- Valerie Bertinelli has three children from two marriages that ended with divorce.
- She was married to Eddie Van Halen and Tom Vitale.
Newsypeople – Valerie Bertinelli, a renowned actress, television personality, and author has been married twice. Her first marriage was to rock musician and guitarist Eddie Van Halen from April 11, 1981 to December 20, 2007, when they divorced.
Following her divorce, Valerie Bertinelli married her second husband Tom Vitale, a businessman on January 1, 2011, and then divorced him on November 22, 2022. Valerie Bertinelli met Tom shortly after her first marriage hit the rock and thereafter dated for six years before getting engaged in 2010.
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Valerie Bertinelli has three children, two daughters and one son from her marriages to Eddie Van Halen and Tom Vitale. She had her first child, a son named Wolfgang Van Halen with Eddie and later birth two children, Andie Vitale, and Angela Vitale in her second marriage with Tom Vitale. Valerie Bertinelli first husband, Eddie Van Halen passed away in 2020 but her second husband, Tom is still alive.
Her marriage to Tom was marked by a surprise wedding ceremony at their home in Malibu, California, on New Year’s Day, attended by close friends and family. Despite a seemingly happy marriage, Bertinelli filed for legal separation from Vitale in November 2021, citing “irreconcilable differences,” and their divorce was finalized in November 2022. Bertinelli has expressed that her decision to divorce Vitale was not influenced by her feelings for Eddie Van Halen and that they grew apart over time.
Family
Valerie Bertinelli is the daughter of Nancy (Carvin) and Andrew Francis Bertinelli, Jr., a General Motors executive. Valerie has three brothers, including an older brother named Mark who passed away at 17 months from accidental poisoning before she was born.
Due to her father’s career, the family moved frequently, living in various locations such as Claymont, Delaware; Clarkston, Michigan; Shreveport, Louisiana; Oklahoma City; and the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles. Valerie studied acting at the Tami Lynn School of Artists and attended Granada Hills High School but did not earn a diploma. She was raised Roman Catholic.
Career
Her acting career began with the CBS hit TV series “One Day at a Time” (1975), where she played “Barbara Cooper.” This show ran until 1984 and was a significant part of her early success.
As per her television personality, She began hosting “Valerie’s Home Cooking” and “Kids Baking Championship” on the Food Network in 2015, winning two Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on “Valerie’s Home Cooking”. Her culinary shows, she has hosted other Food Network programs and appeared in NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot “Hungry” alongside Demi Lovato.
Valerie’s memoir, “Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today,” was released in January 2022, reflecting her journey of self-discovery and embracing a healthy lifestyle.
FAQs
Q1: Where Is Valerie Bertinelli’s place of birth?
She was born on April 23, 1960, in Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
Q2. How old was Valerie Bertinelli in One Day at a Time?
Valerie Bertinelli was in her early 20s when she starred in “One Day at a Time,” which aired from 1975 to 1984. Given that the show spanned several years, her age varied throughout the series, but she was significantly younger than the character she portrayed, Barbara Cooper Royer.
Q3. Is Valerie Bertinelli’s son married?Â
Yes. Her son Wolfgang Van Halen is married to his longtime partner, Andraia Allsop.
Q4. What was Eddie Van Halen’s last words to Valerie Bertinelli?
‘I love you’ were the last words Eddie said to his son Wolfie and wife.
Q5. What does Valerie Bertinelli’s son do?
Wolfgang Van Halen is a musician who has played in his namesake band, Van Halen, until his father’s death led to the group’s disbandment. Since then, he has focused on his solo project, Mammoth WVH, where he plays all instruments and handles vocals.
Q. Does Valerie Bertinelli have cancer?
No, Valerie does not have cancer. However, his ex-husband Eddie Van Halen battled with cancer before he passed in 2020.