Tori Spelling is speaking out for the first time after being involved in a car accident in Southern California.
“Hi, I just wanted to reach out to everyone. This took me a bit to post, because as most of you know, four of my kids and I and three of their friends were in a car accident a few days before Easter in Temecula,” Spelling, 52, began in a lengthy social media video on Tuesday, April 7. “And we’re OK, but it’s been really overwhelming. We are so grateful and so lucky because it could have been so much worse.”
Spelling claimed that the driver who hit her car was “speeding, going crazy, crazy fast” and “went through a light” before making impact. She recalled realizing the accident was going to happen and doing all she could to protect the kids in her vehicle.
“Guardian angels were definitely with us that day because in a split second I looked and saw he was going to full on impact into the side of our car,” she said. “And I turned hard left as hard as I could, as fast as I could, to avoid as much impact on the children as possible. He spun us out.”
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She continued by thanking “all the first responders” who “took such good care of the kids” and herself before also sharing her thanks to everyone who has sent their well wishes.
I’m grateful to everyone who has reached out and repeatedly checked on us and offered to do whatever we needed to get us through this and all the blessings everyone has sent,” she shared. “Thank you, everybody. Still putting my thoughts together about everything that happened and just so much gratitude for life and the bravery for all the kids in the car for what they went through. So thank you to everyone.”
She captioned the post, “Grateful to all the first responders, to everyone that has reached out and checked on us, to all of you and your prayers, and to our guardian angels ✨♥️.”
Over the weekend, news broke that Spelling, 52, and seven children in her vehicle were reportedly hospitalized after being involved in a car accident.
“On April 2, 2026, at 5:44 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the 28000 block of Rancho California Road regarding a vehicle collision,” the Riverside Sheriff’s Department said in a statement provided to Us Weekly. “Upon arrival, deputies located two vehicles with collision damage. All occupants were medically evaluated at the scene.”
Police confirmed the cause of the collision remains under investigation, and no arrests were made on the scene.
Spelling’s rep confirmed to Fox News that the Beverly Hills, 90210 actress was taken to a hospital following the crash. Four of her children and three of their friends were also transported in three separate ambulances. (Us has reached out to Spelling’s rep for comment.)
Spelling shares Liam, 19, Stella, 17, Hattie, 14, Finn, 13, and Beau, 9, with ex-husband Dean McDermott. (McDermott also shares Jack, 25, with ex-wife Mary Jo Eustace.) When news broke of the accident, it was unclear which kids were in the car during the incident.
One week before the accident, Spelling stepped out for the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
While chatting with Us, the actress gave an update on how her eldest children were doing.
“Liam is out of school. He’s 19. He’s graduated and going into fashion, like, as a designer,” she spilled. “He has so many creative instincts that come from me.”
As for Stella, she is currently a high school senior preparing to graduate before the summer.
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“We’re in the prom phase. My daughter is crafty. She came out of utero crafting. I did it to myself,” Spelling joked. “She has a Pinterest, she has a mood board and she has inspiration picks.”
In this chapter of her life, Spelling said she is in her “power era” and focused less on dating and more on being the best mom to her children.
“My whole life, I’ve always been with somebody. I went from relationship to relationship. I never was, like, the dating person,” she said. “I want to focus on building my empire, and then if a man comes around, he can fall in line.”
