By Bonnie Siegler

There’s a lot more to Tori Spelling than meets the eye – and that’s saying something since the versatile actress is expecting her second child with husband Dean McDermott soon. Dressed in a chic black sleeveless silk Alice + Olivia shift, black designer stiletto heels and simple platinum wedding band, Tori is ready to sit down and talk about her new project, “Kiss the Bride”, her fashion jewelry line, “Maven”, “Tori & Dean: Inn Love” the Oxygen reality series, plus her new book, “sTori Telling”. And Tori has a lot to tell – from her days spent in her famous dad Aaron Spelling’s studio offices to making Father’s Day presents. She also wants to talk about the Regent Releasing film, in which Tori plays Alex, a young woman happily engaged to Ryan (James O’Shea). But that bliss is soon interrupted when Ryan’s old high school friend Matt receives an invitation to the wedding. And much to Matt’s surprise, the invitation says he’s marrying a woman.

Since this is a wedding movie, what was your wedding like?
Wow. Which one? (laughs) The one Dean and I had was a big difference in what you would think of a conventional wedding. It was just the two of us, alone in Fiji. We both had our first marriage and had done the whole big wedding thing. For us, it was just about us being together. We met together, we fell in love together and we felt we should get married together.

How did you get interested in doing this movie?
When I received the script, I read it so quickly – it was such a great read – I completely fell in love with the character of Alex. I was pretty much obsessed with her. It was like I just have to get this part. And then I auditioned for it. Actually it was the word “pussy”. I got to say the word “pussy” and I was like that’s so me. (laughs) The part was so me. I just loved her personality and I just loved everything about her. I loved all different sides of her.

Actually we heard you were a potty mouth. Do you find yourself censoring yourself in front of your son, Liam?
I’m not the type of truck-driving potty mouth. I’m kind of a little girl potty mouth because I say it with such vulnerability. It’s this weird mesh – you know what I mean? But, no, I don’t have to censor myself in front of Liam. It’s just like Alex who has two sides. She’s a nice girl and then she can kind of let loose and be this fun, raunchy sense of humor girl. And I have those two sides.

Did you make any onset memories?
The whole filming…I was 4 months pregnant with Liam. We filmed at this house with cats. And I’m terribly allergic to cats, but I never said anything to anyone. And I took a beating. There was my big scene and I was really looking forward to it – I got to be in my little nightie and it was my scene where I got to say “pussy” (laughs). I was all stuffed up because of all the pussies in the house.
You have so much going on in your life with the TV show, jewelry line, book, and movie, how do you find balance in your life and relax?
What keeps me busy and doesn’t make me relax, often makes me relax which might sound odd but I’m a bit of a workaholic. So I love knowing what the next thing is and always thinking about a million things at once. There’s nothing worse for me than having downtime with nothing to do. I love having something to do. And I love having the balance of being able to have the day to spend with my son and husband and also thinking about a million things to do.

How was it working with your husband in this film…there were some cute moments. Was he over protective?
No. We love working together. Obviously we met when we were working together. That was our long range goal of only doing things together and so far, so good. We do everything together. We did the TV series together and then “Kiss The Bride” happened and it was really cool because we had a part for Dean.

In your new book, “sTori Telling”, did you literally just sit down and decide to write a book or did you have notes and journal entries and all sorts of stuff that you poured through?
No, I just pretty much worked on it every single day. I didn’t have anything in writing. It was just all up here (she points to her head). I’m really good at remembering; I could tell you about a night 10 years ago where I was with some friends or whatever and I could tell you what they were wearing and like minute to minute what happened. Good thing for that. I have all those memories and they were pretty easy to put down.

This isn’t your first gay themed movie. Do you feel a special connection to this community?
Little bit. Yeah, I love me some gay men. I just really do. They know how much I love them. It’s so true. It’s so funny, after I did Trick, I was like, “I’m in my element. This is where I want to be. I hope I get to do another gay affiliated film.” Then when Kiss the Bride came up, it was such a great romance but also had the gay affiliation. I was like, “Oh, this is perfect. I hope I get it.” So when I did get it, I was like, “Oh, this is synergy all working together.”

What is it you relate to so much?
About gay men? I always say that deep down I really think I am a gay man. I truly believe somewhere inside I am, so I mean it’s not just a coincidence. Most of my friends are gay, that I love gay men.

