Valerie Bertinelli Cheated on Eddie Van Halen
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Freddy @ Gone Hollywood | Tuesday, February 26, 2008 |
Valerie Bertinelli tells Oprah Winfrey she had an affair while married to Eddie Van Halen.
Valerie Bertinelli says despite her girl-next-door image, her marriage to Eddie Van Halen was hurt by infidelity and drug use — by her, too.
“I wasn’t an angel, either. I cheated, too,” Bertinelli said on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” broadcast Monday. “He claims to this day that I cheated first, but I don’t know. I don’t know about the timing.”
Bertinelli, who starred in the long-running sitcom “One Day at a Time,” married Van Halen in 1981 when she was 20. She said she was “destroying my body,” trying to keep up with a rock-star lifestyle on the weekends and weeks off from taping her TV show. “It got to a point where whenever I heard the birds chirp, I’d be like, ‘Oh, God, no.’ It took me years after stopping the cocaine before I was able to enjoy a sunrise and enjoy the sound of birds,” she said.
The couple separated in 2001. Their divorce became final in December. They have a son, Wolfgang, who’s now 16 and touring as bassist with the band Van Halen.
The actress, 47, said she has struggled with body-image issues since she was a child, but especially turned to food for comfort as her marriage dissolved. Bertinelli is now a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig and said she’s lost 40 pounds. She has a new book, “Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time.”
Van Halen’s publicist said the musician had no comment on Bertinelli’s book or interviews to promote it.
Probably best, man. As Ace. notes, “Dude, if a rock star can’t keep his squeeze from doing other guys, well… the rest of us are in trouble.” Word.
It’s bizarre, too, that she did all this when she was 40 and his rock career was all but washed up rather than when she was smokin’ hot and he was on the road all the time.
Source: “Bertinelli on Van Halen: I cheated, too” [omg!]
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