Valerie Bertinelli Gets Honest About ‘Drugs, Alcohol, Infidelity’ with Eddie Van Halen, Says He Was ‘Not a Soulmate’

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1. I don’t think anyone cares who that old lady is fucking or who she fucked 90 years ago

2. Alcohol *is* a drug

3. Hasn’t all this been talked about many, many times?

4. He may not have been her soulmate but he was one of the most influential musicians of all time. He will be remembered. Her, not so much.

5. Valerie Bert and Ernie

6. I mean drugs, alcohol and infidelity are staples of the 80’s. You can’t tell me she didn’t know what she was getting into. Also, Drugs, Alcohol and Infidelity sound like the title to a Van Halen album.

7. This just in: rock star makes a poor husband

8. They look alike.

9. Hmmm, whodathunk that marrying a guy who spent the week before your wedding banging a bevy of babes, and was so drunk at your wedding that you spent your honeymoon holding his hair back while he puked his guts out in a toilet, that the marriage would dissolve into a shit ton of infidelity and drug and alcohol abuse.

   I’m as surprised as you Val. No one saw that coming… except DLR. 😉

10. Glad she’s realizing it. She was acting like Eddie’s widow for a while there when he actually had another wife.

11. Is it weird that they look like brother and sister?

12. She’s going to traumatize her song Wolfgang. By talking about his father negatively and publicly

13. I briefly dated a rock star. I can’t speak for all of them of course, but it was clear right from the start that it would be whirlwind, temporary, pretty insane and I would be a complete idiot to have anything other than rock bottom expectations. The temptations, indulgences and chaos that come with fame do not support space to be what most of us would call “decent”. Not that it excuses anything, just sharing that I observed that it’s not a humane environment for the celebrity or their partner.

14. TIL; that cooking lady used to date a rock star

15. I have a soft spot for both of these people.

    Eddie Van Halen:

    – Was brilliant – won piano competitions without knowing how to read music, learned to play guitar by ear. Basically an extreme outlier
    – Had weird social and learning deficits; probably had trouble even reading; couldn’t read music
    – Had a tough childhood: For a kid of a Dutch/Filipino mixed marriage, school life probably sucked
    – Was a total asshole. Something was simply wrong with him, socially, and similarly with his brother, Alex. The awful treatment of all bandmates sets a high standard for bastard behavior
    – Heavy substance-abuse issues, likely related to all of the above

    Valerie Bertinelli:

    – Sure, a cutesy 70s child star, but she actually can act, unlike the majority of celebrity actors
    – Seems to be a decent human being: actually coexisted with Eddie Van Halen for a couple of decades. That is no small accomplishment
    – Seems to get along with co-stars and just about everyone else
    – Made significant efforts to give her son a decent upbringing – kept good relations with Eddie

    It’s really hard to hate either of these people, even though I would cross the street to get away from Eddie Van Halen

16. and cigarettes. Don’t forget cigarettes.

17. A friend of mine went to HS with him, and always held he was an a** even at that age.

18. Back in the day when they got married, my mom said they looked related (siblings). Like they married mirror images, just the opposite sex Lol

19. Extremely important side note, Wolfgang Van Halen makes some pretty phenomenal music. He pulled a Dave Grohl; played every instrument and did vocals for his debut album, one man show. The guys really good and so under appreciated

    Edit: apparently can’t English correctly

20. Didn’t mind spending his money.

21. Here’s a news flash: there’s no such thing as a soulmate. That’s shits childish and hallmark channel.

22. If I could play guitar like that during my youth… ugh… I would not have handled it well.

23. Girl you stepped back into that role – attention /$