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The Greatest Tori Ever Told
Unlike her character on Beverly Hills, 90210, Tori Spelling is not, like, a virgin
Wearing a lace bodysuit, jeans, and wedgies, Tori Spelling recently met up with GEORGE WAYNE at Cravings, her favorite L.A. lunch spot.
George Wayne: Do you like your TV name, Donna Martin? It's so common-sounding.
Tori Spelling: She's a nice Catholic girl. I never used to like the name Donna. Now people call me Donna on the streets, and I'll turn around. She's my alter ego. She has a good sense of humor, and she has a cute boyfriend.
G.W. I watched you on The Arsenio Hall Show, and you told him that Donna was the only virgin on the show. When's that cherrystone going to go?
T.S.[Laughs] I don't know. Poor Donna. Actually, we're doing another big story line when she has to decide whether she is going to lose it.
G.W.Are you a virgin in real life?
T.S. No.
G.W. I won't probe any further. ... I understand you still live with your parents in their football-field-size manse that's nicknamed "The Manor.''
T.S. Yes. When we first moved in, I was like "Wow, this is big," but my mom decorated it nice. It's comfortable— my bedroom is my favorite place. It's pink and powder blue, very girlish.
G.W.What high school did you go to in real life?
T.S. Westlake School for girls in Bel-Air. We used to wear little gray pleated skirts with white blouses.
G.W.What was the first car you got when you got your driver's license?
T.S. The one I have now. A champagne-colored BMW convertible. But I was in an accident, so I've been driving a red Miata. I really like it.
G.W.Did you always want to be an actress?
T.S. When I was four wanted to be a manicurist, because one of my mom's good friends is a manicurist. It seemed glamorous at the time.
G.W.How did you get the name Tori? Victoria is your real first name.
T.S. Barbara Stanwyck. She told my parents to call me Tori.
G.W.Are you a clotheshorse?
T.S. I like clothes a lot. The Beverly Center is my favorite mall. But I don't go for designer labels.
G.W.The first time I saw you in the flesh was at the MTV awards. You wore this short, white dress. I said to myself. My God! Look at that firm, tight butt on Tori Spelling! Do you work out?
T.S. I bought that dress, took it home, and said to myself, Where am I going to wear this? I said, The MTV awards, it could be worn there. I don't really workout. I eat everything. I love hamburgers.
G.W.Do you have any fashion victims in your family?
T.S. What does that mean?! My dad's getting better, he's getting cool. I dress him in Guess? jeans. That's a big step for him. My mom's taste is not my taste, but I think she's elegant.
G.W.You have a phobia of insects. Are there any other phobias you want to tell me about?
T.S. Roller coasters. They make me cry.
G.W.Do you hate Shannen Doherty like everybody else on the set of 90210?
T.S. No!! She's one of my best friends—
G.W.Oh, come off it!
T.S. True. We were at Roxbury [an L.A. nightclub] last Thursday. Everybody has fights. She and Luke have a love-hate relationship just because they are to-
gether so much.
G.W. I read that you've had $26,000 worth of plastic surgery.
T.S. I read that, too. No, that's not true. I had a nose job when I was 16, I'll admit that. And it's still not perfect. I don't think I need any more. I'm happy the way I am.
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