Tori Spelling believes that staying with Dean was a “disservice” to the children

tori spell You'll “never regret” staying with a separated spouse Dean McDermott For a long time – but she believes she may have done “harm” to their children.

Tori, 51, hosted a psychiatrist Dr. Hilary Goldsher to Two-part podcast In it, she spoke about how her children were affected by her split from McDermott, 58. The actress admitted during the podcast episode on Tuesday, December 10, that her desire for her children to “parent together” kept her and McDermott “for a long time.”

Spelling further explained that this hope “ultimately prevented me from making what on the surface seemed like a better decision for them.” the Beverly Hills, 90210 The alum explained to listeners that she always “always saw family together” because her parents, sweet and Aaron spellThey were together for 25 years.

“I've always believed that as bad as things are between me and my partner, it's better for their father to be home than for them to be in a different residence,” Tori continued. “I think this kept me in the relationship for too long. I ultimately feel like this hurt my children.”

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Torrey shares Five children with McDermott — Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie, 13, Finn, 12, and Beau, 7. The couple was married for 18 years before I filed for divorce Last March.

“I think he and I were in a place where we might have separated and divorced before Beau was born, but we worked on our relationships and stayed together and I will never regret not leaving then,” she said. “I'm sure he wouldn't either because we wouldn't have had Bo.”

The actress referred to her youngest son as “our grace, our love, our hearts and our souls” during Tuesday's podcast.

“I'm grateful, but you know, after Beau was born – and that was in 2017 – things didn't improve between us,” Tori added. “There are definitely still times when I say, ‘Oh my God, it would be so nice to have this extra set of hands at home.’ It would be so nice for the kids to say, ‘Okay, mom is there and I see dad in the other room.

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“My husband has been sober now – over a year – so we're very proud of him. But before that, it was hard for them to see, and it was very overwhelming.” “I feel like I wouldn't have separated families – just domestically – sooner; But of course we can't go back, so we're dealing with it now. But it is difficult not to have their father at home.”