19 April 2025<\/time>\n <\/p>\nMike Goodnough had a “complicated relationship” with Valerie Bertinelli.<\/p>\n
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Mike Goodnough had a ‘complicated relationship’ with Valerie Bertinelli<\/p>\n
\nThe 54-year-old writer split from Food Network star Valerie, 64, in November 2024 after 10 months of dating, and he has now admitted that their breakup was the “by far the most painful experience” he has ever been through. <\/p>\n
\nHe wrote on Instagram: “Valerie and I had a complicated relationship. Our time as a couple ended months ago, but our close contact only really ended recently. So, it is more \u2018fresh\u2019 than it would seem.<\/p>\n
\n“In trying to be a couple, an endless number of things got in the way. Almost all of them were \u201cexternal.\u201d They were things outside of our relationship per se which nonetheless interfered.<\/p>\n
\n“The one thing that was never an issue was our love for each other. I loved Valerie more than I\u2019ve ever loved someone in a relationship of choice. (My love for my son is a whole different thing)<\/p>\n
\n“As a result, the dissolution of our relationship and way it played out has been by far the most painful experience of my life. It has been so acutely agonizing, it has entirely changed the scale of how much heartbreak can hurt. What was once a 10 is now a four.<\/p>\n
\nMike added that he wanted himself and Valerie to have a “gentle parting” from one another but he couldn’t make that happen and he has “cried enough” tears about the situation at this point. <\/p>\n
\nHe said: “Over the last few months, I had hoped we\u2019d find a way to a gentle parting rather than a closed door but couldn\u2019t seem to get us to one. I reached out again this week in that hope. No answer is an answer though. I accept it.<\/p>\n
\n“With that said, this chapter is now closed for me.<\/p>\n
\n“I won\u2019t have anything more to say about it – and nothing I have to say w”ill be about it.<\/p>\n
\n“I\u2019ve cried about this enough. It\u2019s time to move on.”<\/p>\n
\nValerie – who was initially married to late rock star Eddie Van Halen from 1981 until 2007 – split from Tom Vitale, 61, in 2022 after more than a decade of marriage and after her split from Mike, admitted that she feels “shame” when she messes things up.<\/p>\n
\nShe wrote on Instagram: “I think about mistakes I\u2019ve made in relationships a lot.<\/p>\n
\n“I\u2019ve been on both sides of this and I think I finally have some perspective, so I thought I\u2019d share.<\/p>\n
\n“When you feel hurt and wronged and know you deserve an apology but are being stonewalled by your partner because they\u2019re feeling shame, maybe this can shift your thinking.<\/p>\n
\nAre you only pointing out what they\u2019re doing wrong, being hypercritical, and expecting them to just fix it? That could be making things worse.<\/p>\n
\n“Change, real change, never happens through criticism, shame, or pressure. They most likely already feel all that. (I know when I f*** up, oof, do I feel shame.”<\/p>\n
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