“One Day at a Time’ actress Valerie Bertinelli is popping up the warmth on Instagram with a daring new submit simply days after getting known as out by her ex.
Bertinelli uploaded an image on April 10 from a photograph shoot taken when she was 19. Rocking a pink plaid shirt, black underwear, and strappy heels with no pants in sight, she will be seen in bent ahead in a playful, surfboard stance, flashing a assured smile on the digital camera.
Giving context to the 1979 “throwback,” Bertinelli wrote in her caption “From what I keep in mind this was on the finish of certainly one of many throwaway photograph classes I’d have at CBS, often we’d do the required poses they needed after which have some enjoyable on the finish.”
She continued, “A shot from this session ended up on the duvet of Us with a headline about me rising up too quick. I imply, they weren’t actually incorrect…months later I’d meet Ed, get engaged and be married inside the span of eight months,” the “Touched by an Angel” star added, referring to her ex-husband and late guitarist/producer Eddie Van Halen.
The 2 had been married in 1981 and separated in 2001 earlier than finalizing the divorce in 2007.
It’s commonplace for Bertinelli, 64, to share throwback images of herself. In reality her Instagram web page has a number of pictures of her from through the years. However this newest throwback served as a flashback for her ex of 10 months, author Mike Goodnough, who known as her out on Instagram.
“Why did it’s important to pose in your underwear??” stated one particular person in her feedback.
Goodnough’s two-photo submit from 9 days in the past included a telling screenshot: a fan urging him and ‘VB’ to patch issues up, as hypothesis swirls that the 2 are quietly speaking by means of cryptic posts.
In a prolonged response, the 54-year-old not solely debunked the idea, however made a shocking declare that Bertinelli was the one making responses.
“Sadly, over the previous two months, Valerie has been susceptible to lapsing into a spot the place she has been enjoying a one-woman tennis match pondering there’s somebody on the opposite aspect of the web,” the author stated. Earlier than including, “When in that place, she reads all of my posts, facilities herself in them, takes offense over wholly imagined slights, after which lashes out angrily with a ‘response’ to issues that had been neither to her or or about her.”
Goodnough stated Bertinelli’s habits has “created the impression that we’re going back-and-forth” and confirmed that isn’t the case.
“I’m not speaking with Valerie through my posts. I’m not partaking with the issues she posts. Whereas I’m dissatisfied within the array of hostile, dishonest, and uncalled for backhanded swipes she continues to take at me, there isn’t a conflict between us. She simply gained’t cease capturing. Valerie is in a conflict together with her ghosts. I’m simply the man who catches the bullets. And that isn’t new.”
Nevertheless, Goodnough made it clear that he doesn’t maintain any spite in the direction of Bertinelli. In reality he stated he nonetheless has some constructive emotions about her.
“I care about Valerie. I’ve love for her and I at all times will. I need her to be blissful. It can deliver me nothing however pleasure to see that she is,” he famous.
Along with the screenshot, Goodnough shared a second submit with a quote that learn, “One of many healthiest habits to study: Take nothing personally.”
Followers responded to the drama between Bertinelli and her ex within the remark part on the New York Put up’s website.
One particular person stated, “They each overshare. I’m stunned it didn’t work out.”
One other stated, “Me thinks Mike doth protest an excessive amount of. His declare of innocence is about as convincing as Valerie’s denials about utilizing any of the brand new injectables to shed extra pounds final yr. Two big goofs and never an oz. of credibility between them.”
“Appears like he wasn’t ‘goodnough’! See what I did there? anybody? anybody?” wrote one joker. However one blunt observer claimed, “She’s by no means been the identical since Eddy.”
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April 11, 1981
Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen married actress Valerie Bertinelli. They separated in 2001 and divorced in 2007. Their son, Wolfgang, later turned the bass participant in his father’s band. pic.twitter.com/DqOgC0941w— Rock Historical past Dwell! (@KTrain939913) April 10, 2025
Siding together with her ex, one other stated, “I imagine him. Not each Instagram / web submit is in regards to the earlier ex-girlfriend. He may very well be GENERALIZING about truths in life which occurs to many individuals. GENERALIZING about truths in life which occur to many individuals.”
It’s not clear what social media responses of Bertinelli’s that Goodnough is referring to but it surely’s attainable she might have deleted them. It’s additionally an choice that she posted them to their story due to this fact having them delete on their very own in 24 hours.
She deleted a pleasant submit she made about him in March, whereas reflecting on their relationship about 4 months after their breakup.
In keeping with E! Information, within the now deleted submit Bertinelli stated, “I do know I’m changing into a a lot stronger and extra benevolent human for having met him and hung out with him/ I have a look at life with a special perspective and caring due to my experiences and conversations with him. And he’s been an enormous a part of serving to me heal from some outdated childhood wounds I by no means knew what to do with and even the place to start out.”
A month earlier, in one other now-deleted submit, the host of “Valerie’s Residence Cooking” admitted to creating errors in her previous relationships and inspired her followers to be extra empathetic and extra understanding when coping with a associate.
“I believe all of us simply wish to do higher and really feel terrible after we’ve harm somebody we love and disgrace prevents us from pondering clearly. Wouldn’t it’s good to alleviate the one you like from disgrace to allow them to actually provide the amends you’re on the lookout for?” she wrote. “Then once more, what do I do know. I’ve two failed marriages and fumbled the final true good man I met. Perhaps don’t take recommendation from me.”
Goodnough and Bertinelli began long-distance courting in January of 2024 whereas she was dwelling in Los Angeles and he was dwelling on the East Coast. This got here two years after her 11-year marriage to monetary planner Tom Vitale ended.
The 2 turned associates years prior when he commented on certainly one of her social media posts. Then they began to talk on the telephone in January of final yr. By November they had been calling it quits for causes they by no means specified.
