Tori Spelling Says 'I Don't Drink Water,' Insists 'I'm Like a Cacti'

Mar. 15, 2025

(Left:) Tori Spelling in Los Angeles in 2024; (Right:) a cacti.Photo:Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty; Getty

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty; Getty

Tori Spellingsays “I hate water” and goes to great lengths to avoid drinking it, opting for coconut water or soda instead.

“I don’t drink water. And when I say I don’t drink water, I don’t drink water,” Spelling, 51, said on the March 11 episode of her podcastMisSPELLING.“How I’m still living, no one knows. I’m like a cacti. Just water me once in a while, and I somehow survive. But I have an aversion to it.”

She shared that she also struggles with thinking her drinks are poisoned, explaining that when exDean McDermottrecently handed her a ginger ale, she thought he put something in it.

Tori Spelling in Los Angeles in 2023.Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic

Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic

“I’mAaron Spelling’s daughter, hello,” she said, referencing her late father, who produced successful soaps likeDynasty,Beverly Hills, 90210andMelrose Place— or as she called him, “The creator of drama-rama storytelling.”

She said McDermott told her, “ ‘You’re the mother of my children. Why would I want to poison you?’ And I was like, ‘Listen. It’s not personal. I think this about everybody.’ ”

The90210alum said that when her mother,Candy, would give her medication as a child, she’d have to mash it up with Coke syrup, and “I would say, ‘What’d you put in here? Like, what are you giving me?’ And she would say the same thing: ‘What, you think I’m trying to poison you?’ ”

“This goes back to childhood,” Spelling continued. “This crazy, irrational fear of handed over liquids from other people. I don’t drink water. I don’t call it a fear of water. I just like to say I hate water. I have an allergy to water.”

Tori Spelling in New York in 2024.Gotham/GC Images

Gotham/GC Images

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She shared that she will drink ginger ale (when things are “stressful") or Diet Dr. Pepper (when “I’m thriving”) but said. “I’m trying this new thing since I don’t like water. I’m like, okay, I actually enjoy the taste of coconut water.”

“I can guzzle, like, a glass of wine in, like, two seconds. No problem," Spelling quipped. “But I take a few sips of water and swallow gently, and all of a sudden, I’m like, ‘I wanna puke.’ ”

source: people.com