Valerie Bertinelli Breaks Silence on Mike Goodnough Breakup

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Valerie Bertinelli doesn't need to take her breakup with Mike Goodnough one day at a time.

In fact, the Hot in Cleveland alum said she's "irreversibly changed by him for the better" despite their split.

"I know I am becoming a much stronger and more benevolent human for having met him and spent time with him," she wrote on Instagram March 3. "I look at life with a different perspective and caring because of my experiences and conversations with him. And he's been a big part of helping me heal from some old childhood wounds I never knew what to do with or even where to start."

Though the two are "no longer a couple," Valerie said the writer—whose The Hoarse Whisperer account on X, formerly Twitter, has over 360,000 followers—will "hold a very special place" in her heart.

"Before I had the pleasure of meeting Mike, I was initially and immediately attracted to his writing. It’s heartfelt, authentic, smart, funny, sensitive, caring, and from the soul," she shared. "And as luck would have it, the human being in person is exactly as heartfelt, authentic, sensitive and caring as his writing."

The 64-year-old added of her ex, "I feel so lucky to have gotten to know him, and to really see him and soak up his insights. I value all of our long conversations and they have lead me to interesting and fascinating places I rarely thought to go."

Valerie started dating Mike in early 2024, roughly two years after her 2022 divorce from Tom Vitale. (She was also married to the late Eddie Van Halen—with whom she 33-year-old son Wolfgang Van Halen—from 1981 to 2007.)

She and Mike met online years prior, but began a long-distance relationship after speaking to each other on the phone. As Valerie put it, "We both had strong feelings, trying not to admit them."

"I was very guarded, as was he," she told People last year. "His voice had the most beautiful timbre. I was like ‘Oh, I can’t talk to this man right now because that’s really sexy.’"

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While the couple initially established a "three-week rule" where they "never go longer than that without seeing each other," Valerie admittedly found it tough to keep up as the months went on.

"The summer has been booked full," she told the outlet in July. "It is challenging."

And even though their romance fizzled out, the One Day at a Time actress is looking at it as a learning experience.

"I think sitting in discomfort, it can be a really challenging and hard thing to do," she said in a February appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show. "But it's super powerful."

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