Valerie Bertinelli and Mike Goodnough.Photo:Kay Blake/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
Kay Blake/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
Valerie Bertinelliis clarifying her relationship status and her fondness of ex-boyfriendMike Goodnough.
The celebrity chef took toInstagramon Monday, March 3, to share a sweet tribute to her ex, who dated for 10 months beforesources confirmed the pair’s split in November 2024.
She continued, explaining that she was initially “attracted to his writing” before the pair actually met in person. “It’s heartfelt, authentic, smart, funny, sensitive, caring, and from the soul. And the way he puts words together is just sooo ridiculously beautiful. 🤩 I’m a big fan, can you tell?” Bertinelli said. “And as luck would have it, the human being in person is exactly as heartfelt, authentic, sensitive and caring as his writing.
“I feel so lucky to have gotten to know him, and to really see him and soak up his insights. I value all of our long conversations and they have lead me to interesting and fascinating places I rarely thought to go. I look at life with a different perspective and caring because of my experiences and conversations with him. And he’s been a big part of helping me heal from some old childhood wounds I never knew what to do with or even where to start,” she continued, calling for her followers to subscribe to Goodnough’s newsletter, Hoarse Whisperings, and “get the beautiful gift of what it’s like to be in his orbit.”
Mike GOodnough and Valerie Bertinelli.Mike Goodnough/ Instagram
Mike Goodnough/ Instagram
The Food Network alum has hinted at the split but this tribute is her first time explicitly saying that she and Goodnough are no longer together.
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Last week, Bertinelli talked to her fellowThe Drew Barrymore Showpanelists Barrymore andRoss Matthewsabout howbreakups teach each person “how you can behave better.”
Earlier in February, she wrote another candid Instagram post that she’s learned from “two failed marriages” and that she “fumbled the last true good man I met.” She explained that with those relationships, she learned valuable lessons and how to seek an apology.
Bertinelli wasmarriedtofinancial planner Tom Vitalefrom 2011 until 2022, and before that she was married to late Van Halen frontmanEddie Van Halenfrom 1981 until 2007.
source: people.com
