Tori Spelling wants to "humiliate" Dean McDermott following cheating rumours.

A source told People magazine: "The decision to do this show is not coming from someone who is in a solid, good place. Tori is very, very upset and angry.

"It's just too raw and personal. There's too much pain and it's too private.

"A part of her wants to completely humiliate him and make him suffer in front of millions of people. She wants to have some sort of justice. She wants him to truly feel the pain of what he did to her."

Tori is believed to be in "crisis mode" while Dean is battling his alcohol abuse problems

The source added: "[The series] was all Tori's idea.

"She's in a total crisis mode. If she can believe that his addiction has nothing to do with her, then maybe they can move on. But there's no way Dean wants to be humiliated on television for cheating on his wife. His life is basically a nightmare."

Tori and Dean - who have children Liam, eight, Stella, five, Hattie, three, and Finn, 19 months, together - seem to be working through their problems for the sake of their kids, but their relationship is not back on track.

Another source claimed: "They are focused on their kids.

"Tori doesn't consider her and Dean back together."

"Dean will do anything Tori says right now.

"And what better way to ensure that he will never cheat on her after this? I don't think he'd ever want to go through this again."