Valerie Bertinelli Opens Up About 'Hidden Bruises' and Being 'Mercilessly Mocked' About Her Size
etonline.comValerie Bertinelli is celebrating a body-confident moment with her fans. On Sunday, the star went on TikTok to reveal that she was sporting a pair of pants that she never used to wear because of the sound they made when her legs rubbed together.
She told her followers that putting the pants on had «activated a small hidden bruise,» because someone from her past used to comment on her thighs rubbing together, and tell her she was «too lazy to do anything about it [so] they wouldn’t rub together.» The 62-year-old actress added that this person «mercilessly mocked» her appearance.
Bertinelli admitted that she had planned to put the pants «away forever,» and had even at times «changed the way» she walked when she did wear them. «That’s in the past,» Bertinelli said of how she used to feel in the clothing. «I'm so grateful that the work that I’m doing on healing is working.
So it’s making me giggle now. … Now I can wear them, hear that sound and that’s the sound of freedom.»As for critics who might watch her TikTok post and think she should «let go of it and move on,» Bertinelli responded, «This is called moving on.
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