Tori Spelling mourned Patrick Muldoon’s death by sharing throwback photos of the exes in her Instagram tribute on Tuesday.
“This post took me a couple days. I wasn’t ready to write because then it felt real. And, this shouldn’t be real,” Spelling began her lengthy post.
The “Beverly Hills, 90210” alum recalled meeting Muldoon on a blind date, though she felt she knew him already from his role on “Days of Our Lives.”
“Like every other girl in the world I crushed on his character Austin from ‘Days of Our Lives,’” she wrote. “Not sure I ever disclosed that to him. What I met and ultimately fell in love w/ was not just a beautiful on the outside creature but the most beautiful soul.”
Spelling, 52, called Muldoon “the kindest most caring human” who was “multi-talented” and “passionate about everything he did.”
“We shared a love of Broncos, guitars, goofing off, playing tag, and Grease! Loved to belt out Grease. I was Sandy to his Danny!” she continued.
The “Scary Movie 2” actress also said she admired Muldoon’s close relationship with his sister, Shana Zappa, and his parents, as well as his work ethic.
“He was a huge part of my formative 20’s,” Spelling shared. “We went on to be good friends! Still laughing & always caring. Decades later I found him to be such a true friend/hype man when I was going thru [sic] my divorce. He would call and check on me and send me the worst jokes to make me laugh.”
“He loved when I rolled my eyes,” she added. “Now I miss those stupid jokes.”
At the end of her post, Spelling revealed that she saw Muldoon last summer and met his partner, Miriam Rothbart, whom she called his “perfect balance.”
Spelling dated Muldoon in the 1990s. They both appeared in the 1996 TV movie “Deadly Pursuits” and in “Saved by the Bell,” but not in the same episodes.
Before Spelling, the “Melrose Place” actor dated Denise Richards, with whom he remained close until his death.
During an episode of “Denise Richards & Her Wild Things” in 2025, Richards and Spelling called Muldoon and reminded him of the past romances, but he joked that he didn’t “remember the 90s.”
After hanging up the phone, Spelling said, “A man stopped seeing Denise Richards for me. F–k. I always wanted a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — I’m fine with this.”
Richards, 55, shared her own tribute to her “Starship Troopers” co-star on Tuesday, admitting that she’s “deeply heartbroken & devastated” over his death.
“You’re my voice of reason & pillar of strength. Especially during this last year of pain & heartache,” she said, seemingly referring to her ongoing tumultuous divorce from Aaron Phypers.
Richards added, “And now I need you more than ever, for this pain and heartache losing you.”
Muldoon died on Sunday following a sudden heart attack. He was 57 years old.
Rothbart found him unconscious on the bathroom floor of their Beverly Hills home. He was pronounced dead on the scene after paramedics were called.
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