Tori Spelling reveals her ‘entire family has Covid’ as she feels ‘useless as a parent’ amid issues with Dean McDermott
TORI Spelling revealed that she and the rest of her family are battling Covid in a candid Instagram post, noting that she 'can barely function' as Dean McDermott deals with his own health issues.
The couple has been locked in a nasty split for months.
Tori shared a with one of her children, seemingly laying together resting.
The pair smiled for the camera, but in her caption the former 90210 star admitted she is struggling.
Tori admitted that she's been "MIA" as of late, offering explanation in a lengthy post.
She wrote: "I share a lot on social media, but this is one thing I didn't want to share...
"But, at this point people are getting frustrated not getting responses personally and business wise from me and wondering why I'm MIA so I finally decided to share.
"Our entire family has COVID. Yes, every single member got it. We all have varying degrees of symptoms.
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"I was last to be symptomatic. We all were praying it was just a bad winter cold. But it wasn't. Nothing is worse than wanting to care for your little ones but feeling so sick you can barely function yourself.
"I feel useless as a parent."
Tori went on: "Devastated. A mom is supposed to take care of her kiddos when sick. That's how it works. But, we are all getting thru this together.
"I know we aren't along. So many going thru this as well. Have gone they thru this. And, will go thru this."
She went on to thank a friend for delivering a "care package," before concluding: "And, if I'm not responding please understand. Give me some time. WE are right in the tick of it. For reference: This post took 45 min of starting and stopping to write."
Tori included the hashtag: "#covidsucks."
Days earlier, Tori revealed that her family was struck with an illness.
'ALL SICK'
The actress revealed that she "nervously" started "to cook" in her Instagram Story.
She mentioned that "all her kiddos" - Liam, 14, Stella, 13, Hattie, 10, Finn, nine, and Beau, four, were "all sick and asleep.
Tori said she "was not sure what else to do" except cook.
In the next slide, she shared a clip f her "Hattie Cat," sleeping.
She appeared worried for the teen, noting that she "never goes down."
She called her daughter "my strongest."
Tori revealed that three of her five children had "high fevers."
She shares all five of her kids with husband Dean, who has been battling illness of his own.
'SICK AS A DOG'
As the new year kicked off, Dean shared with fans that he was sick.
He shared a video of himself laying in bed, looking .
The TV host said in the clip: "I am sick as a dog with pneumonia, but I'm not going to let that dampen my spirits."
He went on: "2022 is going to be awesome. 2022, we're going to get through."
Dean wrote: "I hope your 2022 is full of love, light, and prosperity. Much love to you all."
Prior to getting sick, Tori and the kids had to ring in the new year.
They skied snowy slopes and posed for photos together.
Tori shared a picture of them standing together next to a Christmas tree.
She captioned the post: "Happy New Year's Eve 2021.
"The kiddos and I were so excited to continue our family tradition since my oldest were babies."
Tori went on: "My parents used to bring my brother and me here growing up."
She concluded: "I wanted my kids to continue that tradition. I can't wait for my kids to bring their kids here one day!"
Tori and Dean have been dealing with marriage issues for some time.
They celebrated the holidays separately, according to a source close to them who spoke with .
The insider said that their marriage was over and "has been for a very long time now.
"Tori has met with her lawyers and is planning to file very soon. She's trying to work it all out and make sure she is financially OK first."
The source continued: "It's for the best and has been a long time coming.
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"They have been trying to work it out for years for the sake of the kids but they truly do not get along.
"They have been sleeping in different rooms for months and haven't considered themselves to be 'married' for a while now."
