Valerie Bertinelli on ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’.Photo:The Drew Barrymore Show/Ash Bean
The Drew Barrymore Show/Ash Bean
IfValerie Bertinellican be quiet with her significant other, she’s content!
In a clip fromThe Drew Barrymore Showthe celebrity chef — a recurring lifestyle expert on the daytime program — posted onInstagramon Tuesday, March 11, she reacted to aNew York Postarticle about how sitting in silence with a partner may be a sign of emotional intimacy.
Bertinelli, 64, says that according to thePoststory, which cites a recent study, the secret to a secure, healthy relationship isn’t “grand romantic gestures or texting back within five seconds — it’s shutting up altogether.”
“A new study says couples who can sit in total, comfy silence without it getting weird are basically soulmates,” theValerie’s Home Cookingstar continued. “So this isn’t where you’re giving your partner the cold shoulder-silent treatment. This is where you can sit together, do the crossword puzzles and they can read or you can read and you’re just in a room together in silence.”
Her opinion on couple quiet time, as described? “Oh, my God, that’s heaven!”
After declaring her support for the study’s findings,Drew Barrymore ShowcohostRoss Mathewshesitantly asked, “Is it heaven?” and both Bertinelli and guest Melissa Peterman responded with an enthusiastic “Yes!”
Mathews, 45, then asked the women if they have “achieved this kind of relationship,” and theValerie’s Home Cookingstar did not answer — but Peterman did.
Talking about husband John Brady, theRebaactress, 53, explained, “I will tell you, 26 years [of marriage], I love not talking to him. It’s OK to be silent. We don’t have to talk every moment.”
Valerie Bertinelli.Dia Dipasupil/WireImage
Dia Dipasupil/WireImage
On Instagram, one user weighed in Bertinelli’s longing for the kind of partnership that thePostarticle — and Peterman — is describing, commenting on a clip of theDrew Barrymore Showmoment, “I can’t imagine Valerie being quiet for a minute.”
“Lol you’d be surprised,” the Food Network alum wrote in response.
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Bertinelli’s yearning for a relationship where comfortable silence reigns supreme comes shortly after shepublicly opened up about her last relationship for the first time, months after it ended.
On Monday, March 3, the cookbook author broke her silence about her break-up with ex-boyfriendMike Goodnough, whom she dated for 10 months beforesources confirmed the pair’s split last November, in anInstagramtribute to the writer.
Valerie Bertinelli and her ex-boyfriend, Mike Goodnough in June 2024.Rodin Eckenroth/Getty
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty
“I feel so lucky to have gotten to know him, and to really see him and soak up his insights,” Bertinelli wrote in part, later ending the message, “Thank you, Mike, we may no longer be a couple, but you’ll always hold a very special place in my heart. Love you. ♥️.”The chef also did some relationship reflection in February, stating in a since-deleted Instagram postthat she “fumbled the last true good man I met.”
source: people.com