How much did you learn from your father about executive producing for your own shows?
I think just watching him for so many years, it was the best hands-on experience I could get without even knowing I was getting it. But I knew even as a child I loved going to the set with him. Summer vacations, most kids wanted to go to camp or take art classes and play ball. I wanted to sit in my dad’s office when it was nice weather and just watch him. I was like five. I remember I would take notes and stuff. It led me to here so I guess it was all for something. When I got to do “So Notorious” which was my first executive producing gig, I just knew I loved all the behind the scenes things. I loved from casting to wardrobe to writing to just doing every aspect of it. Now getting to do a reality show, it’s a different format but still I love it and I’d love to produce more.

What are your thoughts on the new 90210 show they’ve announced?
I’ve never been asked that. No. (she says sarcastically and laughs)

Have they spoken to you about it?
They have not yet. I say that I’ve read about as much as everyone else has read. I actually read about it in the press probably at the same time everyone was reading about it. But I’m excited about it, but I don’t know anything about it.

Do you think the fans of the show expect you guys to show up?
I think absolutely. Well, I don’t know if they’re expecting but they’re probably hoping that someone will turn up in there, so I hope for their sake.

Are you happy they’re doing another one?
Yeah, I mean, I’m surprised it took this long but I guess in some way, every show that really followed 90210 was kind of a remake of 90210 just with a different name. But for the fans’ sake, I’m really happy for them because I know I’ve been asked that for years, “Are they going to do a spinoff, a new generation?” I don’t know so it’ll be great for the fans.

Do you have different cravings with this pregnancy because you’re having a girl?
Do cravings differentiate because of the sex? I still crave Rocky Road ice cream. Same as the first one. Maybe just with each pregnancy, you know you’re allowed to eat it so I don’t know. Avocado this time. I figure that’s good for the baby but definitely carrying different. I’m excited about having a girl.

Does your little boy understand?
He has absolutely no idea. He looks at my belly sometimes, I think he just thinks it’s something to climb up on.

How do you get back in shape after the pregnancy?
I don’t know. Last time was kind of a shock for me because I’d always been thin and I didn’t know how hard it would be to get back into shape. It was difficult. It was a surprise, so I don’t know. I’m hoping this time will be easier maybe. But I haven’t really thought about that yet. I’m focusing on the pregnancy.

Why are you excited that you’re having a girl?
I’ve always wanted a girl. I’m a girlie girl. I’m a clothes horse so I love clothes, fashion, and I’ve always wanted a little girl to dress up. Oh, Dean is so excited. He has two boys and he’s always wanted a little girl.

Have you picked any names? Will you use a family member’s name?
We’re definitely going to use a family member for her middle name but we haven’t settled on first names yet.

With the reality show, do you have rules for what they can film of the delivery?
The cameras aren’t with us 24 hours a day. They’re respectful and the crew’s like family anyway, so there’s really no boundaries anyway. But yeah, I don’t think people want to see the details of the birth. I’ll scare them then.

Do you have any reservations about your kids growing up on camera or on set?
I don’t in a controlled environment and I feel like with our show at least, when Liam’s on the show, it’s our controlled environment. We’re comfortable with it. We can kind of make sure what we want happens in relation to him. But his life’s kind of out there for the public anyway so at least this way it’s controlled by us. I mean, when we’re out on the streets and there are paparazzi, there’s nothing we can do about that. We shield him the best we can. At some point, we just have to be like, “Come on, we’re just going to live our life.” So at least this is controlled.

Would you be happy if your kids followed in the family business?
Oh gosh, I don’t know. Whatever they want to do. I just want them to be passionate. Whatever you’re passionate about, and if they’re passionate about the entertainment industry…good luck.

What’s missing from TV now that your father’s no longer with us?
Oh my goodness. My dad’s number one goal, and I’m pretty sure he achieved it, was just entertaining people. He would always say, “You know, people have such complicated lives, hard lives. When they come home at night, they don’t want to have to think. They just want to sit back, relax and just watch something that’s going to entertain them.” That was his main focus, just entertaining people. I think that’s a great philosophy and when he told me that, I thought that rings so true. Maybe that’s why TV has gone in the direction of reality because people don’t really have to think too hard. They can kind of just relax and watch someone else’s life. Maybe that’s what they need right now. So I just hope people keep entertaining people and keep dreaming. I mean, my dad was so creative. He would just dream up these shows. I mean, Fantasy Island, Love Boat… He was a real believer in storytelling and fantasies. He had that little boy at heart kind of thing and I hope people continue with that.

Father’s Day memories?
We had great Father’s Days. Growing up, we always celebrated occasions. Traditions were really important to us and kind of went over the top with every holiday. So I just have great memories. My brother and I would always make him homemade stuff. That’s what he liked the best. He would always say, “Don’t buy me anything.” So we’d always write poems and make him collages and stuff. He was so cute, he’d always put them up in his office, bad as they would be. He would still display them.