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Valerie Bertinelli recently shared insights into her current romantic life, revealing her bedtime companion.
During a screening of her latest film, Love, Again, on April 30 in North Hollywood, the 66-year-old actress candidly discussed her personal life with Pause Rewind on the red carpet. Reflecting on her split from ex-boyfriend Mike Goodnough in November 2024, Bertinelli remarked, “2024 drained me.” She continued with a humorous note about her new sleeping partner: “I share my bed with a black cat. That sums up my life perfectly, and I adore that 11-pound ball of fur.”
Speaking outside the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center, she emphasized that the idea of dating is currently unappealing to her, joking that her feline friend, “Batman,” is the only company she desires.
Bertinelli’s openness follows her memoir, Getting Naked: The Quiet Work of Becoming Perfectly Imperfect, published in March, where she confessed her enduring affection for her late ex-husband Eddie Van Halen. The couple was married from 1981 until their separation in 2001, finalizing their divorce six years later. Van Halen passed away at 65 in 2020.
Addressing her recent breakup with Mike Goodnough, Bertinelli took to Instagram on March 3, expressing gratitude for the positive impact he had on her life. “I am forever changed for the better because of him,” she shared, reflecting on the growth she experienced during their relationship.
“We hurt each other’s feelings, but we always tried to do the right thing,” the Food Network star said of her marriage to the late musician, which saw the arrival of son Wolfgang Van Halen in 1991. “Even when we were angry, we stayed loving. It changed, evolved, and grew back different but stronger than it had been at the beginning of our relationship. It healed us.”
Once Bertinelli and Eddie’s divorce was finalized, Bertinelli went on to marry Tom Vitale in 2011. The former couple were married for 10 years before Bertinelli filed for separation in 2021. Three years later, in March 2024, Bertinelli began dating Goodnough, however the relationship dissolved by November that year.
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In her memoir, Bertinelli stated that she “couldn’t crack the code of lasting love” over the years. “Romance has never been easy for me, never even sane,” she wrote. “It’s a messy math equation — love, marriage, divorce — and I’m terrible at math. Worse at marriage.”
Of her second marriage to Vitale, Bertinelli also revealed that its demise unfolded quite differently to that of her former union with Eddie. “How could I have continued to feel love for Ed after our divorce but have no feelings — neither good nor bad — for my second husband after fifteen years of togetherness?” Bertinelli wrote in her memoir. “Hopefully that will change over time. I can already feel myself softening. I’ve reached a point of indifference and grace, which is so much healthier than hanging on to anger.”