The past year has been difficult for Valerie Bertinelli, as she had to deal with the loss of her ex-husband, Eddie Van Halen who passed away from cancer.
Bertinelli has also been very open and honest about her struggles with her body, and she once again opened up about that in an Instagram post, after seeing a comment about her weight made online.
Thankfully, the good people outweigh the bad, but the bad people tend to talk the loudest.
With social media at such a high point in 2021, people think they can hide behind their phones and comment rude things on other people's posts.
Which is just awful.
Putting down someone for how they look is just a terrible thing to do, and can really hurt someone's self-esteem.
Because they have such huge platforms, they also get a ton of hate.
That is exactly what happened to Valerie Betinelli, who decided to speak out about her experience.
She was also the wife of rocker Eddie Van Halen, who died in 2020. They were married from 1981 to 2007.
And just like every other celeb, she has to deal with some shaming.
“Someone … decided to point out that I needed to lose weight,” she said, clearly on the verge of tears.
“So I needed that help to let me know that I need to lose weight.”
“You're not being helpful. Because when you see somebody who has put some weight on, my first thought is, ‘That person is obviously going through some things.’”
"aren’t we tired of body shaming women yet?! smh. I was going to delete my stories because it’s a little embarrassing and scary to be so vulnerable."
"We all could use a little more kindness and patience and grace, because we just never know what someone else is going through. So here it is. Not deleting. Owning it."
Love poured in for her, as it very well should.
People should not be commenting on other people's weights, and we just feel bad that Valerie had to even be put through this!
So if you're around on Instagram, make sure to go show her some love.
Clearly, she could use it, and clearly, the trolls need to see that they're outnumbered!
