My whole life story is kind of a backhanded compliment.

With two kids it's hard to find down time to write so I often write during their nap time.

You know, you only get one family, and you have to make it work.

People are always saying that Hollywood messes up kids. I'm like, 'No, families mess up kids!' I grew up in Hollywood, and I'm perfectly fine. If my children want to go into the entertainment business, I won't stop them, as long as they're passionate about it.

It's much harder to give up on family.Deep down you want it to work so badly that you keep making the same mistake.

We chose to do a reality show with my husband Dean McDermott, because we wanted to give the reality of our situation, not to kind of mask it if the things got kind of uncomfortable. So we pretty much put it all out there and I think the viewers will appreciate that.

My whole life story is kind of a backhanded compliment.