Valerie Bertinelli Says She Does not Keep in mind the Nineteen Eighties

If there’s one decade Valerie Bertinelli can’t let you know a lot about, it’s the Nineteen Eighties.

Whereas on The Drew Barrymore Present on Monday, Feb. 3, the One Day at a Time actress, 64, admitted that regardless of being bodily current within the ’80s, she was mentally checked out throughout that point. 

In a section of the present known as “Reminiscence Financial institution,” Barrymore, 49, confirmed her “Drew Crew” panelist pictures of her youthful self.

“Oh my God,” Bertinelli stated as a big photograph of her laying on the bottom at a portrait studio was proven on a display behind them.

She wore a blue brocade high with shoulder pads, white sneakers and leg heaters. Her hair was reduce with voluminous shaggy bangs and layers. 

“That doesn’t even appear to be me,” Bertinelli added as Barrymore identified that her visitor was carrying a hoop within the photograph.

The Children Baking Championship star stated the ring was from “Ed,” referring to her late, former husband, music legend Eddie Van Halen. 

“I believe we have been married. Yeah, I used to be married to Ed there,” she stated. 

Bertinelli and the Van Halen guitarist have been married from 1981 till 2007. The previous couple welcomed their solely baby, Wolfgang Van Halen, in 1991. On Oct. 6, 2020, the singer died from throat most cancers at age 65. 

In keeping with Barrymore, the Golden Globe-winning actress additionally “had Ed hair” within the photograph proven throughout Monday’s episode.

Bertinelli recalled how she and Van Halen used to share one another’s garments and “ended up trying like twins for the longest time,” however stated she couldn’t keep in mind a lot else from that decade.

“I take a look at that and I believe: ‘That may be a puffy face, and somebody who wants to start out taking good care of herself,’ ” Bertinelli instructed Barrymore. “I imply, that was the ‘80s although. I don’t do not forget that. I don’t keep in mind something concerning the ‘80s.” 

The previous Meals Community star added, “For the longest time, I at all times felt responsible concerning the issues I experimented with and what I attempted once I was a younger lady.”

“That is such an ABC after-school particular time period,” Barrymore stated. “Have been you ever in an ABC after-school particular?”

Although Bertinelli stated she wasn’t, Barrymore was: 1989’s 15 and Getting Straight.

“I was an after-school particular,” Barrymore joked. “By the way in which I used to be the ‘Simply Say No’ lady with Nancy Reagan. Till I simply stated sure.”

“Pay attention I forgive us all of that,” Bertinelli replied. “We coped the way in which we knew how to deal with a very difficult, unusual life. And likewise we’ve got to start out giving ourselves grace for simply attempting to study by.”

In a February 2008 interview with At present about her memoir, Shedding It: And Gaining My Life Again One Pound at a Time, Bertinelli opened up concerning the impression drug use had on her life.

An excerpt from the guide talked about that she and Van Halen “every held a bit of vial of coke” as they stuffed out pre-marital questionnaires a priest had requested from them. 

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“It would not actually bode nicely for the wedding, I do not suppose,” Bertinelli stated within the interview.

Extra just lately, the Valerie’s House Cooking alumna instructed PEOPLE that she reduce on consuming after beforehand utilizing it to “numb emotional ache.”

“I might exit and have a enjoyable time, drink, and the following day, I would be so unhappy,” she stated within the April 2024 interview. “As a result of there was a lot unhappiness in my life, and alcohol amplified it.”

When you or somebody is scuffling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.