Valerie Bertinelli has been America's sweetheart since the 1970s when she starred as Barbara
Cooper on the CBS sitcom One Day at a Time.
The wholesome actress threw fans a curveball when she married bad boy rocker Eddie Van
Halen in 1981.
The two stars were married for more than 25 years and had one child together — a son
named Wolfgang Van Halen — before divorcing in 2007.
But even after their split, they remained on friendly terms.
Bertinelli has a reputation for being one of the friendliest — and most relatable
— stars on TV.
The former teen TV sweetheart, who went on to star in the series Touched by an Angel
and Hot in Cleveland, shared her weight struggles as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig.
"I lost 40 pounds over a year and a half ago on Jenny Craig."
Since 2015, Bertinelli has been showing off her cooking skills on the Food Network series
Valerie's Home Cooking.
On the show, she chats it up with celebrity guests such as Betty White, and The Bachelor
alum Colton Underwood.
But there's one celeb Bertinelli will probably never invite on her show — because she thinks
she's the rudest ever.
During an interview on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Bertinelli dished
that pop superstar Christina Aguilera once gave her the cold shoulder.
The incident took place at a Van Halen concert.
Bertinelli told Cohen:
"And I went up to her because she was at a Van Halen concert, and I said, 'Oh my God,
I think you're a beautiful singer,' blah, blah, blah.
And she just went like, 'Yeah, whatever.'
She gave me the cold shoulder."
Bertinelli added that while she has not run into the "Genie in a Bottle" singer again,
she has heard that she hasn't gotten any nicer.
That also wasn't the first time Bertinelli addressed the incident.
In a 2008 radio interview, she revealed she met Aguilera and that the singer was, quote,
"so mean" to her."
Bertinelli added that the singer was too young to be, quote, "blowing people off."
Aguilera seemed to respond to Bertinelli's comments about her with a shady social media
post.
Shortly after Bertinelli's Watch What Happens Live appearance, Aguilera shared a photo of
her recording new music and captioned it,
"In more important news..."
While Valerie Bertinelli may no longer be an Xtina fan, she has also dubbed another
singer as a real jerk.
After rock legend Eric Clapton recently declared that he will not play at venues where proof
of COVID-19 vaccination is required, Bertinelli fired back on social media, according to Guitar
magazine.
The actress shared a throwback photo of her and Eddie Van Halen hanging out with Clapton
back in the day, and called the "Layla" singer a rather profane name in the caption.
Bertinelli didn't elaborate further, but Guitar noted that Clapton made headlines in 1976
for a racist stage rant during a show in Birmingham, England, when he famously declared that England
is, quote, "a white country" and used the phrase, quote, "Keep Britain White."
Clapton has since apologized for the racist outburst and admitted it didn't make sense
given that he has many Black friends in his life.
But the "Cocaine" singer doesn't seem to be backing down on his COVID stance.
Clapton recently released an anti-vax song titled "This Has Gotta Stop."
Bertinelli, on the other hand, took to Twitter last year to note:
"There are two viruses in this country [...] COVID-19 [...] [and systemic] racism."
Bertinelli may have low opinions of Christina Aguilera and Eric Clapton, but luckily for
her, not all Hollywood celebs are on her bad side.
For instance, much of Hollywood stood up for Bertinelli back in July after the TV star
faced backlash over her weight.
After an internet troll decided to point out the star's weight in a hateful comment, Bertinelli
took to Instagram with this tearful message:
"Someone... decided to point out that I needed to lose weight.
Because see, I don't have a scale or I don't have clothes that I'm trying to put on every
day, and I don't have mirrors, so I don't see what's become of me.
[...] You're not being helpful."
Others in Hollywood caught wind of the bullying and stood up for the Food Network star by
lending their support.
Singer Demi Lovato stood by Bertinelli's side, commenting,
"I love you.
You said it yourself, you're already enough...
I'm sorry you had to deal [with] this.
Here for you always."
Talk show host and American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson also stepped in, taking to Twitter
to write,
"True power is recognizing the projection of others negativity & punching it square
n the face w/all the positive, remarkable, intelligent, beautiful light that seeps from
ur pores."
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