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Valerie Bertinelli legally separates from husband Tom Vitale

By Karen Butler   |   Nov. 25, 2021 at 7:20 AM
Valerie Bertinelli (R) has filed for legal separation from her husband Tom Vitale. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Valerie Bertinelli holds up her Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Culinary Host and Outstanding Culinary Program backstage in the press room at the 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif., in 2019. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI Valerie Bertinelli (C) shares a moment with her son, musician Wolfgang Van Halen (L) and husband Tom Vitale (R) during an unveiling ceremony honoring her with the 2,476th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles in 2012. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Jane Leeves (left to right), Susan Lucci and Valerie Bertinelli arrive for the Friars Club Roast of Betty White at the Sheraton Hotel in New York in 2012. File Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI Valerie Bertinelli arrives for the Friars Club Roast of Betty White in New York in 2012. File Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI

Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Actress and Food Network personality Valerie Bertinelli has filed court documents to legally separate from financial adviser and entrepreneur Tom Vitale, her husband of 10 years.

Bertinelli, 61, cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.

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The papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday indicate the former couple intend to adhere to a premarital agreement regarding their money and property.

Bertinelli has not filed for a dissolution of marriage, however.

She met Vitale through her brother, Patrick, and married him in January 2011 after several years of dating.

The One Day at a Time and Hot in Cleveland alum was previously wed to rocker Eddie Van Halen from 1981 to 2007.

They are the parents of a 30-year-old son, Wolfgang, who played bass in Van Halen's eponymous band.

Eddie Van Halen died of cancer last year at age 65.