Tori Spelling's mother insists it "killed her" not to attend her granddaughter's first birthday party.
Dean McDermott defended his wife Tori against her mom Candy's accusations that they use their kids as "reality show props."
McDermott told TMZ.com cameras at LAX airport: "We don't use our children as props. We take really good care of our children."
In response to Candy's open letter to TMZ.com last month in which Candy explained she skipped her granddaughter's first birthday party because it was a made-for-TV "set up," McDermott says, "Everyone's entitled to their opinion."
Candy has always maintained she didn't attend Stella's party as she did not want the reunion with her estranged daughter to be filmed.
Candy Spelling - who has previously accused Tori of engineering the meeting for her reality show 'Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood' - was unhappy not to meet Stella, but stands by her decision.
Despite insisting she wants to rebuild her relationship with Tori, Candy criticized her daughter's spending habits.
Candy - who has previously posted internet messages begging for reconciliation - said: "Everyone is complaining that they don't have any money now, and here Tori is doing these grand parties. She even rented a house for Stella's party."
However, Candy has not ruled out appearing in her own TV show.She revealed: "If it was the right thing and it was scripted, I would do it. I would not let someone follow me around all of the time. That would make me nuts."
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Tori and Candy first fell out in 2006 after Tori mocked her mother on her reality TV show 'So NoTORIous'.
The feud was then exacerbated after late millionaire TV producer Aaron Spelling, Tori's late father and Candy's deceased husband, left his daughter a derisory amount in his will.Tori stayed out of the fray -- this time. She said the family was "really happy" on vacation and "hadn't read anything."
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Last week, Candy tried to make nice to Tori in an interview with USA Today.
"I love you, and I always will," she told the paper.
