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Valerie Bertinelli & Boyfriend Mike Goodnough Split After 10 Months
Valerie Bertinelli and her boyfriend, Mike Goodnough, have called it quits, according to People. “They are no longer in a relationship,” a source told the outlet.
“Valerie and I are the only two people with insight into our relationship. Neither of us pays much attention to chatter among people outside of it,” Goodnough said.
The pair started dating in January 2024. Since the start of their relationship, they’d been dating long-distance. Bertinelli is on the West Coast, while Goodnough is on the East Coast.
Their romance got off the ground in January after they became friends when he commented on one of her Instagram posts a few years ago. They met in person for the first time in March and promised to never go more than three weeks without a visit.
“I thought he was interesting,” she told People back in April. “It was strictly platonic, but there was something about him that I connected with that felt familiar. A comfort level. He felt like a kindred spirit.”
She remembered speaking to the writer, who is 10 years her junior, on the phone for the first time. “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.’ We both had strong feelings, trying not to admit them,” she noted.
The 64-year-old was previously married to rocker Eddie Van Halen. They married in 2001 and had a son, Wolfgang, together. The couple separated in 2001 and divorced in 2007. Despite their split, Bertinelli and Van Halen remained friends. She was by his side when he died in 2020.
In May 2024, the One Day at a Time alum opened up about her relationship with Van Halen. “I was more than willing to put myself in the grieving widow category for a man that I hadn’t lived with for 20 years,” she said on Instagram. “What we had together was this beautiful son that we both unconditionally loved,” she said emotionally. “That’s what I got out of that marriage was Wolfie, the best thing that ever happened to me. Not a soulmate.”
