Valerie Bertinelli remains to be grappling with the lack of Eddie Van Halen. The 60-year-old actress appeared on the At present present on Monday the place she acquired emotional when requested how she’s doing within the wake of her ex-husband’s loss of life.
“I do not know why I am tearing up,” Bertinelli, who was on the present to share cooking recipes, started. “It’s been tough. Very bittersweet.”
The guitar legend died in October after a years-long battle with most cancers. He was 65. They shared one son, 29-year-old Wolfie, and remained shut through the years.
Bertinelli stated she and Wolfie are “doing OK.”
“We spent the vacations collectively, I’ll see him later in the present day,” the One Day at a Time alum famous. “We’ve been spending lots of time collectively.”
“It’s laborious,” she added. “I’ve gone to textual content [Eddie] a couple of dozen occasions. It’s like, ‘Oh, no, I can not textual content him proper now.’”
Van Halen and Bertinelli had been one of the vital well-liked superstar {couples} within the ‘80s as folks had been fascinated by TV’s “good lady” falling for the “unhealthy boy” rockstar. They had been married 20 years earlier than separating in 2001.
The previous spouses remained shut through the years — even after they each remarried. Van Halen attended Bertinelli’s wedding ceremony to her present husband, Tom Vitale. The actress’s love for her ex was evident within the candy tribute posted after his loss of life.
“40 years in the past my life modified without end once I met you. You gave me the one true gentle in my life, our son, Wolfgang. By way of all of your difficult remedies for lung most cancers, you stored your beautiful spirit and that impish grin. I’m so grateful Wolfie and I had been capable of maintain you in your final moments,” she captioned an previous picture of the household. “I’ll see you in our subsequent life, my love.”
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