On December 14, Candy Spelling opens up her wallet to those who can best articulate their dreams and desires on the new E! show Bank Of Hollywood. Together with poker player Vanessa Rousso, Wilhemina Models president Sean Patterson and Pussycat Dolls singer Melody Thornton, Spelling will give away money to everyday people, hoping to change their lives. When Spelling opened up her home to us, we sat down to discuss her new show, parting with money on TV and her relationship with daughter Tori.

How would you describe Bank of Hollywood?
I would describe it as a place where people can go that have hopes and dreams of something, and maybe they wouldn't be able to go to their church or an investment company or a charity because they fall in between the cracks.

Why participate in something where you have to part with your money?
You know what? Because we can. Isn't it nice to see that you can make a difference in someone's life? I was thrilled to be a part of it. We did not know what to expect. None of the four of the panelists knew at all what was coming. I'm like, where's the Kleenex? It was a great experience.

What kind of stories have you heard?
Some of them were just incredible. One was about a young man who was still in high school I believe, and he participated in every sporting event that you could imagine. His mother got into an accident, and now he is in a wheelchair. But they had taken him to the YMCA, and they found that there was some response in the water. So they were asking for a swimming pool.

So it can be quite heartbreaking?
Oh my God, yes. Actually, he had never gotten emotional about the accident in the entire time was doing great in therapy, and telling us he started to get a little emotional. He had never talked about it before, and I think it had been a year and a half.

You must have heard some crazy stuff, too.
There was a man that actually came on and his thing is a barbershop that specializes in mullets, only. And they proceeded to cut this young man's hair. He said, it will be different than anything. It will have pool tables there. We'll serve sushi. I thought, is he kidding me? I won't tell you anymore because every story that you hear, the more you ask questions, the more it unfolds into something else.

But you say no, occasionally?
Oh yes. And I'm probably the toughest when it came to that. I'm a lot older than everybody. So I kind of felt like the mom of the group that has been there and done that. I'm a good listener, and I've had people come to my husband and I, when he was alive, and ask for things. So, I'm maybe a little more cynical than I should be. I think I'm a pretty good judge of character.

What has you most excited about the show?
The concept of changing people's lives. I mean no matter how little or how big, what these hopefuls were asking for, we were really changing their lives. Really, truly, it made a difference to them. I'm anxious to see what happens after the fact.

On a final note, I hear that you and your daughter Tori are on good terms again.
We are in a really good place because we've now been able to take this privately, and not kind of out there where things get distorted. I'm really happy about that. That was a long time coming.