Valerie Bertinelli admitted that “cocaine was everywhere” and “easy to get” during her life with the late Eddie Van Halen in the 1980s.
The 61-year-old actress married the rock star in 1981 and divorced him in 2007 after his addictions took a toll on their marriage.
She discussed their drug use in the podcast literally! With Rob Lowe, where Rob himself also touched on his history of substance abuse and remarked that he and Valerie were “lucky we got off track.”
What they were: Valerie Bertinelli admitted that “cocaine was everywhere” and “easy to get” during her days with the late Eddie Van Halen in the 1980s.
While Valerie and Eddie were together, she was introduced to the drug-fueled orbit of his world famous band Van Halen.
However, Valerie, the star of the sitcom One Day at a Time, was not fully integrated into the scene, because as soon as Ed and I became involved, there was suddenly a rule that there were no girlfriends or wives on the road. ‘
She joked that the group “wasn’t interested in food, that’s for sure” and added, “Well, I’m a prude now, but I also ate food for a few years until I just couldn’t take it anymore.” [sic]”, noting: “Cocaine was everywhere, everywhere, and it was easy to get it.”
Rob, who became a movie star in the 1980s on Snotty, admitted that “we all” used cocaine at the time, as “it was before the bill was due and we just didn’t know.”
As seen in 1996, when Valerie and Eddie were together, she was introduced to the drug-fuelled orbit of his world famous band Van Halen.
He recalled that “People said it’s good for you – it helps you think – and on the other hand, that’s what the ‘successful’ people in our industry do. So it was with all the people you admired.
Rob retorted that if “you’re Eddie Van Halen, what do you think Keith Richards did?” You know, if I’m a young actor, I don’t want to give a name, but several names, I know what these actors have been up to, and you’re like, “Well, if that’s enough for that… then that’s enough for me, right?”
Valerie eventually “got tired of hating birds chirping after a while, because I got to the point where when I heard birds chirping, I just got so tense.” And it took me years to enjoy the sunrise and the chirping of the birds.”
Rob’s debauched 1980s lifestyle caught up with him after a sex video surfaced showing him with two girls in Georgia, where he was campaigning for Michael Dukakis.
Long marriage: Eddie and Valerie are pictured together in Los Angeles in 2001, six years before their divorce and seven years before he sobered up.
He was 24 and one of the girls was 16, meaning she was already the age of consent in Georgia, but too young to legally appear in a sex tape.
Rob, who allegedly met her at a nightclub and assured her that he considered her an adult, managed to avoid prosecution and settle the lawsuit with the girl’s family.
Two years after recording, which resulted in a major scandal that almost destroyed his career, Rob entered a rehabilitation center for alcoholism and has remained sober ever since.
He told Valerie on his podcast that “We’re lucky we got off track. You know, because many people follow this to the end.
Here it is: Valerie made candid remarks to Rob Lowe, who is pictured at an Alliance for Children’s Rights event this Wednesday.
His theory is that “it’s better to love to break and burn than never to have one, than to be gradually boiled alive by it, like a frog, you know, one of those frogs that constantly raises the temperature of the water, it will allow you to boil alive, because Do not understand?
Rob claimed that “this is what I think happens to a lot of people who can ‘dabble in recreational things’ and do their own thing, but they never actually do it – the piper is never paid and so they keep doing it.” do, and then they, you know, they’re 60, 60+, 70, and wonder why their life is terrible.”
Eddie’s addiction took the form of loneliness – while the rest of Van Halen enjoyed wild after-show nights, he indulged in vodka and cocaine alone in a hotel.
He eventually sobered up in 2008, a year after his divorce from Valerie was finalized, but he died in late 2020 at the age of 65 after battling throat cancer.
Recall when: Rob, who became a movie star in the 1980s in “Jerker”, admitted that “we all” used cocaine during that era; he is depicted in the 1985 film Saint Elmo’s Fire.
“I didn’t drink at the party. Alcohol and cocaine were personal things to me,” he told Billboard years after he retired to the van.
“I would use them for work. A beat keeps you awake, and alcohol lowers your inhibitions. I’m sure there were musical things that I would not have tried if I had not been in such a mental state, ”he shared with the publication.
Valerie told Rob, “Well, I guess we all have a set of tools that we turn to when we need to suppress any emotions we don’t want to feel, any pain we don’t want to feel, and I know that the box with Ed’s instruments were full of drugs and alcohol.”
She explained, “My toolbox was full of food that I thought was love, but I abused it and thought it was the enemy for a long time. And with Ed, it was drugs and alcohol, and it took him a very, very long time to just not use them to deal with his pain. Toward the end of his life, his pain was incredibly acute, and he was very vulnerable because of it.
Sincerity: Valerie told Rob that Eddie’s “toolkit” for “managing his pain” was “full of drugs and alcohol” and her “food kit”; they are pictured together in 1981
Valerie, who had a friendly relationship with her ex-husband after the divorce, said: “And I’m grateful that he was able to make amends with so many people he loved and knew he didn’t treat as well as he did himself.” I would like to.
She continued, “Because his heart is, oh my God! This man’s heart was so kind and so sweet, and he just wanted to do good, and then this demon came in that, you know, wouldn’t let him be just Ed. It was hard to watch.”
In retrospect, she considered herself also “too immature”. I was too immersed in my own world to know how to help.”
Valerie, who has a 30-year-old son named Wolf with Eddie, said: “I was a kid! We were 20 when I got married. It’s crazy.’
Sincerity: Valerie, who has a 30-year-old son named Wolf with Eddie, said: “I was a kid! We were 20 when I got married’; she is pictured in January on the Today show