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My guest is Valerie Bertinelli, a woman who lived nearly five decades in the public eye, beginning as the beloved girl next door

on one day at a time. A show I was not allowed to watch because it was a little too sassy for my mom's

taste. We watched her grow up on screen, but what we didn't see was how early fame can shape you

and how easy it is to become who everyone else expects you to be.

From a public marriage to the late Eddie Van Halen to private battles she's carried on her own,

Valerie's story is about the long arc of coming home to yourself.

Now, in a chapter that feels raw and quietly rebellious, she's choosing radical

honesty through her book, Getting Naked, and a direct-to-fan platform that lets her speak in her

own voice. What a privilege it is to have Valerie Bertinelli here today. I'm so happy that

you're here. You just strolled into my studio like you're my neighbor. I kind of know you. I don't, even though we've never met, it's like, oh, yeah, there's Jenny Gareth. Isn't it weird that we've never met? I know. Our paths hover crossed. Well, we're kind of, well, because I'm older than you. So we've kind of tattered situations like apart.

You and me.

I was right behind you.

Yeah. Trailing.

Yeah. Tammy. That's how I got the job on one day at a time. Because I reminded Norman Lira of his daughter, Maggie.

Oh my God. I remind people a lot of like siblings or mothers or daughters or, yeah. That's why you're so

relatable. Everybody loves you so much. So you, this new book that you've written your new memoir,

Getting Naked, I think it was in the first chapter.

There was something that really grabbed me right away.

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