Tori Spelling so doesn't
own the bed and breakfast she
runs with her husband on the
show "Tori & Dean: Inn Love"!
The pampered TinselTown
princess and her actor-hubby
Dean McDermott actually rent the
sprawling inn - and they're hardly
ever there, sources
say.
Tori has led
viewers to
believe that she
plunked down her
paltry $800,000
inheritance from
her late father,
legendary TV
producer Aaron
Spelling, to buy
the Chateau La
Rue in the sleepy town of
Fallbrook, Calif.
But that's far from the truth.
"Tori and Dean are leasing to own
the inn," explained the actress'
publicist.
According to legal documents,
the property belongs to
Christopher and Patricia King,
who have owned it for years.
In fact, records indicate the
four-bedroom inn has been on the
market for more than 300 days and
remains active on a multiple listing
service. The asking price on the
8-acre estate, also known as Oak
Creek Manor, has been reduced
from the original $3.4 million to
$2.6 million.
During the "Inn Love" premiere
on the Oxygen network, Tori conducted
a highly
publicized
estate sale
at her
Hollywood
home, hawking
all her worldly
possessions
to raise money
to supposedly
buy the 4,500-
square-foot inn.
And in episodes filmed
before she gave birth to
son Liam on March 13,
a heavily pregnant Tori
interacted with guests
at the inn for the TV
cameras.
"But these days Tori
and Dean are
nowhere to be
found on the
grounds,"
according to
an insider.
"And it's so odd
at the inn. When
you finally manage
to reach a live
person at the desk, they don't even answer
the phone like it's a real
business. I had to ask if
I'd reached the Chateau.
"At this point, Tori and
Dean are giving more
lip service than room
service at the inn."
By TRACY GILCHRIST