Valerie Bertinelli On Dating Steven Spielberg, Drugs & Cheating

Valerie Bertinelli is dishing about drugs, marriage to and divorce from Eddie Van Halen and dating Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg in her new book "Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time."

Bertinelli taped a segment for Oprah that airs Monday and says this:

"He's a handsome young man, qsn't he? I went up to read for Raiders of the Lost Ark, which I was so wrong for, way too young for... And the next day I got a call and some flowers ... [Spielberg] asked me out. We went out a few times, um, and did more."

In an excerpt from her book she says how his abhorrence of garlic wrecked any chances:

"Even though the tabloids reported that Steven and I had a 'special love,' and 'we were talking about marriage,' we knew it was a fling," writes Bertinelli. "We had too many differences, including age, career status and religion. I met his mother, and I knew he wasn't going to marry someone who wasn't Jewish. And there was the stuff that really matters to me - food. One night, as we made pasta for dinner, I started to chop up garlic and Steven said, 'No. Stop. No garlic.' I stopped all right, but it wasn't because I took direction from him. I thought, 'Are you kidding me? I can't date a guy who won't eat garlic.' "

She also dishes drugs and cheating:

"I cheated," she confessed. "[Ex-husband Eddie Van Halen] claims to this day that I cheated first, but I don't know. I don't know about the timing."

Bertinelli, 47, also admitted to using cocaine during her marriage to Eddie, 53.

"Got to do another bump," she explained to Oprah.

"Another bump?" Oprah asked.

"Of cocaine," Bertinelli clarified.

Valerie is now the spokesperson for Jenny Craig.

Comments

[lovesit]

Well I guess I rather would read about Valarie, then Kirstie Alleys fat arse, ahaha
http://digitalfuntown.squarespace.com/dft-blog/2008/2/26/short-shorts-this-dog-loves-techno.html

[Theda]

I saw Valerie Bertinelli at Whole Foods in Sherman Oaks last year.
She wasn't fat at all. Certainly no more than 10 pounds overweight!
Obviously the Jenny Craig company is playing it safe by having Valerie as their new spokeswoman. She's not going to GAIN 75 pounds the way Kirstie Alley did.
Valerie has never been fat so that puts her way ahead of Kirstie.

[Virago55]

She is still cute as a button at 47 and her new man is HOT. All the best to you Valerie and your son Wolfgang.

[LastDaysCafe]

Maybe a better title for her book would be "Sickeningly Sweet"!

[BPCentrisAmerican]

Valerie Bertinelli looks great, lost a little weight, she is still hot after all these years, good for her.

[NicoleAnonymous]

I don't get it - he married and had children with Kate Capeshaw and she isn't Jewish.

[hollyo]

He divorced Amy Irving who is Jewish (and got millions and millions) It was his turn to acquire the blond shiksa trophy wife whom he also cast in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[gnoice]

Correction: Kate Capshaw was cast in "Temple of Doom". Karen Allen was in "Raiders".

[Theda]

Amy Irving got $100 million in her divorce settlement from Spielberg.

[Pneumaticus]

First Groucho, then Spielberg, and now the Coens. Same old, same old.

[JohnJames]

Bertinelli on Millionaire: 2 + 2 =?. Umm. Oh my God. Oh. Umm. Oh my God. Is it, I don't know, umm, I think, umm maybe, oh my God, is it like maybe 4?

[Whitehouse]

She made the right decision.
Anyone that won't eat garlic has no place on this planet.

[Classof89]

I've always thought that Valerie was cool. And still looks the same. Go, girl!

[sisterdebmac]

I grew up watching Val. Always loved her. The Lifetime movies especially (though most were made for CBS & NBC). She's a terrific actress and she will be back in front of the cameras in no time. I'm glad to see her healthy and back out there. She looks wonderful.

[iluvsam]

I loved her in the role where she played a girl with multiple personality disorder. I can't remember the name of the made for TV movie, but her performance has always stuck with me.

[hiprogloho]

Valerie gets around. Work or play, there is often a special emotional and physical attraction between Jews and Italians.

It's not very often that an actress loses out on a major role and then gets asked out by one of the most powerful men in Hollywood.

[anghiari]

are you kidding it happens all the time. That's how most of those guys meet girls!

[iluvsam]

"Work or play, there is often a special emotional and physical attraction between Jews and Italians"

It's the shared level of Jewish and Catholic guilt.

[hiprogloho]

Valerie gets around. Work or play, there is often a special emotional and physical attraction between Jews and Italians.

It's not very often that an actress loses out on a major role and then gets asked out by one of the most powerful men in Hollywood.

[happycat]

I loved Valerie Bertinelli since I was a little girl watching "One Day at a Time." After that I loved all of the cheesy lifetime movies she made. She has always managed to come across as a very accessible down to earth person. Obviously she has led a very interesting life. I am glad that she feels that she is at a place in her life where she can share some of her stories.

[Mort]

Valerie, you've always been a doll. Now that you're feeling and looking good, it's too bad you've decided to become Steven's actress-du jour. Might wanna talk to Amy, Kate and a few others before you settle in.

[BonnieJW]

She dated Steven before Kate.

[rini]

I don't like certain herbs, ginger, rosemary etc...unless in small quantities.

Garlic, however, I could eat all day, as long as it's not raw.

Poor Steven.