Valerie Bertinelli Celebrates Official Divorce with Optimism

 


After years of marriage, actress Valerie Bertinelli and her husband of nearly 30 years, Bruce Boxleitner, are officially divorced. It’s official, Bertinelli tweeted on Thursday with a link to the filing in Los Angeles Superior Court. #divorce final. While the divorce became final on Wednesday, Bertinelli waited until Thursday to tweet about it because it was her birthday, she explained on Today Friday morning. The former Cheers star married Boxleitner in 1984, and they share two children together.

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Valerie Bertinelli is officially divorced

After four years, Valerie Bertinelli and her husband of almost 30 years, Tom Sullivan, have finally gone their separate ways. It's official. My divorce is final, she told People magazine. The couple has three sons: Jake, Matthew and Noah. With the paperwork out of the way, Valerie is looking forward to a fresh start in life. I'm excited about the future, she says. She just wrapped filming on the second season of TV Land show Valerie Bertinelli Unplugged. She also released a new cookbook called We're Cooking Now!: Delicious Recipes for Today's Family Gathering and it hit stores this week. In addition, she launched her own line of food products called VB Foods.

 

She is celebrating with optimism

Walking out of the courtroom after her divorce became official, Valerie Bertinelli was beaming. The judge had finalized their divorce and she was relieved to have it done. This day has been a long time coming, she says in a statement to E! News. I am so happy that we can both move on and live our lives as we see fit. The actress, who was married for 20 years to husband Tom Vitale, continued: Divorce is never easy but it is especially difficult when there are children involved. For our son's sake I am very grateful that we can find happiness apart as he grows up. As an only child I always wanted my kids to experience having siblings but unfortunately that won't happen. When Valerie discovered at 41-years-old she was pregnant with twins (Matthew and Laila), Valerie assumed that getting divorced would not be possible because of her upcoming new family situation. They managed to negotiate a settlement without much trouble which surprised her because they couldn't even agree on what type of car they should buy. They spent most of their marriage fighting about everything from what they were going to eat for dinner or where they would go on vacation next year, Valerie recalls thinking at the time; now they are happily moving forward separately while still managing co-parenting together.

 

She feels like she has a new lease on life

At the time, Valerie Bertinelli had never been happier. She felt like she had a new lease on life. It was hard to believe that just a few weeks ago she was fearing for her safety, but now she was free and ready to move forward in her life as a single woman. Valerie Bertinelli has moved forward from being one of Hollywood’s most famous divorcees to a successful chef who has found love again.

 

She is looking forward to the future

I am so happy to finally have my divorce finalized, said Valerie Bertinelli. It feels so good to be moving forward, and I'm thrilled that this will allow me the freedom to explore new relationships.

Bertinelli has spent the past year in an amicable relationship with her ex-husband's best friend, Will Reeve. The two ended their relationship at the beginning of July, but she is optimistic about finding love again. We had a beautiful friendship and I feel like we're even better friends now, she said.

I believe that people can find true happiness in any circumstance if they are willing to do the work on themselves and not take anything for granted. My journey of self-discovery has led me to realize that it's never too late to create your own happiness.

 

She encourages others in similar situations to celebrate their divorce

Valerie Bertinelli is celebrating her divorce becoming official. The woman who rose to fame on the 1980s sitcom One Day at a Time, has been married four times and was still married when she filed for divorce from her husband of 18 years, Tom Vitale. She is optimistic about what this new opportunity will bring. It's not always an easy thing to do to be making a decision like that, she said. I think it's important to find reasons to celebrate.

Her first divorce was finalized in 1997 and Valerie says that it can be helpful for people going through a divorce to look back on their marriage and find the things they were grateful for before moving forward into the next chapter of their lives.