The public airing of family laundry is always awkward, but Candy Spelling took it to a new level yesterday when she took a stab at daughter, Tori in a piece she wrote about the revenge of children for the parenting blog, Babble.
Perhaps, the initial shock was that it came in the form of an appreciation of infamous Mommie Dearest, Joan Crawford, whom the widow of television mogul, Aaron Spelling says she pities.
While Candy does cite Joan's career milestones, it's hard for today's generation of moms and dads to get past the movie star's association with wire hangers. And, the allegations her daughter, Christina Crawford made in her book.
I don't doubt that Tori's shameless promotion of her tell-all, sTori Telling on everything from The View to a bikini photo shoot is hard for her mother to digest. But as a mom, I can't fathom writing a pointed commentary targeting my own flesh and blood.
Can you?
To watch a clip from the movie based on Christina Crawford's memoir, Mommie Dearest, read more.
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I can't believe any mother would want to compare herself to that. What was she thinking?! That just makes me like Tori more.
1This whole family is just awful. That is private stuff that you don't share with everyone in the world.
2i couldn't find it on there. where candy's pix was there wasn't a link. tori has kind of dug her own grave on this one, first with that tv show and then the book, what can candy do? maybe she's hoping tori will stop if she comments back (?)
3My mother is jealous of me too. I feel for Tori, I really do. Her book was great.
4abqmama--ditto
5christina Crawford was so very brave for telling the world about her "mother" Joan Crawford was a monster.
6Candy should not even be call a mother she didnt have to let a nani raise Toni she could do just like what Toni is doing now spending as much time as she can with her kids and husband Candy diserve everything she gets she is a cold evil b*tch she going to live a lonely life and broke
7I think Tori's mother was the way she was to Tori because some part of her is jealous of her own daughter. Tori is the down-to-earth-don't-need-money to define herself. She can be who she is as a person, and people will love her. Her mother has always hid behind her fame and money. If her mother did not have fame or money I think deep down she knows she would be a whole lot of nothing.
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