Valerie Bertinelli admits Eddie Van Halen was 'not a soulmate,' marriage declined into drugs, infidelity

Valerie Bertinelli is getting honorable astir her narration pinch her late ex-husband, Eddie Van Halen.

The 64-year-old character first met nan iconic rocker successful 1980, erstwhile she was 20, and he was 26, and nan brace tied nan knot a twelvemonth later. Bertinelli and Van Halen, who shared boy Wolfgang Van Halen, separated successful 2001 and made their divorcement charismatic successful 2007.

On Thursday, Bertinelli sewage candid astir their matrimony while sharing her guidance to Wolfgang's section of "Behind nan Music," which was released connected Wednesday.

"I was yet capable to watch Wolfie's ‘Behind nan Music.’ It was not easy," she admitted successful an affectional Instagram video. "I'd stopped it galore times because it was conscionable excessively sadistic to watch for galore reasons."'

Valerie Bertinelli was candid astir her matrimony to Eddie Van Halen. (Getty)

Bertinelli continued, "One, seeing Wolfie's pain. Two, seeing what a amended occupation I could person done arsenic a genitor moreover though he turned retired magnificently. I made a batch of mistakes."

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"And three, seeing what I had turned of Ed's and my narration — into immoderate benignant of fantasy, soulmate recreation of history," the "One Day astatine a Time" alum said.

"I fell successful emotion pinch him erstwhile I was 20, and it quickly declined into narcotics and intoxicant and infidelity. Nothing that makes you consciousness loved and wanted and cared for. Nothing that would shriek soulmate, that's for sure."

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"But aft Ed died, I was much than consenting to put myself successful nan grieving widow class for a man that I hadn't lived pinch for 20 years," Bertinelli shared while tearing up. "What we had together was this beautiful boy that we some unconditionally loved."

"That's what I sewage retired of that matrimony was Wolfie, nan champion point that ever happened to me," she concluded. "Not a soulmate."

Van Halen, who co-founded nan legendary stone set Van Halen pinch his relative Alex Van Halen, died successful October 2020 at nan property of 65 aft a agelong conflict pinch pharynx cancer. 

Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen were joined from 1981 to 2007. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

On Thursday, Wolfgang, who is Van Halen and Bertinelli's only child, shared nan trailer for his section of "Behind nan Music."

"I had nan grant of being asked to show my communicative connected ‘Behind The Music,’" Wolfgang wrote successful a station that he shared connected X.

He continued, "It was difficult, but besides incredibly cathartic being capable to bespeak connected my experiences, nan unthinkable group I’m blessed to person successful my life and astir importantly, my enslaved pinch my father. I don’t usually talk truthful openly astir things, truthful this was caller for me."

"Thank you to [executive producer] Alex Castino for making nan process arsenic easy and arsenic comfortable arsenic imaginable and convey you to Behind The Music and @paramountplus for deciding that my communicative is worthy telling."

The charismatic explanation for nan section reads, "Wolfgang Van Halen reveals his communicative that’s wrought pinch trauma, perseverance and immense talent. Born to guitar deity Eddie Van Halen and character Valerie Bertinelli, Wolfgang instantly became bound to music." 

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It continued, "As he developed his ain sound, Wolfgang turned to his solo project, Mammoth WVH, earlier calamity struck. Eddie's decease rocked his son's world, but Wolfgang solidified his euphony profession pinch a sound each of his ain while continuing to grant his father's legacy."

After parting ways, Van Halen and Bertinelli remained close. Bertinelli was a impermanent astatine nan musician's 2009 nuptials erstwhile he wed his 2nd wife, Janie Liszewski, and Van Halen attended nan actress's wedding erstwhile she joined her 2nd husband, Tom Vitale, successful 2011.

Eddie Van Halen died astatine nan property of 65 successful October 2020. (C Flanigan/WireImage)

In her 2022 memoir "Enough Already: Learning to Love nan Way I americium Today," Bertinelli elaborate her analyzable narration pinch Van Halen.

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"I loved Ed much than I cognize really to explain," nan Golden Globe victor wrote. "I loved his soul."

"I hated nan narcotics and nan alcohol, but I ne'er hated him," Bertinelli admitted. "I saw his pain."

Bertinelli described really she and Wolfgang spent each time pinch Van Halen astatine nan infirmary successful nan last weeks of Van Halen’s life.

The precocious rocker shared boy Wolfgang Van Halen pinch Valerie Bertinelli. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

"’I emotion you’ are nan last words Ed says to Wolfie and me," she wrote. "And they are nan past words we opportunity to him earlier he stops breathing."

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Earlier this month, Bertinelli told People mag that she realized that she and Van Halen would ne'er person reconciled contempt nan emotion they shared.

"I continued for years to rewrite nan facts successful my caput and build them into immoderate benignant of fantasy," she said. "But now I cognize we were ne'er going to get backmost together. We were becoming kinder souls to 1 another. Our enslaved was nan unconditional emotion we had for our son."