Valerie Bertinelli, 65, Poses Nude on “Getting Naked” Book Cover, Promises ‘Love and Secrets’

Valerie Bertinelli, 65, has posed nude on the cover of her new book which comes out next year.

The star shared the eye-popping cover on her Instagram page as she gave fans a hint about what the book will cover.

The Drew Barrymore Show star said she will ‘explore aging, love, secrets.’

Her caption was long and heartfelt: ‘I am super excited and delighted (and maybe a tinge nervous) to show you all the cover of my new book, GETTING NAKED 🥹

‘This is my heart broken wide open. It’s a collection of intimate and vulnerable essays, exploring aging, love, friendship, secrets, and acceptance.’

Bertinelli then said she didn’t realize how much she needed to write this book until she started tying: ‘It helped heal something in me that l’m not sure I would’ve been able to do without writing it.

‘My hope and deep wish is that it will inspire you to resist the negative thoughts in your own head, put yourself first, and let go of any judgement you may feel about yourself or what others may try their damnedest to make you feel.

She also announced the book will go on sale on March 10, 2026 and is available now for pre-order. ‘Link in bio I hope you like it. And I hope it helps heal something in you too 🩵.’

The brunette beauty has a lot to write about like starring on TV shows in her 20s, being married to Eddie Van Halen, divorcing Tom Vitale, writing cookbooks and now working with Drew Barrymore. 

This comes months after her painful split from Mike Goodnough.

In the spring, he attacked the One Day At A Time actress for allegedly taking ‘backhanded swipes’ at him nearly six months after their breakup.

The drama ignited when the 54-year-old writer took to Instagram to address speculation that he and the star were engaging in a subtle war of words through cryptic posts.

‘That is not the case,’ Goodnough began in his lengthy caption. ‘I have never at any time posted something on social media for the purposes of communicating with someone indirectly when I know them personally and have ample ways to reach them directly.’

Doubling down, he insisted he wasn’t engaging with Bertinelli at all, stating, ‘I am not communicating with Valerie via my posts. 

‘I am not engaging with the things she posts.’ 

Then came the real sting as Goodnough, who dated Bertinelli for 10 months, accused her of dragging him online. 

‘While I am disappointed in the array of hostile, dishonest, and uncalled-for backhanded swipes she continues to take at me, there is no war between us,’ he wrote.

‘She just won’t stop shooting. Valerie is in a war with her ghosts. 

‘I’m just the guy who catches the bullets. And that isn’t new,’ he added. 

Earlier in his candid post, Goodnough appeared to make a subtle dig at Bertinelli, writing, ‘Unfortunately, over the past two months, Valerie has been prone to lapsing into a place where she has been playing a one-woman tennis match thinking there is someone on the other side of the net.’

He went on to accuse her of misinterpreting his words, adding, ‘When in that place, she reads all of my posts, centers herself in them, takes offense over wholly imagined slights, and then lashes out angrily with a ‘response’ to things that were neither to her or about her.’

The result, he claimed, was a false narrative of an ongoing feud.  ‘Among people who follow us both, that behavior has created the impression that we are going back-and-forth. We are not.’

Despite the pointed remarks, Goodnough insisted he still cares for Bertinelli. ‘I care about Valerie,’ he wrote. ‘ I have love for her and I always will. I want her to be happy. It will bring me nothing but joy to see that she is.’