VALERIE Bertinelli has a new man in her life.
She debuted her boyfriend on her Instagram and fans gushed over the photo.
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Valerie, 63, cuddled up next to Mike Goodnough in the picture posted on Saturday morning.
“I’ll drink what you think and I’m high from smokin’ your jokes all damn night @therealhorase,” she captioned the post.
The lyrics are from Taylor Swift‘s new song, So High School off of her 11th studio album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: The Anthology, which dropped on April 19.
The couple wore matching black glasses and smiled for the camera.
Valerie had her hand on Mike’s shoulder and rested her head on his arm.
Mike, 53, is a writer from the East Coast who goes by the name Hoarse Whisperer.
This is the first time Valerie has posted Mike to her social media.
The author subtly posted Valerie on his Instagram earlier this month when he shared a photo of him reading People magazine on a plane with Valerie on the cover.
‘SO HAPPY!’
Fans were so excited that the couple made their relationship Instagram official.
They commented on the photo how much of a perfect match Valerie and Mike are.
“This photo is pure joy,” one fan wrote.
“Hot damn!! Now that is a perfect match. Congratulations,” said another.
“You look great together,” added a third.
“Your joy gives me joy,” said another.
Valerie Bertinelli’s Relationship Timeline
Before Mike, Valerie has been married twice and has had other notable relationships
According to Paul Shaffer’s autobiography, he went on a “few fun dates” with Valerie when she was 16 and he was 27
Valerie married Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen in 1981
Together, they had a son named Wolfgang
Valerie and Eddie separated in 2001 and December 2007
However, they remained amicable and she was at his bedside when he died in 2020
Valerie began dating financial planner Tom Vitale in 2004
They got engaged in May 2010 and married in January 2011
They separated in 2021 and a finalized their divorce in 2022
On April 20, 2024, Valerie went Instagram official with her new boyfriend, writer Mike Goodnough, who uses the pen name The Hoarse Whisperer
“So happy you both found each other,” a fan commented.
“You look so happy!!! Both of you. This feels right for you, Valerie,” one last fan said.
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
Valerie was seen out with her new man earlier this month, but fans thought it was her body guard.
On Wednesday, the One Day at a Time star walked with him after she left the set of The Drew Barrymore Show in New York City.
She wore a tight green satin dress and an oversized black jacket.
Valerie’s brunette hair was curled and she completed her look with black thick-framed glasses.
She walked through the rain while a staff member covered her with an umbrella.
Another man stood, now known to be Mike, walked beside her on the sidewalk.
He wore a casual outfit of green camo pants, black sneakers, baseball cap, and a zipped up black jacket, which made him look like a bodyguard.
They did not seem to interact on the walk, but at one point, Mike placed a hand on Valerie’s back.
The fan uploaded the photo via Instagram Threads and captioned the it “Hiding in plain sight.”
“No idea who the security guy is but you look great.”
‘THOUGHTFUL AND KIND’
Valerie opened up about dating Mike on the talk show.
“He was not supposed to come into my life and here he is, he’s 10 years younger,” she said, without giving a name.
“He would like to think he’s complicated and brooding, but he’s thoughtful and kind and ridiculously talented.”
“‘He’s an amazing writer. He’s gorgeous, like so hot. He does it for me. We all have our type, like he’s just hot,” she went on.
The Hot in Cleveland actress told Drew that she first followed the writer on X, formerly Twitter, in 2016 or 2017.
“‘He has a really amazing Twitter following. He’s very funny, very acerbic, and political at that time. And I started following him. I was like, ‘There’s something about this guy, I got to know more about him’,” Valerie gushed.
The actress said that she got butterflies when she followed him, despite him not following her back for two years.
They then followed one another on Instagram and began exchanging DMs years later.
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