{"id":5851,"date":"2025-11-13T00:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T00:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=5851"},"modified":"2025-11-13T00:53:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T00:53:19","slug":"valerie-bertinelli-admits-she-tested-positive-and-fans-are-shocked-by-what-she-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=5851","title":{"rendered":"Valerie Bertinelli Admits She Tested Positive \u2014 and Fans Are Shocked by What She Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Actress and TV host <strong>Valerie Bertinelli<\/strong>, beloved for her warmth and honesty, recently made a surprising confession that left fans stunned. During a candid conversation, the <em>One Day at a Time<\/em> and <em>Food Network<\/em> star opened up about a personal experience she\u2019d kept private until now \u2014 admitting she <strong>tested positive<\/strong>, but not for what most people expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 64-year-old star revealed that she tested positive for something emotional rather than medical \u2014 <strong>toxic self-talk and guilt<\/strong> she\u2019d been carrying for years. After decades in the spotlight, struggling with public scrutiny about her body, image, and relationships, Valerie explained that she realized she\u2019d been \u201cinfected\u201d by the negativity she allowed herself to believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI tested positive for self-criticism, for letting other people\u2019s opinions define me,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s time to recover from that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her raw honesty resonated with millions of fans who\u2019ve followed her through heartbreak, loss, and rebirth. After her split from Tom Vitale and her emotional reflections on losing her ex-husband, <strong>Eddie Van Halen<\/strong>, Valerie has emerged stronger than ever \u2014 embracing peace, forgiveness, and self-love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI finally stopped chasing perfection,\u201d she said. \u201cNow I\u2019m chasing peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her confession wasn\u2019t about illness \u2014 it was about <strong>healing<\/strong>. And for countless fans who\u2019ve struggled with the same battles, Valerie\u2019s words were a powerful reminder that the hardest tests in life often don\u2019t come from a doctor\u2019s office \u2014 they come from within.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress and TV host Valerie Bertinelli, beloved for her warmth and honesty, recently made a surprising confession that left fans stunned. During a candid conversation, the One&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}