Inside Valerie Bertinelli’s New Relationship: See Her Vulnerable Instagram Post and Healing Journey
Plus, how the celebrity chef and actress left toxicity behind her
Valerie Bertinelli is happier than ever, and it may be thanks to her exciting new relationship. The celebrity chef and actress has been open about her journey to love and romance, and shared a vulnerable Instagram post on June 25 of her man, Mike Goodnough. The pair started dating in March of 2024, and Bertinelli admitted to being in love after thinking she’d never experience the feeling again. Keep reading to see what she said in the post and how her relationship has blossomed.
Valerie Bertinelli’s Instagram post about her relationship
Bertinelli took to Instagram on June 25 to open up about her relationship with Goodnough. The post included a sweet picture of him looking relaxed, and the actress included an emotional caption about putting herself back out there.
Bertinelli revealed in the post that she began her healing journey at the end of 2022 before her divorce from Tom Vitale was finalized. She shared with followers that being “vulnerable and authentic” were two things she had worked on and wanted to accomplish.
However, she pointed out that healing from a toxic relationship isn’t linear, and triggers still remain under the surface. Ultimately, she had to adjust to the idea of “learning to trust again after having that trust destroyed is not an easy thing,” she wrote.
Bertinelli went on to praise her relationship with Goodnough and shouted out both his supportive and physical attributes.
See the post below:
Valerie Bertinelli and Mike Goodnough’s relationship timeline
Goodnough is a lifestyle writer who mainly posts to his Substack, Hoarse Whispering. There, he shares thoughts about life, his experience being a father and different events throughout his life. It was also the platform where he announced his relationship with Bertinelli.
The pair met online and had talked for a couple of years, keeping their interactions strictly platonic. However, things heated up after a phone conversation in January, ultimately leading them to couple up. Bertinelli announced that she was in a new relationship in March, but kept Goodnough’s identity a secret at first.
Bertinelli and Goodnough shared their first public appearance in April when they attended the Daytime Emmy Awards. Shortly after that, Goodnough shared his heartfelt feelings in a post on Substack.
“I am Valerie Bertinelli’s boyfriend… and that may well be among the most surreal sentences I’ve ever pecked out. But it’s true… and nothing about our actual relationship seems surreal. It just seems… good… lucky… a gift,” he wrote.
Valerie Bertininelli’s previous relationships
From Bertinelli’s post, it’s clear that she’s so happy and in love. However, the chef had previous relationships prior to finding Goodnough.
Before Goodnough, the author was married to businessman Vitale for more than a decade. The two of them met in 2004, got engaged in 2010 and tied the knot in 2011. Her divorce was finalized in November of 2022 and she posted to X (formerly known as Twitter) that it was the “second best day of my life.”
She was previously married to Eddie Van Halen, tying the knot in 1981, but they divorced in 2007. They shared a son, Wolfgang, who’s now a 31-year-old musician.
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