“Mortified” Valerie Bertinelli Reacts to Matthew Perry’s Kiss

In Matthew’s memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, which delves into his decades long addiction and recovery, the actor, 53, also shares details about his life in Hollywood, including the time he starred alongside Valerie in the 1990 movie Sydney. 

In the book, Matthew notes his massive crush on the Hot in Cleveland actress and that he was having “elaborate fantasies about her leaving Eddie Van Halen and living out the rest of her days” with him instead. (Valerie and Eddie, who share son Wolfgang, 31, were married from 1981 to 2007 and remained close until the Van Halen guitarist died in 2020.)

At one point, things heated up and according to the book, Matthew and Valerie had “a long, elaborate make-out session” while the rocker was passed out “not 10 feet away.”