I think Candy shouldn't have send a letter to TMZ but I do understand why she did. She knows that episode is going to bash her and she wants to defend herself. I don't see this as an attack.

It's just wrong of Tori to invite her mother to come by when the cameras are on. They have a difficult relationship and they should sort it out in private without cameras there.

I watched that episode and I even thought to myself 'Wow, if Tori really wanted to mend things, why turned this into a tv FINALE and why invite her mother to a party surrounded by her friends who obviously are on her side--basically putting Candy in a somewhat 'hostile' environment while having to basically try and resolve the family feud?'
If anything, the more proper way was to do it in private, just her and her mom and the grandkids and perhaps her husband too if he wants to join in. I sincerely believe that Tori may be setting it up for her mom to refuse coming, secretly I think she probably likes the publicity it gave her and it kind of ensures another dramatic finale and perhaps another season.

It is weird to try to get the 'feud' resolved/neutralized in a tv show. No matter how public they both have been. But if Tori really wanted family business to stay in private, she shouldn't have done that esp. since Tori seems to think that she's the 'right' one in this feud.

I'm not into 'public letter' back and forth (that's why I think these two are kind of insane that way), but I do recall that Tori used to make fun of her on this tv show she had on VH-1, basically portraying to be this cold passive-aggressive b!tch but comical. Hey, Candy may be that way but seriously...does Tori need to have a show revolving about her mom being a b!tch who basically 'ruins' her childhood?

That I believe (since I wasn't following her story before then) was the Tori's first 'move' to publicly criticize mom in 'jest.' I think mom got mad at her though and sure enough communication between those two became mostly 'public' afterward.

I really hope that they work it out for those 2 beautiful children's sake. Those kids are just delightful!

I don't think Tori is doing anything wrong! She wanted her mom to share in an exciting moment for her... her kids b day. So what if it is on camera... beleive me there is nothing that would make my mom miss my kids b day. At the very least candi should have said no thanks let me take her out for a private celebration instead... instead of just saying no thanks.

The b*tch is rich beyond anyones dreams and really can just about do anything she wants. Including have her daughter hate her, never see her grandchildren, and seem like an absolute see you next Tuesday to everyone in the world.

Sad for her.

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They're both completely in the wrong, and both play it out in front of the cameras/tabloids for press and sympathy. If Tori really wanted to repair her relationship, she wouldn't first invite her mom to a big party that's being filmed. And if Candy wanted the same, she wouldn't be doing public letters.

They're both pretty pathetic.

Also, as for Candy attacking Tori...again!! Why do we not get the same headline in reverse every time Tori spends half of every Home Sweet Home episode whining her eyes out over everything Candy does and what an awful mother she was? Much like why would a mother do that, why would a daughter? For all her claims that she wants better for her kids, she has no problem putting them in the middle of the feud and using them as pawns.

Candy is a real b*tch, who calls herself a mother, yeah right! Candy deserved to be bashed in public for all the hell she has put her daughter through! She deserves what she gets!

I think Candy is in the wrong. She is her mother and if she wanted privacy, all she had to do was ask. As for Tori exploiting her kids on TV; she is just trying to make a live as best as he can. She would have to do that realty show if her mother gave her the real money that her father left her.instead of hording it for her self.

Candy just isn't a nice mom. But because of it Tori is a great mom.

There is no reason why Candy couldn't have privately asked to meet Stella in private so there meeting wouldn't have to be filmed and then maybe gone to the party. She certainly didn't have to write a public letter on TMZ

She does not need to do a tv show to support her family and make a living, nor does she need to publicize her problems with her mother. They're both pretty much equally crappy.

I can't believe people would support Candy on this blog. If you watch the show you can understand how Candy has disappointed Tori her whole life. Apparently she saw Liam a few times and then never saw him again and that was her doing not Tori's (Candy was too busy in her palatial estate and condo). I'm absolutely positive that if Candy wanted to see Tori's kids away from the cameras then Tori would have agreed to that.

My mother would do anything to see her grandchildren, including putting aside any anger she has towards me. Candy needs to act like a mother and grandmother and stop acting like a child.

I think they're both wrong for airing their dirty laundry so publicly.

I do watch the show, and I still think both Candy and Tori are equally wrong. All we see on the show is Tori's side. I have no doubt that she twists things to suit her purpose. She even says on the show that the first time she's contacting Candy in months is to invite her to the party, so she obviously wanted it taped and televised. Instead she manipulated the situation so that she can once again cry victim.

I watch Tori and Dean's show and I love it and them. I think they are really great parents and Liam and Stella are adorable. With that being said, I can understand how Candy might not want to have herself be on the show. But that still doesn't mean that she has to refuse to attend the party. Naturally Tori would have Stella's party be a part of the show, but if Candy didn't feel comfortable with that, all she had to do was ask Tori to have her edited out and not shown on the show, not refuse to attend at all and certainly not send an open letter to TMZ of all people.

Even if she didn't allow her face to be shown or her segments to air, the entire episode still would've revolved around whether or not she was on time, what gift she brought, if she was nice, etc. Tori and her friends would've whispered behind her back the entire party. I wouldn't attend in her case either.

I think the kids are adorable. I think the parents lack the brain cells needed to write their own names, much less raise kids.

I think Tori did the right thing!! Her mother has been jealous of Tori since she was little. I believe Candy is trying to make Tori miserable!!! Candy needs to step up and be a mother or stay out of the public eye!!

I dont agree with any mom using her children for ratings on a pathetic reality show! They need to keep their private family matters and their childrens lives out of the public eye.