Both married for the second time, but their love seemed to have never faded. Eddie Van Halen passed away in 2020, following a lengthy fight with cancer.
Valerie Bertinelli expressed her regrets after bidding goodbye to her only son’s father. Here’s all you need to know about Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen’s parting and relationship.
Bertinelli met Van Halen in 1980 when her brothers asked her to his show to assist them in getting backstage. She chose to go due to she thought Van Halen was cute and saw a photo of him on an 8-track cassette.
Bertinelli stated that it was love at first sight when she arrived backstage with her brothers and saw Van Halen. Bertinelli received a phone call three days later from van Halen, inviting her to meet him.
They never split again after they went out. Despite van Halen’s bad-boy image, Bertinelli treated him as a gentleman and made sure they slept in separate rooms when they initially started dating.
On April 11, 1981, the couple married, and van Halen stated in an interview that despite being out late and drinking, he would never cheat on his wife with groupies.
Wolfgang, named after the great classical musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was born in 1990 to the parents. There were allegations that they always battled throughout their first few years of marriage.
The pair, though, remained together and attempted to make their marriage work. Bertinelli and Halen began to resemble each other and even mimic one other’s motions.
After 20 years of marriage and one kid, the couple separated in October 2001. They divorced in 2007, and Bertinelli disclosed the actual cause for the split a year later.
Bertinelli and van Halen opted to divorce due to their kid, in addition to the adultery that plagued their marriage. The couple no longer regarded each other with affection, and they didn’t want their kid to witness it.
They desired to show him how two individuals who loved themselves should treat one another. She gained one of the most valuable lessons after their divorce.
Bertinelli learnt to forgive because she recognized that she once loved Van Halen enough to want to spend the rest of her life with him, and it couldn’t have been that bad to discover that one bit of love inside her.
She also wished that when Van Halen married again and wanted to start a new life, he would take the time to marry somebody he regarded as a buddy rather than someone he couldn’t keep his hands off.
Bertinelli is a delighted mom who yelled when her kid was nominated for the 2022 Grammy Awards. Wolfgang’s homage to his late father, “Distance,” has been nominated for Best Rock Song.
Bertinelli and Van Halen both remarried following their divorce. Bertinelli married Tom Vitale, a financial advisor and entrepreneur, on January 1, 2011.
On June 27, 2009, Halen married his three-year girlfriend, stuntwoman and wrestling manager Janie Liszewski. Bertinelli attended their wedding, and their kid served as ring bearer.
Bertinelli filed for divorce from Vitale on November 24, 2021, claiming irreconcilable differences as the basis. Bertinelli is not seeking spousal support because they have no children together.
Halen died on October 6, 2020, at the age of 65, following a long and tough fight with throat cancer. Wolfgang announced the news on Twitter, stating his dad was the finest parent he could possibly have.
— Wolfgang Van Halen (@WolfVanHalen) October 6, 2020
Prior to his death, Halen kept his disease a secret and frequently travelled to Germany for specialist treatment. Halen was hospitalized in 2019 owing to difficulties with cancer medicines.
While in Germany for treatment, he bought Bertinelli a pendant-sized gold bar and presented it to her on Thanksgiving Day in 2019.
He got her the gift to show her how much he loved her and how much he wrecked their marriage. Bertinelli also admitted to having contributed to their difficulties.
Bertinelli, on the other hand, adored Halen for reasons she couldn’t put into words since she adored his spirit. After their divorce, the couple remained pals and supported each other through good and bad times.
Bertinelli and Wolfgang spent every day in the hospital with Halen and his loved ones in the final weeks of his life. In his last moments, Wolfgang and Bertinelli were also present.
He informed them both that he loved them before he died. These were his final remarks. Bertinelli, on the other hand, regretted not getting too close to Halen when he was unwell.
They were both married at the time, and their relationships were in trouble. Bertinelli also realized there was little hope of them reconciling, yet if one of them had opened up, the other would have followed suit, and she didn’t want to enter into that.
Bertinelli turned to social media after his death to explain that meeting Halen impacted her life for good. She was also thankful for their son, whom she referred to as her “one real light.”
Bertinelli was still struggling to adjust to her new normal months after his death. She called their relationship “complicated,” yet she only recalls “the best” of him.
She recalls the lovely times she experienced with Halen more than the difficult ones. Bertinelli wishes to live on via their kid, as Halen’s memories do for them both.
Bertinelli and Wolfgang celebrated Halen’s 66th birthday, and she looked toward a future life where they would see him again.
Bertinelli constantly reminded herself, as she moved through the phases of sorrow, that sadness might be a learning. She also advised her supporters to learn a lot from their pain and to be patient with themselves.
