Valerie Bertinelli gave fans insight into her doomed marriage to her now ex-husband Tom Vitale in a series of Instagram posts this week.
The 62-year-old actress referenced shocking text messages she saw and opened up about the vicious things she was called in past relationships.
These revelations came at the end of her month-long dry January campaign during which she has abstained from drinking alcohol. Bertinelli has also said that the cleanse has given her the ability to look at her mental health.
Insight: Valerie Bertinelli gave fans insight into her doomed marriage to her now ex-husband Tom Vitale in a series of Instagram posts this week
In her most recent clip, Bertinelli jumped on a viral trend and mouthed, ‘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’ portion of the audio was ‘Why did you let them stay after finding the texts?’
It’s unclear exactly what text messages the mother-of-one she was referencing though.
The One Day at a Time actress captioned the short clip with three melting faces emojis.
Texts? The 62-year-old actress referenced shocking text messages she saw and opened up about the vicious things she was called in past relationships
Divorced: Her divorce from Vitale had been officially finalized in November after 11 years of marriage, stating on Twitter at the time, ‘I am officially f**king divorced!’ (pictured 2011)
Her divorce from Vitale had been officially finalized in November after 11 years of marriage, stating on Twitter at the time, ‘I am officially f**king divorced!’
The Golden Globe winner could be seen in a short selfie video that was easily filmed with her phone camera as she held a cheerful smile on her face.
Valerie tied the knot with businessman Tom in 2011, but after 11 years of marriage, the actress filed for a legal separation in November 2021. In May 2022, she took another 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 last month, as she’s been practicing dry January, Bertinelli has talked about the terrible things she was called in past relationships.
Dry January: Throughout the last month, as she’s been practicing dry January, Bertinelli has talked about the terrible things she was called in past relationships
Coming to a close: In her most recent update, Valerie said that, even though she was on her final day of dry January, she’s not sure she would start drinking again soon
‘I have been screamed at so many times and told how fat and lazy I am,’ she said in one video she posted to her Instagram Story on Monday. ‘I realize…that was someone just projecting on me whatever they needed to project on me, but my part in all of it was believing it, and I don’t believe it anymore. But it still doesn’t stop the feelings from coming up and the hurt.’
Regarding her own mental health, she added, ‘I need to feel. Because what I used to do is try to soothe them or at least try to 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 in order to work through many of her issues.
In her most recent update, posted after her clip referencing texts, Valerie said that, even though she was on her final day of dry January, she’s not sure she would start drinking again soon.
‘I might have a cocktail on Saturday because I have a dinner date, but other than that, no I think I’m going to keep it going for a little while,’ she said.
‘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’m going to keep it going for a little while,’ she said
