Valerie Bertinelli took half in a preferred TikTok pattern this week, seemingly in response to a narrative about her in Matthew Perry’s new memoir, Mates, Lovers, and the Huge Horrible Factor.
The actress shared a video lip syncing alongside to Taylor Swift’s Midnights monitor, “Anti-Hero,” that includes the lyrics, “It’s me, hello. I’m the issue, it’s me.”
“Anybody misbehave of their 20s and early 30s?” Bertinelli captioned the clip. “Are you mortified?”
In Perry’s memoir, he detailed having an unrequited crush on Bertinelli whereas the the 2 co-starred within the 1990 sitcom Sydney, through which Bertinelli performed a single lady attempting to make it as a non-public detective in Los Angeles and Perry performed her youthful brother.
“I fell head over heels in love with Valerie Bertinelli, who was clearly in a troubled marriage,” Perry wrote. “My crush was crushing; not solely was she means out of my league, however she was additionally married to one of the vital well-known rock stars on the planet, Eddie Van Halen.”
He continued that one night time, he determined to make a transfer whereas at Bertinelli and Van Halen’s home. “Because the night time progressed, it was clear that Eddie had loved the fruits of the vine just a little too onerous, yet another time, and finally he simply handed out, not ten ft away from us, however nonetheless,” he recalled. “This was my probability! For those who assume I didn’t even have an opportunity in hell you’d be fallacious, pricey reader — Valerie and I had an extended, elaborate makeout session.”
Nevertheless, the subsequent day, Bertinelli “made no point out” of what occurred and was appearing fully regular. “I rapidly received the trace and in addition performed the function I used to be alleged to, however inside I used to be devastated,” Perry wrote, noting that he was relieved when the present was in the end canceled, “and I didn’t need to see Valerie anymore.”
Bertinelli was married to the late rock legend, who died in 2020 at age 65, from 1981 to 2007. The 2 share 31-year-old son, Wolfgang.