- Tim Vitale and Valeria Bertinelli made headlines in May 2022 after the actress filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday 12th May 2022, based on irreconcilable differences
- Before, filing the divorce, the couple initially separated in December 2019 and filed for legal separation in November 2021
- They got married in January 2011 and do not have any children together, however, they have kids from their earlier marriages
Tom Vitale and Valerie Bertinelli divorce news started trending in May 2022. It was after the Hot In Cleveland actress, Bertinelli filed for divorce from her husband Tom Vitale on Thursday, 12th May 2022. Initially, she filed for legal separation in November 2021 after being married to him for a decade. She cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the divorce.
According to court documents, the pair had signed a prenuptial agreement in December 2010, a month before their wedding in January 2011. Moreover, it was stated that the deal is “in full force and effect and fully binding on the parties.”
The pair have no kids together, but Bertinelli has a son, Wolfgang Van Halen and Vitale has four from their previous marriages.
Tom Vitale And Valeria Bertinelli Started Dating In 2004
Vitale, a financial planner, and the actress reportedly began to date in 2004 after they were introduced to each other by her brother. After dating for 6 years, he proposed to Bertinelli in March 2010 in Italy.
The following year, they exchanged marital vows on 1st January 2011 in Malibu, California. As the story goes, they took the vows in the presence of more than 100 guests including her ex-husband Eddie Van Halen and son Wolfgang Van Halen.
Bertinelli Filed For Legal Separation In November 2021 And Divorce In May 2022
In mid-May 2022, news emerged that The Hardy Boys (1978) actress had officially filed for divorce from her husband. In addition, the paperwork was filed on Thursday, 12th May 2022 at the Los Angeles Superior Court in California. According to the documents, Bertinelli is splitting from Vitale on grounds of irreconcilable differences.
It was revealed that the couple had initially been separated in December 2019 before filing for legal separation in November 2021. Court documents indicated the duo had a prenuptial agreement in December 2021, which was a month before their wedding. Also, the agreement is irrevocable and both parties would have to respect it.
As it is now, the details of the prenup have not been made available.
For all the years they have been together as husband and wife, Tom and Bertinelli didn’t share children together, except the ones from their marriages in the past.
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In January 2022, Bertinelli spoke about her marriage to guitarist Eddie Van Halen and Tom Vitale. Both have been captured in her memoir Enough Already: Learning To Love The Way I Am Today.
She and Van Halen got married on April 11, 1981, and went on to welcome a son, Wolfgang Van Halen born on 16th March 1991. However, they separated in 2001 and divorced on 20th December 2007. The reason behind the divorce was attributed to Van Halen’s struggle with alcohol, drugs, and smoking and his refusal to stop.
Despite the circumstances that led to the end of her marriage with the guitarist, she sees him as her one true love. And believes they had achieved their purpose by bringing their only son into the world. She said she connected strongly with him and never really shared that with anyone else.
Unfortunately, Van Halen passed away on 6th October 2020, after battling long cancer for a long time.
On the other hand, she didn’t talk much about her marriage with Tom Vitale as she did in her first marriage. Vitale is a private person, so she didn’t want to tell his story.
Moreover, she revealed in the book that the decision to split with him was “a slow, painful one.” She said they grew apart from what made them a couple and realized they had differences.
The actress extols his virtues but said he is fighting the same demons she had fought. However, she said their separation had nothing to do with Eddie Van Halen. She said her marital issues with Vitale started sometime in 2017.
She stated that she wanted the best for him, and in spite of that, she needed to be alone.
