Valerie Bertinelli has recently opened up about body image struggles in a tearful and emotional video posted to Instagram. โIโm standing out in the rain because Iโm doing my best to distract my mind from spiraling to a place of self-loathing, because I saw a picture of myself today that made me want to do that,โ she opened up in her video.
The 61-year-old One Day At a Time alum added that she isn’t happy with her body and doesn’t know if she will ever be fully content with it.
Valerie Bertinelli gets brutally honest on her body image struggles
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โI am not where I want to be right now, body-wise. I donโt know if I ever will be, but when I see it right in front of me, it really does send me down that path,โ she adds. โAnd I am doing my best to be positive and more full of joy and hopefully my body will follow along. Iโm not there yet.โ
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However, even though she touched on some pretty personal and tearful topics, she managed to give herself a pep talk, saying she wonโt โfocus on all the shortcomings and flaws and imperfections.โ
โWe can all give ourselves permission to feel joy, be intentional about it, and remember to be grateful,โ she says. โI am grateful, even through all the mess. โcause thereโs still good in all the mess.โ
This also isn’t the first time that Bertinelli has opened up about her body image struggles. Next to a food recipe she posted a few months ago, someone commented that she “needed to lose weight,” and she responded to that comment on how hurtful it was. โBecause see, I donโt have a scale or I donโt have clothes that Iโm trying to put on every day, and I donโt have mirrors so I donโt see whatโs become of me,โ she said sarcastically at the time, but was also fighting back tears.
โYouโre not being helpful. Because when you see somebody who has put some weight on, my first thought is, โThat person is obviously going through some things.โโ
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