Once certified love birds, Valeria Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen endured a rocky end to their marriage after 26 long years together.

Both would go on to remarry after their divorce in 2007, but if reports are to be believed then the candle of their love for one another never really diminished to the point of going out entirely.

Eddie Van Halen, of course, passed away tragically in 2020 after a years-long fight with cancer. Valerie, who went on to marry Tom Vitale in 2011, was left heartbroken by the loss of her ex-husband, and it would appear she has one lasting regret regarding how she said her goodbyes to the father of her only son.

Interested? Well read on for all the details concerning Bertinelli and van Halen’s long relationship, and the tearful farewell they shared …

Valerie Bertinelli actually met Eddie Van Halen all the way back in 1980, when her brothers invited her to one of his concerts in an effort to help them get backstage.

Bertinelli agreed to go as she thought van Halen was cute, but she could hardly have guessed how their paths would intertwine moving forward. She managed to get backstage that night with her brothers, and described seeing van Halen up close as love at first sight.

As fate would have it, a mere three days later, Valerie got a phone call. It was Eddie Van Halen, of all people, and he wanted to meet up with her.