![]() Valerie says the picture of her marriage only looked great from the outside. "It got to a point whenever I heard the birds chirp, it was, "Oh, God, no.' It took me years after stopping the cocaine before I could enjoy a sunrise and enjoy the sound of birds." "The week off I would destroy my body trying to stay up with him," she says. ![]() Valerie says she tried to keep up with Eddie's rocker lifestyle on Friday and Saturday nights and during the weeks when she wasn't taping One Day at a Time. "I passed out on the bed in my gown, and Ed fell asleep in the bathroom." Now, if you ask me, those are not two people who should be making decisions about the rest of their lives." Valerie says the way their wedding night ended was a typical night for the couple. As we filled out the forms at home, we each held a little vial of cocaine. Looking back, Valerie cringes at how they prepared for the day and wrote about the experience in Losing It: "The priest we tapped to perform the ceremony gave us questionnaires so he could get to know us better and offer more personal words. Just months after meeting, Valerie and Eddie set their wedding date for April 11, 1981. Oprah has no problem filling in the blanks! "You said you made love like there was a hunger that you never filled before." "I guess actually saying it out loud, now it's embarrassing," she says. "I was the bad one." When Valerie and Eddie finally made love for the first time, she wrote about the experience in her book-but now she's a little shy talking about it. "So I went out and visited, and we never separated from then on," she says.ĭespite his bad-boy image, Valerie says Eddie was a gentleman and insisted they sleep in separate rooms when they first started dating. Three days later, Valerie says she got a phone call from Eddie asking her to meet him. "You had to peel me off the floor," she says. When Valerie saw Eddie backstage, she says it was love a first sight. and I saw a picture of Ed, and I went, 'Oh, yeah, I'll be going. "I took a look at the 8-track cassette that was in the back of my Corvette. Valerie says her brothers invited her to a Van Halen concert to help them get backstage. In 1980, Valerie met the man who would soon become her husband. I was ashamed of myself, and that's why I gained 40 pounds." But I don't know that it was the 40 pounds that kept me shameful. Her new book, Losing It, is a revealing look at what she has lost-and ultimately gained. Valerie has now gone public with her lifelong battle with weight and is a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig™. When Valerie's 20-year marriage came to an end, she says she hid from the world and consoled herself through food. She seemed to have it all-but it soon became clear that Valerie's life as a rock star's wife wasn't as glamorous as it appeared to be. Valerie continued acting in numerous TV movies and feature films and won two Golden Globes. Ten years later, they celebrated the birth of their son, Wolfgang. Within months, the good girl/bad boy couple was married. When she was just 20 years old, the wholesome sitcom star fell for rock star guitarist Eddie Van Halen. All rights reserved.For nine years, Valerie Bertinelli was America's favorite girl next door on the hit TV show One Day at a Time. I prefer Twizzlers.”Ĭopyright © 2022, ABC Audio. So I recently had a hot dog, but I’m not as crazy about Red Vines. “I used to say, when I’m 88, I’m going to be like Betty…eating my hot dogs and Red Vines…and drinking vodka on the rocks with the lemon twist. The 61-year-old also mentions how she’s trying to give herself a break, particularly in light of the recent loss of her friend and former Hot in Cleveland co-star Betty White. As I got older, I just wanted him to get better for him.” I was selfish in that I just wanted him to get better for me. Like, ‘If you love me, you wouldn’t do this.’ That’s not true.”īertinelli adds, “He did love me more than anyone has ever loved me in my entire life. They’re the only things he had in his toolbox. “That’s what he was taught at a young age. ![]() “I could have been so much more understanding with why Ed needed alcohol and drugs to deal with his pain,” Bertinelli explains. The pair divorced in 2007, and Van Halen died of cancer in 2020. Regret came into play in discussing her 20-year marriage to Van Halen, as well, regarding how she dealt with his battle with addiction. She adds, “I regret not asking more questions and opening up with my mom. It’s made me who I am today.’ That’s B.S.” The ex-wife of music icon Eddie Van Halen is frank in the piece, noting, “I don’t buy it when someone says, ‘I have no regrets. Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesĪctress, cookbook author, and Food Network personality Valerie Bertinelli has opened up to AARP The Magazine‘s February/March issue about love, loss, and regret.
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