Mary Jo Eustace Pens Story of Dean McDermott Betrayal
Attention, Simon Monjack haters: perhaps it's time you spewed your venom at someone else deceitful.
Mary Jo Eustace will be glad to give you a candidate: Ex-husband Dean McDermott.
The pair were happily married - having recently pulled an Angelina Jolie and adopted a child - when the second rate actor left her last year for Tori Spelling. On Mary Jo's birthday, no less. She spoke to People magazine about the incident.
"I came home, and somebody called me and said there was going to be something in [New York Post gossip column] Page Six, and I didn't even know what Page Six was," Eustace said. "So it just kind of exploded. ... I was offered several publishing deals to do a book, and I turned them down."
But Eustace, who now lives in Canada with kids Jack and Lola did write "a comedy script loosely based on my situation," and it is being looked at as a possible series; perhaps one to compete with Tori and Dean's nauseating reality show, Inn Love.
In the meantime, she has also written an essay for a new anthology called The Other Woman, which features stories from 21 women about betrayal. Kim Kardashian can probably relate to it based on the Ray J sex tape leak. Here's an excerpt:
When The Other Woman Is Tori Spelling
When Dean called me from the set [of his TV movie], he told me how great he was getting along with his costar Tori Spelling. She was fun, caring and much hotter in real life. I assumed this was good. Before he left, jokes flew at the prospect of working with the daughter of a Hollywood mogul. I suggested he befriend her. "Who knows?" I laughed. It might be good for his career.
Now here he is, back. We're on vacation and I'm wearing my bikini with saggy faded bottoms. I know something is wrong. "Have you met someone?" I ask. He nods yes. "Is it Tori Spelling?" He nods. "We're soulmates," he says. "She loves me unconditionally."
"What conditions?" I scream. "You've only known each other three weeks." (The Hollywood Gossip finds this to be a better point than even the ones Simon Cowell just made about Britney Spears.)
I look down at my baby daughter. "We just adopted a baby." The phrase single mother pops up in my brain. I start to feel weightless as I cross the divide between together and alone.
"I'm not leaving the kids," he says. "I'm leaving you."
I begin to sob. I actually begin to worry that maybe it's all because I look fat. Maybe he was undecided, and this dreadful bikini sealed the deal.
Hey, Mary Jo, we doubt that's true. But you can talk to Janet Jackson if you wanna see how to lose weight.
August 22nd, 2007 3:02 PM
The fact is that both Tori and Dean were already married when they met. It's too bad they couldn't think of the feelings of their spouses and children. They had an affair anyway. Tori and Dean committed adultery, which is a big sin. It doesn't matter at all if they were already in unhappy marriages. Please do not try to justify what they did saying maybe they had unhappy marriages or that Mary Jo is "plain". None of that matters and it doesn't make it right what they did. It's not cool to be married already to someone else and make the decision to carry on an affair with someone else. Not cool at all. God created marriage between a man and a woman and intended it to be a lifetime commitment. It's too bad in our society that people like Tori and Dean are so looked up to by others, the institution of marriage (God created marriage to be between a man and a woman by the way), and God's commandments are held in so low self esteem and so disregarded. It's very sad. We must not continue to make excuses for such poor behavior and low morals including celebrities. We must pray for change and a conversion of hearts. We must pray for Tori and Dean and everyone involved. My heart especially goes out to Tori's ex and Mary Jo and their children. Dean and Tori should have at least thought of the implication of their actions especially on the two innocent children involved, but of course they didn't. That's Hollywood for you. In Hollywood (and many places in America) a lot of people just care about themselves it seems. It's so sad.
September 19th, 2007 10:29 AM
Mary Jo, the fact that your ex-husband would do what he did means that he (and incidentally his new wife) is an unethical creep. You on the other hand are a much more beautiful, loving and sophisticated soul. Just because the new Mrs. Whatever is younger than you, means nothing. Let the creep go... he did you a huge favour and you will see that soon, if you have not already.
Love,
Clara
September 29th, 2007 2:03 AM
Mary Jo, I have been the "other woman" & it took my being horribly betrayed myself for me to understand how truly shameful my actions had been. I tried to justify myself in the name of "love", but what I was doing was wallowing in self-indulgence. I only got a small portion of what I really deserved, in my mind. Please take heart in the fact that people who cheat never really win, no matter what it may look like, & the world admires a woman who can hold her head up & behave like a lady in the face of betrayal. Tori Spelling is no one's prize, & it may shock you to know that there are intelligent, articulate people in this world who have never watched an episode of 90210! I am one of them. When all is said & done, you are handling this betrayal with the grace of a woman, & not the grief of a child, as the poem says. You are a woman to be admired.
