Valerie Bertinelli told Hoda Kotb that after splitting up with Tom Vitale, she didn't see herself looking for love anymore. So instead, Valerie Bertinelli embraces a lonely life.
The 62-year-old actress and Food Network host explained that she has no plans to remarry after filing for divorce from her husband Tom Vitale, who was ten until she met Hoda Cott on the Today show.
"I would be so much than happy to have a happy divorce and spend the rest of my life alone," Bertinelli said Thursday. "I would love to. Well, with my six cats, my dog ​​, my son, and hopefully someday grandchildren."
When asked if he ever saw each other looking for love again, Bertinelli doubled down. "Oh my God, no," he said.
"Because of the challenges I'm going through now, divorce sucks. I can't imagine trusting anyone to let him into my life again. So I have some confidence issues that I believe we must overcome," added Bertinelli.
The Hot in Cleveland star file for legal divorce from Vitale, 58, in November, citing "irreconcilable differences," and then changed her divorce filing in May.
Vitale last Thursday requested that he be provided with spousal support in documents submitted to Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by PEOPLE. He also tried to stop Bertinelli from claiming the couple's aid and questioning the validity of their marriage contract. Bertinelli marry Vitale, a financial planner, in 2011 during a New Year's ceremony at his house on the rock in Malibu after they had dated for several years. They were introduced by their brother Patrick.
The One Day at a Time alum married Eddie Van Halen from 1981 to 2007 and has a 31-year-old son, Wolfgang. Eddie died of a stroke in October 2020 at 65 after battling throat and lung cancer.
Bertinelli said he said goodbye to Eddie's "soul mate" in his memoir Enough Is Enough: Learned To Love The Way I Am Today and published his excerpts exclusively in the January issue of news. However, she admits to news that her love for Eddie did not play a role in the decision to break up with Vitale.
