The headline wording that Valerie Bertinelli is “extremely grateful” after having “been in darkness for so long” could not be verified against an original interview, post, or article. Recent coverage does offer context for her reflections on shame, grief, acceptance, and self-love—but it does not establish what she meant by that exact wording or what prompted it.
What the headline does—and doesn’t—confirm
The wording is available as a headline, but the underlying source for the quotation was not located. That means it cannot be treated as a confirmed, complete quote or tied to a particular event. The details behind “extremely grateful” and “darkness” remain unverified; filling them in from other interviews would risk attributing a separate statement to this headline.
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Recent coverage offers related context
Her 2026 book and reflections
In a March 10, 2026 interview, AARP described Bertinelli’s book Getting Naked: The Quiet Work of Being Perfectly Imperfect as a collection of essays about aging, acceptance, and self-love. The interview discusses shame, grief, reinvention, and her current projects. It provides relevant context for her public reflections, but does not verify the headline quote or identify its source. Read AARP’s interview.
A Festival of Books conversation
The Los Angeles Times reported on Bertinelli’s June 2026 Festival of Books conversation, describing discussion of vulnerability, shame, and self-love, including her decision to pose nude for the memoir’s cover. This is coverage of a public conversation, not a transcript establishing the headline’s wording. Read the Los Angeles Times coverage.
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An older statement about gratitude is separate
A January 19, 2022 Washington Post Live transcript records Bertinelli discussing gratitude during an interview about Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today. She said: “And I am so grateful to her for showing me that, because we can get wrapped up in our doom scrolling of our life and forget all of the blessings that we have in our life. And I choose for the rest of my life to focus on the blessings.” That is a dated, separate remark; it is not evidence for the newer headline or an explanation of its reference to darkness. Read the Washington Post transcript.
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