From Silver Spoon To Coke Spoon: Tori Spelling's Brother Randy Reveals How Their Lavish Childhood Left Him Feeling 'Empty' & 'Numb Inside' -- And Nearly Dead ‘20 Times’ From Drug Overdoses
May 1 2014, Published 7:19 a.m. ET
Randy Spelling and his sister Tori grew up in the lap of luxury as the son of TV producer Aaron Spelling and his socialite wife Candy. But although being Hollywood royalty undoubtedly had its perks, for both Spelling kids, living in the limelight also came with a price. While Tori’s spending spiraled out of control, Randy fell victim to a dark addiction that nearly killed him. Now, eight years later, he’s finally found peace and his true calling as a life coach, husband and father. And as he prepares to release his first memoir about that journey, he opened up exclusively to Breaking Celebrity News.
Radar: You’ve written a self-help memoir about growing up in Hollywood, and how you abandoned that lifestyle to become a life coach. Tell us about the book and that journey?
Randy Spelling: The book is told from my perspective. It is in a sense about life coaching and I do discuss parts of my life.
The reason why this book as sort of a hybrid of a memoir and a self-help book is because I am a certified professional life coach and I have done this for years. I use my story, some of my clients’ stories and some of my friends’ stories to illustrate the points that I'm making so it's more of an entertaining way of digesting what I'm trying to get across.
For instance, I come from one of the wealthiest families in America, grew up in a house larger than the White House and there were times when I felt just as empty and had as little, even though I might have grown up with abundance and money, monetarily I didn't have struggles. But still, I was conflicted because it was part of human nature.
Radar: You’ve always been very private about our personal life and never really spoken about your struggles with drug addiction until now. How much do you open up in your book?