Just eight months after their first meeting, 20-year-old Valerie Bertinelli wed 26-year-old Eddie Van Halen. While they seemed mismatched, their chemistry was electric. Bob Daitz, former road manager of Van Halen, told the New York Post that "they finished each other's sentences and knew what the other wanted."
Though they started off strong, Bertinelli and Van Halen both suffered due to their constant partying. Both of them developed substance abuse problems, and she found herself feeling lost in her relationship. "It made sense that I was angry," Bertinelli admitted in her book, "Losing It." She explained, "It wasn't one thing or another as much as it was everything together. There was a lot going on: Ed's fights with Dave [David Lee Roth], Ed's drinking and coke, his obsessive work habits."
However, their marriage wasn't all bad. In fact, the star credited Van Halen with curbing her own drug habits and helping her get through an eating disorder.
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