Tori Spelling Describes 'Transformational'Dancing with the StarsExperience After Elimination: 'This Is the Point' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

(L-R) Tori Spelling and Pasha Pashkov on Dancing with the Stars on September 24, 2024.Photo:Disney/Eric McCandless

Disney/Eric McCandless

Tori Spelling’s journey onDancing with the Starsdoesn’t end with her elimination.Just moments after America voted her off the show, theBeverly Hills, 90210alum, 51, exclusively told PEOPLE that she felt her newfound love for dance was just “beginning” despite her exit.“I’ve dipped my toes into something that’s been transformational for me personally, so I’m excited to keep going,” she explained. “Obviously, it won’t be in this ballroom weekly, but I’m not going to stop."(L-R) Tori Spelling and Pasha Pashkiv performing on Dancing with the Stars on September 24, 2024.Disney/Eric McCandlessThe actress opened up about how she had “so many fears and self-doubt and insecurities” before she decided to take the leap and sign on for the competitive dancing show.“I never believed I was good enough or deserved much and it’s the opposite of what I’m trying to teach my kids,” she continued. “I tell them how much they deserve and they can do anything they want. Then I’m like, ‘Wait, I’m telling them this, but I’m not living it.’ So this was a conscious choice to be like, “You know what? This is the point.'““In my life kind of everything is burned to the ground in my life, not my kids, but personally with other things. And this is the moment to kind of walk the walk. No. Talk the walk, walk the talk,” she added.Tori Spelling and her children.Tori Spelling/InstagramOn the Sept. 24 episode ofDWTS, hostsAlfonso RibeiroandJulianne Houghannounced that Spelling and fellow contestantAnna Delveyhad been eliminated from the competition.When asked about her “incredible journey” on the show, Spelling joked that she planned to “stay here” before telling her kids watching in the audience, “I love you, you can do anything you put your mind to.“On the Sept. 6 episode of hermisSPELLINGpodcast, Spelling opened up about getting cast in season 33 ofDancing with the Stars. Though competing on the show has always been a big dream of hers, Spelling admitted that she always let her fear get in the way of going for the mirrorball trophy.“Every season I [watched it], and I was like, ‘Good for her [or] for him. Oh, god. I wish I was brave enough to do it,'” she recalled, confessing she was always too “terrified” to take the stage.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.When her team was approached with another offer, Spelling decided to take the chance despite it being “literally one of my biggest fears in life.““Watch it with my kids. Watched every season,” she continued. “So I’m pushing through my fears. I’m a work in progress. So I said yes to something that was one of my biggest fears… I have a lot of gratitude to the friends in my life and family that have said to me, We believe in you.“Dancing with the Starsairs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and can be streamed the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.

Tori Spelling’s journey onDancing with the Starsdoesn’t end with her elimination.

Just moments after America voted her off the show, theBeverly Hills, 90210alum, 51, exclusively told PEOPLE that she felt her newfound love for dance was just “beginning” despite her exit.

“I’ve dipped my toes into something that’s been transformational for me personally, so I’m excited to keep going,” she explained. “Obviously, it won’t be in this ballroom weekly, but I’m not going to stop.”

(L-R) Tori Spelling and Pasha Pashkiv performing on Dancing with the Stars on September 24, 2024.Disney/Eric McCandless

The actress opened up about how she had “so many fears and self-doubt and insecurities” before she decided to take the leap and sign on for the competitive dancing show.

“I never believed I was good enough or deserved much and it’s the opposite of what I’m trying to teach my kids,” she continued. “I tell them how much they deserve and they can do anything they want. Then I’m like, ‘Wait, I’m telling them this, but I’m not living it.’ So this was a conscious choice to be like, “You know what? This is the point.'”

“In my life kind of everything is burned to the ground in my life, not my kids, but personally with other things. And this is the moment to kind of walk the walk. No. Talk the walk, walk the talk,” she added.

Tori Spelling and her children.Tori Spelling/Instagram

Tori Spelling/Instagram

On the Sept. 24 episode ofDWTS, hostsAlfonso RibeiroandJulianne Houghannounced that Spelling and fellow contestantAnna Delveyhad been eliminated from the competition.

When asked about her “incredible journey” on the show, Spelling joked that she planned to “stay here” before telling her kids watching in the audience, “I love you, you can do anything you put your mind to.”

On the Sept. 6 episode of hermisSPELLINGpodcast, Spelling opened up about getting cast in season 33 ofDancing with the Stars. Though competing on the show has always been a big dream of hers, Spelling admitted that she always let her fear get in the way of going for the mirrorball trophy.

“Every season I [watched it], and I was like, ‘Good for her [or] for him. Oh, god. I wish I was brave enough to do it,'” she recalled, confessing she was always too “terrified” to take the stage.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

When her team was approached with another offer, Spelling decided to take the chance despite it being “literally one of my biggest fears in life.”

“Watch it with my kids. Watched every season,” she continued. “So I’m pushing through my fears. I’m a work in progress. So I said yes to something that was one of my biggest fears… I have a lot of gratitude to the friends in my life and family that have said to me, We believe in you.”

Dancing with the Starsairs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and can be streamed the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.

source: people.com