Valerie Bertinelli Says She Never Stopped Loving Eddie Van Halen, and She's Done Deleting the Proof

Valerie Bertinelli marked the anniversary of Eddie Van Halen’s death the way a lot of people mark a loss: she posted an old photo and a memory. The two were married from 1981 to 2007, raised son Wolfgang together, and stayed connected long after the marriage ended. Eddie died of cancer in 2020 at 65.

The photo got attention for reasons Valerie didn’t plan on. Some commenters decided she shouldn’t be posting about her ex, and she addressed it head-on in an Instagram video. She said she used to let that kind of pushback convince her to take photos down, but those days are over.“I love Ed. Never stopped loving Ed,”she said, adding that her heart holds room for her son, her daughter-in-law, her mother, her cats, her friends, and any future partner. She also clarified that a later comment of hers had nothing to do with Eddie, so nobody needs to connect dots that aren’t there.

If anything, the whole thing is a reminder that grief and love don’t follow divorce paperwork. You can move forward and still honor what you had. So we want to know: do you think you can love an ex after a divorce? Sound off in the comments.