Dean McDermott gave viewers a very serious dose of reality when he admitted to having an emotional breakdown and suicidal thoughts following the cheating scandal that is now the center of the docu-series, “True Tori.”
Last night on the Lifetime series, Dean and wife Tori Spelling sat down with a therapist to address their issues and her feelings regarding his infidelity.
“Honestly, I’ve already shut down because I just feel like I want to protect him,” Spelling said. “I feel how anxious he is. I can’t express myself because it’s gonna make him worse.”
That statement was a bit confusing until Spelling revealed that Dean had an emotional and mental breakdown after the affair.
I couldn’t help but wonder if all of this was a bit of manipulation on Dean’s part. He has a used car salesman quality about him. The entire therapy session ended up being about him and his needs and the whole time I was rolling my eyes thinking, ‘seriously, dude….YOU CHEATED ON YOUR WIFE’.
Shortly after that, McDermott revealed being suicidal at one point, telling the therapist that he he remembered looking at the window [in the therapist office] that day and thinking about how easy it would be to “just dive out of it.”
I take suicide and depression very seriously, but again…I can’t help but wonder if he’s turning on the guilt to take the heat off himself.
IF any of this is even real, which has been doubted recently.
It seems that the pity party worked. McDermott was allowed to come home, even though it was just last episode that Spelling was adamant that she was not ready. Within minutes, they were sharing smooches and calling each other, “babe.”
How does that even work?
“I know I will not take my life,” McDermott during the episode. “My life means a lot to me right now, where it didn’t for so many, many years…My life means something because I’m getting the help that I need, and I’m surrounded by love and support, and for the longest time, I didn’t deserve it and I’m just getting a little glimmer that I do deserve it…I know I don’t deserve to die. I deserve to live.”
Did you watch? What do you think – is it genuine or a publicity stunt?