stars, she had a whole backup squad cheering her on—and that includes ex-husband Dean McDermott, who posted that Tori had been “robbed” over her early elimination.

“Oh my gosh, everyone has been so supportive,” she gushed to E! News of Dean’s gesture at the Gala of the Stars Oct. 9. “We had to keep it secret for a while, so when I was able to tell people, they were like, ‘Oh my god.’”

And, as she noted, that included kids Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie, 13, Finn, 12, and Beau, 7, whom she shares with Dean, in addition to his son Jack, 25, with his ex-wife Mary Jo Eustace.

After all, “It doesn’t matter how old you are, everyone watches Dancing with the Stars, something people do as a family,” Tori continued. “So I was cool with my kids again, because their friends watch it. I’m the cool mom again.”