McDermott's first wife is actress
Mary Jo Eustace. In July 2005, McDermott began filming the Lifetime TV movie
Mind Over Murder in
Ottawa, during which he met actress
Tori Spelling, who was then married to writer-actor Charlie Shanian. Spelling and McDermott began an affair the night they met. Upon his subsequent divorce from Eustace, McDermott was granted joint custody of their son Jack, opting not to move forward with the adoption of a baby girl, Lola Eustace (born July 7, 2004), whom he and Eustace were in the process of adopting prior to their separation. However, according to recent Instagram posts, McDermott refers to Lola as his “step daughter” and Lola refers to McDermott as her “dad”. McDermott married
Tori Spelling on May 7, 2006, in
Fiji. Spelling and McDermott renewed their vows on May 8, 2010, in
Beverly Hills. Spelling and McDermott have five children: three sons, Liam Aaron (born March 13, 2007), Finn Davey (born August 30, 2012) and Beau Dean (born March 2, 2017) and two daughters, Stella Doreen (born June 9, 2008) and Hattie Margaret (born October 10, 2011). On July 1, 2010, McDermott was involved in a dirt bike accident, his second motorcycle accident of the year. He was hospitalized in Los Angeles with a punctured and collapsed lung, and doctors said they expected him to make a full recovery. McDermott was released from the hospital on July 6, 2010. McDermott became an American citizen at a ceremony in Los Angeles on August 21, 2010. In December 2013, after welcoming their second son,
Us Weekly broke the news that McDermott was unfaithful to Spelling. The couple worked through the aftermath of the affair on a
Lifetime series titled
True Tori. On January 23, 2014, a month after the news broke, McDermott's publicist announced McDermott had entered rehab for "some health and personal issues." While McDermott and Spelling's marriage was back on track, the couple once again made headlines in 2016 for owing $39,000 to
American Express in unpaid credit card bills. McDermott's mother-in-law Candy, who was also on good terms with her daughter, told TMZ at the time that she was helping out the family financially. In June 2023, McDermott announced that he and Spelling decided to separate after 18 years together in a now-deleted
Instagram post. On March 29, 2024, Spelling officially filed for divorce from McDermott, citing irreconcilable differences. Their divorce became final in on November 3, 2025, with Spelling and McDermott being awarded joint legal custody of their four minor children--Stella, Hattie, Finn, and Beau. However, Spelling has primary physical custody while McDermott was awarded "reasonable custodial timeshare". There will also be no child support. Both will split their minor children's health care expenses equally, as well as both pay half of their kids' extracurricular activities. == Filmography ==