Valerie Bertinelli doesn’t ‘remember anything about the 80s,' felt 'guilty' for experimental past

Valerie Bertinelli’s representation is simply a small hazy erstwhile it comes to the '80s.

The "One Day astatine a Time" prima appeared connected "The Drew Barrymore Show" Monday, looking backmost connected photos from the decade, including 1 taken pursuing her matrimony to the precocious Eddie Van Halen.

"I look astatine that and I think: ‘That is simply a puffy face, and idiosyncratic who needs to commencement taking attraction of herself,’" she said. 

While looking backmost astatine photos similar the 1 connected the near during an quality connected "The Drew Barrymore Show," Valerie Bertinelli said she hardly remembered the 1980s. (Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

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Bertinelli added, "I mean, that was the ‘80s though. I don’t retrieve that. I don’t retrieve thing astir the ‘80s." 

The erstwhile Food Network big admitted she had immoderate regrets astir immoderate of her behaviour astatine the clip arsenic well.

"For the longest time, I ever felt blameworthy astir the things I experimented with and what I tried erstwhile I was a young girl," she said.

Bertinelli was joined to stone prima Eddie Van Halen from 1981 to 2007. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

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Barrymore mildly teased her, saying she sounded similar "an ABC Afterschool Special," adding she had starred successful 1 called "15 and Getting Straight."

"By the way, I was besides the ‘Just Say No’ miss with Nancy Reagan," she noted, with a intermission earlier saying, "until I conscionable said yes."

Bertinelli said she’s made bid with her past decisions, acknowledging Barrymore has arsenic well.

The ‘One Day astatine a Time’ prima said she's made bid with her past.  (Zach Pagano/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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"Listen, I forgive america [for] each of that," she said. "We coped the mode we knew however to header with a truly challenging, unusual life. And also, we person to commencement giving ourselves grace for conscionable trying to larn done stuff."

"I mean, that was the ‘80s though. I don’t retrieve that. I don’t retrieve thing astir the ‘80s." 

Barrymore agreed, "We wounded ourselves acold much than others."

Bertinelli celebrated a twelvemonth of sobriety earlier this twelvemonth aft doing her archetypal Dry January successful 2024.

Bertinelli celebrated a twelvemonth of sobriety successful January. (Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

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"I person decided to spell Dry January. I similar it truthful far," Bertinelli announced connected her Instagram communicative astatine the time. "I'm doing it for 2 reasons. One, I privation to effort and chopped down the cravings for my sugar. And I deliberation intoxicant exacerbates that."

Secondly, she said, "I privation to calm down the cortisol successful my assemblage that has been raging for the past five, six years. I've been successful fight, flight, freeze, fawn mode. And I privation to spell into remainder and digest," she shared. "I deliberation cutting intoxicant volition assistance maine bash that."

The 64-year-old shared her determination to discontinue intoxicant connected societal media. (Dia Dipasupil/WireImage/Getty Images)

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One period later, Bertinielli was already thrilled with her results, sharing connected TikTok that she had mislaid weight. 

"These jeans that I'm wearing were truthful choky a fewer months agone that I couldn't comfortably fastener them. Now, they're truthful escaped it's clip for maine to spell down a size," she said successful a video astatine the time. 

In 2022, she besides admitted to trying drugs during her matrimony to Van Halen, telling Rob Lowe connected his "Literally" podcast, "I americium a prude now, but I [partook] arsenic good for a fewer years determination until I conscionable couldn't instrumentality it anymore. Cocaine was everywhere and casual to get."