Mother-daughter relationships are notoriously challenging, just ask Candy and Tori Spelling.
The famous mother-daughter team has had their tightrope walk chronicled in the media for nearly 20 years, and now their war of words has hit a crescendo.
Claiming she’s been banished from her daughter’s life, Candy Spelling just posted an emotional public letter to Tori, pleading with her to end their bitter feud and repair their fractured relationship.
“You haven’t responded to my emails, phone calls and text messages,” the 63-year-old widow of legendary TV producer Aaron Spelling wrote on her website. “You say you look at my website, so I’m trying to reach you that way. I want to see you and your family – in private, like the ‘normal family’ you say always wanted.”
Whoa!
“With your book coming out [Tuesday], the war of words will escalate,” Candy continues on her extensive post. “That’s not what I want. I want us to be a family. I’m a mother who, like every mother, wants communication and a great relationship with you, my daughter, and your family. I’d love to work it out the way all families try to resolve issues. In private.”
Double WHOA!
How’s Tori going to top that one?
Candy and Tori’s troubled relationship has been well documented over the years, with the majority of the ugliness being exposed in the months following Aaron’s death. Since then the stubborn blondes have been using the media to send cryptic messages to each other.
According to Candy, her 35-year-old daughter no longer speaks to her. Candy also claims that she has been banned from seeing Tori’s children with husband Dean McDermott, Liam, 2, and Stella, 10 months.
Meanwhile, Tori claims that her mom knows how to reach her, but simply hasn’t done so. The “90210” star maintains that her mom hasn’t “stepped up” to have a relationship, a point Candy addressed in her public plea.
“Well, I’m stepping up,” Candy writes. “Call me, write me, text me.”
“What makes it so difficult is to hear you say things like: I’d like to call my mother, or I love my mother but don’t speak to her, or I think she has my nanny’s phone number,” continues Candy. “I don’t want a reunion via talk show or to speak through the press. I want a relationship with you and my grandchildren.”
The post is signed, “I am hopeful. Love, Mom.”
Do you really think there is hope for this mother-daughter relationship?
Or, do you smell a fish?
This latest round of she said/she said comes as both Candy and Tori are debuting new books – Candy’s new memoir was released last month, and Tori’s hits stores Tuesday.
Timing is everything, isn’t it?