‘Ashamed’ Valerie Bertinelli reacts to Matthew Perry’s kiss

In Matthew’s memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, which explores his decades-long addiction and recovery, the 53-year-old actor also shares details about his life in Hollywood, including when he starred opposite Valerie in the 1990 film Sydney played along.

In the book, Matthew notes that he has a massive crush on the Hot in Cleveland actress and that he “had elaborate fantasies about her leaving Eddie Van Halen and spending the rest of her days with him instead.” (Valerie and Eddie, who have a son together wolfgang31, were married from 1981 to 2007 and remained close until the Van Halen guitarist’s death in 2020.)

Things got hot at one point, and according to the book, Matthew and Valerie had “a long, elaborate smooching session” while the rocker passed out “not 10 feet away.”