Tori Spelling was relieved when Dean McDermott announced their marriage split on Instagram

Speaking on her 'misSPELLING' podcast, she said: "He was reacting emotionally, and he was still drinking and, you know, he was in that spiral.

"But I gotta say, when I saw that post - inside, I was like, 'Oh, thank god.'

"Because... I don't know if I could have done it. I want to do it. I want it to be strong enough."

Tori - who eventually filed for divorce from Dean in March, listing their official separation date as 17 June, 2023, the same day the 'Chopped Canada' star had made his statement - previously admitted she felt as if a "giant rock had been lifted" from her chest when her estranged spouse dec lared they had split.

She said on her podcast in April: "I looked at [his post] and I'm not kidding you guys, I felt like this giant rock had been lifted off my chest.

"I could breathe deeply, and I was like, 'Oh my God. He said it. He said it, so now I'm free.'"

The actress accused Dean - the father of her children Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie, 12, Finn, 11, and seven-year-old Beau - of having threatened divorce a "million times" before then.

She said: "I don't think I've ever threatened that, like, ever. And there were times where I desperately wanted it.

"But, like, I would never throw that in someone's face if I didn't actually mean it.

"I didn't have the balls to leave. I couldn't do it and he did it. [I thought] 'Now I can move on. He's put it out there. Let's go. Yes! I needed this,' you know? Like, I couldn't do it myself."