Candy Spelling: Feud With Tori Got "Out of Hand"
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Candy Spelling is glad that she and daughter Tori are finally speaking after years of estrangement.
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But don't expect her to dish on their reconciliation.
"We both decided to [communicate] privately, so I know that everyone will respect that because it kind of got out of hand when it wasn't the other way," she told Usmagazine.com Thursday at the UNICEF Ball in Beverly Hills.
Tori's husband, Dean McDermott, recently told Us that Candy, 63, spent time with grandson, Liam, 2, and even met granddaughter Stella, 1, for the first time.
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"Oh my God, she is adorable!" Candy told Us. "She is bright. Well, they both are bright -- what can I say? You know what, they are the most beautiful children, but I am not a prejudiced grandmother!'
She is looking forward to spoiling them around the holidays.
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"Of course, I have to have things for them to unwrap, so they know coming to grandma's is a fun place where I have their toys and they get new toys," she says. "But I don’t let them taken them home. They have to play with them at my house."
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34i think it is WONDERFUL! after losing my dad, i know time with your family is important. every family has their own traditions. and if tori and candy can bury the hatchet, super!
I don't think Grandma Candy is ever going to be a successful granny, just as she wasn't a successful Mom. My 5 grandchildren -ages 9 to 16 months - love to come to my home to see what's new. If they want to take an item home, I let them. They're kids, they want to play with it and 'keep it' right then, not in the future sometime. My grandchildren love me and know that I am always fair, not withholding a toy just to be controlling! Candy needs to talk to a shrink about her controlling ways. I have a friend who does the same type of things, and her grandchildren are not close to her.
I think the disconnect regarding the toys is this: There is nothing at all wrong with keeping a supply of needed items at Grandma's house. However, if it is the gifts she gave them that she keeps at her house, then I agree that is wrong. A gift means that you gave it to someone for their own use, so to insist that gifts stay there is wrong. Candy needs to differentiate between gifts for special occasions she gives the kids that the kids keep at their own home; and those things she buys them that she keeps at her home. Which means she probably should not be wrapping up as gifts the things she intends to keep at her own home.
Well finally. Proud of you Candy, I certainly hope this is the end of the battle for your grand children's sake. They come first now and forever. life is short; appreciate the people around you as much as you can. congratulations to you both
First, so we are making public statements that we are talking privately now. REALLY? Confusing. Plus, is the statement more about saving face for Candy because she called her daughter extremely dreadful things in the press? As far as the toys go - there's nothing wrong with Grandparents buying toys or clothes that stay at there house. The problem is calling them gifts and dictating their use. Give the kid toys to keep at your house is fine but don't let them unwrap a birthday present have them oooh and ahhhh over and after their in full excitement bring the hammer down on the rules of usage. Especially this woman who is rich beyond most countries. It comes across as witchy not grandmotherly.
Why is keeping toys at the grandparent's house wrong? All my grandparents did the exact same thing. Nothing wrong with that.
Tori Spelling is a cowardly, cheating little home-wrecker with no concern for anybody's feelings except her own.
Candy seems to have problems with giving- unconditionally. What grandparent buys toys for the kids but doesn't let them tke them home?? Smells like dysfunction.
looks like they go to the same plastic surgeon/stylist...
I have three children. When I went to my moms house not only did she toys there but a highchair,playpen,and other stuff so I didn't have to lug this stuff and three children. I think it's a great thing if grandparents are able to have a second supply of kids things.
Candy is mean making her grandkids go to her house for the toys. I don't think Tori and her mother will have a lasting relationship this time around Goodluck.
My mother bought a red wagon for our little girl but was told she couldn't take it home. She had to play with it at Grandmas...Well to this day she remembers the hurt of that day of a present being dangled then taken away for the selfish use of a Grandma.
I dont think Candy needs to go to second hand stores or garage sales to buy her grandkids toys! LOLOL
Keeping toys at Grandma's is perfectly fine. I have a 2 year old grandson who stays with me one night/day a week. He has his own nursery with toys and there is nothing wrong with that. However, if the toys are given to him as a gift then I feel they should go home with him. Second hand shops and garage sales are great places for stocking Grandma's house. The kids don't know the difference any way and it is a lot cheaper this way. Leave them alone and let them work this out. We all have our own beliefs in regards to family. Doesn't make their way the wrond way or right way!
Making little children leave their presents at Grandma's house? What a sad thing for the kids. Candy is a sick control freak!!!
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Awwww, let them be. Of Course the Nana's house must have special toys and cereals and everything. And then when Tori needs a break, the kids go there and LOVE it because it is all new cool stuff which they associate with being with their grandmoter. Great! Let them me. At least they are trying to get along and MAKE a family although perhaps different from most. My daughter had a "stash" of stuff at Nana's - dolls, dresses, ice cream they would sit in bed and eat, her own kitchen cabinet filled with treats, The things Nana and Alex thought belonged there. Their own "private world" and that's what it should be. Clam up the rest of you. Give it a chance. My daughter had a sign "When the goin' gets rought, I go to Nana's" (where life is good. It is a special relationship -let them have it.
It's all Candy's fault.
My mom keeps toys at her house too. I think that it is a crazy way for her to manipulate my kids. She recently got a puppy and when I didn't let my kids go over to see it she got rid of it in a few months. Nice g-ma huh?
Note to Candy and Tori: Tiger Woods just confessed to infidelity. No one CARES about this "desperate-for-attention" non-fued. But I'll give a little hint anyway: when you want to keep your correspondance private, NOT talking to two-bit hack publications like US Weakly would probably be the best way to ensure that.