Valerie Bertinelli and Son Wolfgang Van Halen Celebrate Her First Thanksgiving Since Her Divorce

Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty for The Recording Academy The Food Network star shared a glimpse of her Turkey Day on Instagram, spending it with her sonWolfgang Van Halenand his fiancée, Andraia Allsop. Bertinelli shared on Instagram that she was enjoying her day of thanks in Milan with family, including her brother, Patrick Bertinelli. She shared a video of a room full of people eating, joking that it was the “Italian way.”

Valerie Bertinelli Appears in Her Last Episode ofKids Baking ChampionshipAfter Exiting the Show

Valerie Bertinelli on Kids Baking Championship.Photo:Food Network/Youtube Food Network/Youtube Valerie Bertinelli’s time onKids Baking Championshiphas come to an end. On Monday night, Food Network aired the final episode of season 12, which saw tween bakerLila Smethurstcrowned the winner of the competition. The finale, shot in summer 2022, was Bertinelli’s last episode since she revealed in January that she won’t be returning to the show for future seasons. The former cooking show host has been with the series since it began in 2015.

Valerie Bertinelli Gave Up Drinking After Using It to 'Numb Emotional Pain': 'I Feel Just High on Life' (Exclusive)

Valerie Bertinelli.Photo:John Russo John Russo “I don’t need anything to amplify my happiness right now,“Valerie Bertinellijoyfully tells PEOPLE for this week’scover story. That includes alcohol. “I feel high just on life,” she says. “I recently went out to dinner with a friend, and I had ginger ale in a wine glass. And it felt like I was celebrating.” The actress andauthor,whose new cookbookIndulgeis out now, hasn’t sworn off drinking entirely (“If I really, really want to have a drink, I will,” she says) but hasn’t had any in recent months.

Valerie Bertinelli Impersonates Elon Musk on Twitter to Make Point About Verification System

Photo: Dominik Bindl/Getty Valerie Bertinellihad some fun at the expense ofElon Musk. The Golden Globe winner, 62, changed her name on Twitter toElon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and now Twitter, to prove that the platform’s new verification system is flawed, despite charging previously verified users $7.99 a month to keep their blue checkmark. “The blue checkmark simply meant your identity was verified. Scammers would have a harder time impersonating you,” Bertinelli tweeted on Saturday, “That no longer applies.

Valerie Bertinelli Is in Love! How the Romance with Her New Man Started Online: ‘My Belly Is Flip-Flopping’ (Exclusive)

“I’m in love,” Bertinelli, 63, tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. “It’s a seesaw of emotions because I was adamant I was never falling in love again." “I was supposed to die with my six cats and my dog,” she adds with a laugh, “and very happily live the rest of my years alone — I’m good alone.” Theformer Food Networkhost is not ready to publicly name her new guy but happily shares, “My belly is flip-flopping.