October 2nd, 2007 12:55 PM
I also had my husband cheat on me about 3 times that I know of. He passed away two years ago from leukemia which left me totally destroyed. I miss him terribly, but, sometimes I think of the betrayal and it makes me angry. He never admitted it to me. He always made me feel like I was the one who was crazy. But, all the signs were there and I always knew. But, I was not working and I held it together for security reasons because I wasn't self sufficient. Sometimes, I get angry at myself for being so forgiving. Mary Jo, this is Hollywood for you. Where people have no morals whatsoever. These celebrities change spouses like people change their underwear. Watch and see, this marriage to Tori will never be a lifelong commitment. It will only last until someone else comes along and sweeps one of them off their feet. If it did last, I would be totally surprised. But, in Hollywood marriages like that only exist in rare circumstances. Keep being a lady and always hold your head high. Believe me, he did you a favor. He was never worth having.
October 24th, 2007 7:59 PM
Mary Jo, You are the better woman! Its a terrible thing that SLIME Dean did to you, on your birthday!!!!!!! Obviously Miss Tori Spelling is a no good homewrecking TRAMP! Im a firm believer in what comes around goes around!! She is NOTHING like her character in 90210 Donna Martin. Donna had morals, something Tori was obviously never taught.
October 31st, 2007 1:37 PM
Dear Mary Jo,
Keep your head high girl! What goes around comes around and T&D will have their bad karma bite them in the butt eventually.
I absolutely loved you in the 'What's for Dinner' show. You are such a 'real' person and down to earth. I sincerly hope that you and JK do another show together as you guys were amazing together.
Good Luck in your future endeavors.
Your fan,
~Sue
November 9th, 2007 12:16 PM
My heart goes out to Mary Jo. The ultimate betayal.
I watched the view this morning and Tori was the guest host. She was clearly out of her league. The panel was talking about marriage and she AGAIN mentioned how she can't be apart from her husband for just a short time. They asked why? She said, I don't know I think I'd be jealous of what he was doing. Why, does he have a history? to which Tori answered "nooo... and the audience laughed.
Once the dust settles for Mary Jo and she has gone through the stages, she will come out of it seeing her ex for the limited human being he is. His marriage with Tori can't last and can he be considered a has been, when he wasn't ever a "been?"
I caught one episode of Inn Love. Are they kidding?! It was a show that kept my attention because it was pa-the-tic. "Hey Babe" , "Hey babe" and he clearly either likes to tilt the bottle, or maintains his high school opinion that drinking is cooo'el. Arraugh...he looked and acted like the infantile moron he is when he walked into the wine tasting wasil in their town, announcing their presence by saying "HEY, how are ya" No one...was impressed. They clearly deserve each other.
Keep focused Mary Jo, it WILL get better for you.
November 19th, 2007 1:02 PM
Mary Jo:
All the posts here are great, Mary Jo you are so much better off without that CREEP. He will get his own one day, as they say what goes around, comes around. There is someone out there that deserves a classy, wonderful LADY like you, and when he finds you he will be a lucky man. Guess Dean thought he was marrying into a very wealthy family - one joke on him right? Keep your chin up and good things WILL happen!
December 8th, 2007 2:04 PM
Hi Mary Jo,
I was watching "Whats for Dinner?" yesterday...I loved it then and I still love the re-runs now!!!
I just want you to know ...you are 10 times the woman Tori could ever be and at least you did it all on your own merits!! It must be nice for daddy "Aaron Spelling" to hand feed a TV show for his daughter. I loved 90210 in its hay-day, but honest to god...she was the worst actress on that show!
You just keep your head up high and know that everyone thinks if it wasn't for the fact that her last name is Spelling and Dean was an actor that I swear I'd never heard of...he would still be with you now!! I've seen "Inn Love" and trust me...he needed a big name to get him into lights!!
January 4th, 2008 9:29 PM
Mary Jo I relate to your story completely. I too moved the States from Canada (just outside Toronto). I thought we were happy and now four years down the road he wants to ship us back to Canada. He tells me that he wants to move his lady love of 8 years (yes 8 years--long before he dragged me here). He has allowed our children to get comfortable here, meet wonderful friends, get involved in sports and the community. I too have made some wonderful friends, and now my whole world as I know it will be changing. As hard as it was for you to hear Dean say those things to you, I wish mine would say something. He won't tell me anything and it is driving me crazy, I am obsessed about finding things out about her. I too, when alone for the first time, started to scream and cry uncontrollably and couldn't get up off the floor. I was totally unable to function, eat, sleep and then of course I had to tend to the kids. so I proved to myself I could do it. It was your choice to move back to Canada that was of the greatest interest to me. That is what we are looking at doing. I do worry about the kids and being away from their Father and the effect that is going to have on them. I wish I could find an update to see how you are doing, if you think it was the right choice for you. My children are 10 and 12. Oh yes I am 43 and have been with my husband for 25 years. So, definitely very angry and bitter that my whole adult life was based on a lie. I do hope you are doing well. Dean settled for second best. One day she too will feel your pain. All the best to you.