-Valerie Bertinelli has a new memoir on the way!
-Getting Naked is a candid account of Bertinelli’s perspective on insecurity, vulnerability and growing older

The actress, celebrity chef and New York Times bestselling author has penned a new memoir, Getting Naked, about what it’s like to “grow older, love harder and start over,” per the publisher William Morrow. Now 65, Bertinelli is sharing her evolving understanding of self-acceptance and vulnerability.

Getting Naked addresses Bertinelli’s “insecurities that have haunted her for decades,” including body image issues and a persistent need to be perfect — insecurities that a wide range of women can identify with, per the book’s synopsis.

“It’s about the myths we believe when we’re young — about beauty, love, success — and how we carry them until they break us open,” the synopsis reads. “It’s about unlearning the script that says women must please, endure and stay silent.”

“It’s never too late to make peace with yourself,” the synopsis continues, “and to fall madly in love with the perfectly imperfect person you already are.”

Bertinelli says she’s thrilled for her new memoir to come out — and a tad nervous.

“I’m excited if not a little nervous because this book is almost uncomfortably personal,” Bertinelli says. “I’m hoping it reaches the right people so that they can see themselves in it and know that there’s a way through all the challenges we have in our life.”

Getting Naked will hit shelves on March 10, 2026 and is available for preorder now, wherever books are sold.

Good grief.

“MA !!!!!!!!!!” said Wolfgang.

Signed copies
https://talkshop.live/product/pc_EYDf_5ixq/getting-naked-the-quiet-work-signed-edition

I’m going out on a limb here considering who she is and her obvious connection to the VH history, but…

…am I the only one who has found her to be exhausting these last few years?

No

No

“I told my editor that I think maybe I should be naked on the cover, and then after I said that, I’m like, ‘Oh, now I have to actually do it!’ because I don’t do that,” Bertinelli laughed. “I’ve never done, you know, naked scenes in any movies or anything. But I was surrounded by a team that I use all the time, and they’re like friends and family to me; the photographer, he is like a friend and family to me and his team.”

Bertinelli said that she chose to do the shoot in her living room, which added a level of comfort and familiarity that helped her feel like herself throughout the process.

“[The crew] moved all the furniture and put up a screen and I slowly got comfortable, and I just did it, but it’s covered enough, because you can’t just put yourself, you know, nude on the cover of a book and expect it to be sold in bookstores,” she said. “I think it’s tasteful. I hope a lot of people think so, too. And now that I now I can say I’ve done it, I won’t do it again!”

She continued: “I think at this age, it is what it is. I don’t have a perfect body and I’m finding the imperfections in me are just perfectly fine, because who wants to be perfect? We’re never going to strive to get there.

I’m 65, it’s sagging in places I didn’t used to sag, and I’m okay with that. You know, who’s gonna look at me, my cats, my dog? I’m on my way to 70!”

Drew Barrymore in Conversation with Valerie Bertinelli — Getting Naked

Event Details
Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
92NY, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, 10128

New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli is joined by her good friend Drew Barrymore for a candid conversation about Valerie’s latest book Getting Naked, a journey through aging, divorce, menopause, generational pain and insecurities that have haunted her for decades, including shame and anxiety about her body, the false belief that her value depended on perfection, self-worth, letting go of perfectionism and unlearning the script that says women must please, endure and stay silent and how to let go of having to be perfect.

EDIT: There are more events planned around the country, I’ve seen CA, and IL – Google if you’d like to find one near you.

Wow. She’s definitely struggling with stuff.