Valerie Bertinelli recalls finding shocking texts calling her ‘fat and lazy’ as she struggled to recover from her divorce.
Valerie Bertinelli gave fans some insight into her doomed marriage to ex-husband Tom Vitale in a series of Instagram posts this week.
The 62-year-old actress addressed the shocking messages she saw and opened up about the nasty things she was called in past relationships.
These revelations came at the end of her month-long dry spell during which she has abstained from drinking alcohol. Bertinelli has also said that the cleanse has given her the ability to look at her own mental health.
Insight: Valerie Bertinelli gave fans insight into her doomed marriage to now-ex-husband Tom Vitale in a series of Instagram posts this week.
In her latest clip, Bertinelli jumped on the viral trend and said: ‘Oh my god, oh my god, why did you do that?’ before adding, ‘I don’t know.’
Written on the screen during the ‘Oh my God’ part of the audio was ‘Why let them stay after they found the lyrics?’
However, it is unclear exactly which text messages the child’s mother was referring to.
The One Day At A Time actress captioned the short clip with three melty face emojis.
Texts? The 62-year-old actress addressed the shocking messages she saw and opened up about the nasty things she was called in past relationships.
Divorced: Her divorce from Vitale was officially finalized in November after 11 years of marriage, declaring on Twitter at the time, ‘I’m officially divorced from the king!’ (photo 2011)
Her divorce from Vitale was officially finalized in November after 11 years of marriage, declaring on Twitter at the time, ‘I’m officially divorced from the king!’
The Golden Globe winner can be seen in a short selfie video, which was easily filmed with her phone’s camera, as she kept a happy smile on her face.
Valerie married businessman Tom in 2011, but after 11 years of marriage, the actress filed for legal separation in November 2021. In May 2022, she took the next step and filed for divorce, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’.
The Hot in Cleveland star was forced to pay more than $2 million to finalize the divorce.
Throughout the past month, as he’s been practicing dry January, Bertinelli has been talking about the horrible things he’s been called in past relationships.
Dry January: Throughout the past month, while practicing Dry January, Bertinelli has been talking about the horrible things he’s been called in past relationships.
Nearing the end: In her latest update, Valerie said that, even though she’s on the last day of dry January, she’s not sure she’ll start drinking again anytime soon.
“I’ve been yelled at so many times and told how fat and lazy I am,” she said in a video she posted to her Instagram Story on Monday. “I get it… he was someone who projected onto me everything he had to project onto me, but my part in it all was to believe him and I don’t believe him anymore. But it still doesn’t stop the feelings and the hurt.’
As for her mental health, she added: “I have to feel. Because what I used to do is try to calm them down or at least ignore them with food or alcohol. And I don’t want to do that anymore. Wow, so many feelings coming up.’
Bertinelli also admitted that she uses therapy to solve many of her problems.
In her latest update, posted after texts referring to the clip, Valerie said that, even though it was the last day of dry January, she’s not sure she’ll be drinking again anytime soon.
“I might have a cocktail on Saturday because I have a dinner date, but other than that, no, I think I’ll keep it going for a while,” she said.
“I might have a cocktail”: “I might have a cocktail on Saturday because I have a dinner date, but other than that, no, I think I’ll keep it going for a while,” she said.
