But it took Bertinelli quite a while to recover from her personal demons.
Even today, she is honest about her mental health and hopes to destigmatize the conversation around mental illness.
I couldn’t stop shaking."
Bertinelli uploaded a video of her unsteady hands trembling nonstop, an after effect of the attack.
Bertinelli spoke about her journey with menopause and how the change has impacted her life over the years.
While Bertinelli recalled going through menopause roughly eight years prior, she said her symptoms lasted over a decade.
And, the symptoms affected her work on the sitcom “Hot In Cleveland.”
But she added how she finds comfort talking about this topic with other women and comparing experiences.
“As we filled out the forms at home, we each held a little vial of coke.”
In 2022, Bertinelli appeared on theLiterally!
“Cocaine was everywhere and easy to get,” she recalled.
In a 2010 interview withGood Housekeeping, Bertinelli remembered a time when she weighed only 98 pounds.
“That was the cocaine diet,” she admitted.
“Then, everyone else was doing it.
I was a follower.
It’s not something I’m proud of.”
But when she stopped using drugs, Bertinelli started to look to a new vice: food.
“But I want to start feeling the same about myself no matter what weight I am.
It shouldn’t matter what I look like.
And the scale is not the only thing she ditched for her peace of mind.
feels like Bertinelli was in need of some well-deserved quiet time away from cameras and the media.
Even though Bertinelli needed a break, she assured fans that she was well.
Bertinelli would return to Instagram in June 2024.
