Matthew Perry Kissed Valerie Bertinelli While Her Husband Was Passed Out
In his new memoir “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing”, Matthew Perry writes that he once kissed Valerie Bertinelli while Eddie Van Halen was passed out drunk.
“I fell madly in love with Valerie Bertinelli, who was clearly in a troubled marriage. My crush was crushing; not only was she way out of my league, but she was also married to one of the most famous rock stars on the planet, Eddie Van Halen. It is important to point out here that my feelings for Valerie were real. I was completely captivated — I mean, I was obsessed with her and harbored elaborate fantasies about her leaving Eddie Van Halen and living out the rest of her days with me. Things finally came to a head one night . . . I was over at Valerie and Eddie’s house, just hanging out and gazing at Valerie, trying to make her laugh. When you made her laugh, you felt ten feet tall. As the night progressed, it was clear that Eddie had enjoyed the fruits of the vine a little too hard, one more time, and eventually, he just passed out, not ten feet away from us, but still. This was my chance! If you think I didn’t actually have a chance in hell you’d be wrong, dear reader — Valerie and I had a long, elaborate make-out session. It was happening — maybe she felt the same way I did. I told her I had thought about doing that for a long time, and she had said it right back to me.”
Matthew Perry says his feelings for Valerie Bertinelli were so real that he “harbored elaborate fantasies about her leaving Eddie Van Halen and living out the rest of her days with me.” https://t.co/ikjMLafaKF
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) October 27, 2022
Perry fell hard for Bertinelli while playing her brother on the 1990 sitcom “Sydney,” also starring Craig Bierko. Valerie didn’t show any interest after that night and Matthew Perry was devastated. He writes that Sydney was canceled after that and he didn’t have to see her anymore.
Matthew Perry’s memoir hits shelves on November 1st, 2022.
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