Tori Spelling

Tori Spelling at Huggies' Pull-Ups Potty Dance Party

It was one of the wackiest moments I’ve ever witnessed: a decidedly skinny Tori Spelling, in a bright green body-hugging dress, demonstrating the Potty Dance for a motley group of diaper-sporting toddlers, including her 22-month-old, Liam. A bizarre publicity stunt for Huggies’ Pull-Ups? Yes. And yet there was something genuinely touching about the disco party-press event-potty training summit that Huggies hosted in Chelsea last week: It was a reminder that even Tori Spelling has to deal with pee and poop. Although the 35-year-old tabloid target has a busy year ahead--in April she reprises her signature Beverly Hills 90210 role, Donna Martin, in the WB’s revamp of the series, and releases Mommywood, a sequel to her successful memoir, sTORI Telling; in June, the fourth season of her reality show, Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, premieres on Oxygen—Spelling is clear that her kids, Liam and seven-month-old sister Stella, always come first. She chatted with Time Out Kids about how she makes it all work while sporting heels in the spotlight.

So, how’s the potty training going? I just got my kid potty-trained at three and a half.
Okay see, I like hearing that. We’re in the process [with Liam]. It’s been about a month now, but I’m glad you said that because I waited until he kind of gave me the cue. Some of my girlfriends are like, “You start this now…you start that now.” And I was like, “He’ll do it when he’s ready.” And then he was ready to start, but we’re by no means done.

You have a very busy life. How do you balance all of your responsibilities, both professional and personal?
My husband [actor Dean McDermott]. He’s my rock. I am so blessed to have such a hands-on dad. If he weren’t, I don’t know how I’d get through [the day] with as much as I do, and two kids, 15 months apart.

Are you and Dean planning on having more kids?
We are actually. Not right now! I think maybe we’ll get Liam and Stella both potty trained and then start all over again. Maybe. If we’re blessed enough to be able to have more children, we would love to. Whatever’s in the cards.

You’ve never lived in New York City, but I imagine you’d do well here.
Really? I used to be so scared of New York! I loved it, but I thought, I’m too shy of a person to live here. If you stop for a moment, everything just passes you by. I always worried that I wouldn’t even survive in New York. Now that I’ve kind of grown into myself and I’m an adult, I think I could live here. I think I would have a good time.

Would you consider moving here?
We love our life in L.A., we really do, but if there were a certain project that brought us all here while the kids were still young enough to move around, I’d be totally open to that.

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