Valerie Bertinelli Confidently responded to critics who Body shame After posting a selfie in her lingerie on social media.
On Monday (December 2), the 64-year-old… One time a day shared an intimate message about the star The body Positivity But Instagramas she posed for a mirror selfie wearing a black two-piece underwear set.
“Sometime I’ll talk about the craziness my body has been through this year,” she began in the caption. “But right now every lump, bump, wrinkle, and wrinkled part of me feels the acceptance and simple appreciation of standing in front of a mirror in a Manhattan hotel bathroom late on a Monday night.”
Bertinelli’s post received an outpouring of support from her followers, as many thanked her for encouraging them to love their bodies. However, her photo has also been the target of several crude remarks from people trying to break her confidence.
Instead, the Golden Globe winner followed up her post with another message, calling out critics who continue to judge her personality.
“First, for those of you who felt a connection to my previous post and identified with what I was talking about, (focusing on self-acceptance and self-love) Empowering to focus), thank you and thank you. Please,” he wrote in his post Instagram The post was shared on Tuesday.
“I see you. We’re in this together,” Bertinelli continued. “To all of you who judge my body, the photo, and my reason for posting it, I hope you find the space in your heart to not look at yourself as harshly as you do others. Let’s decide.
“I’ve dealt with judgment my whole life since I was a little girl. It’s taken me a long time to realize that my judgment, along with patience, is the only judgment that counts. Hot in Cleveland said the star. “I have no control over anyone else’s decision and I have no interest now. Finally.”
She added: “It took me almost three years of emotional labor to get to this point mentally and the first eight months of this year I suffered a physical setback. I don’t care what you think about my body. I don’t care what you think about my post about it.
Bertinelli admits that she “hated” her body when she was in her 20s.
“Yes, it was very different from the body I live in now, but it still hadn’t gone through the journey I needed to go through,” she noted. “Even as hard as it was and is, I’m grateful for this journey and I wouldn’t trade that body for my 20-year-old body any day. Ever.”
In May, Bertinelli opened up about another personal topic to her Instagram followers. He It is revealed that she knows her ex-husband. Eddie Van Halen – with whom she welcomed her 33-year-old son Wolfgang Van Halen – was not her “soulmate”.
In his post, the actor admitted that his relationship with the late rocker, who died in 2020, was somewhat of a whirlwind romance. Although they had been together for more than 26 years, Bertinelli said their 20-year-old love “precipitously descended into drugs, alcohol and infidelity” after their initial honeymoon.
Eventually, it became clear that these behaviors did not “soulmate scream.”
Bertinelli and Van Halen tied the knot in 1981. They announced they were separating in 2001 before they officially divorced in 2007. The couple announced their separation in 2022..