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Valerie Bertinelli and her boyfriend use hot dog puns as flirty banter
Valerie Bertinelli and her friend, Mike Goodnoughare both real weiners when it comes to their flirty banter.
After the pair spent the day together enjoying hot dogs at Rutt’s Hut in Clifton, New Jersey, Goodnough took to social media to confess that he couldn’t help but focus on the couple’s meal instead of its leading lady.
“I only have eyes for @wolfiesmom but the camera couldn’t help but stare at these two chili dogs,” Goodnough wrote via Wires on Tuesday, June 4, next to a photo that focused on two chili dogs while Bertinelli, 64, remained blurred in the background. “I think it’s just appreciating visual art… because those chili dogs were masterpieces.”
However, the former Food Network star didn’t take it personally and instead used her best hot dog puns to poke fun in the comments section. “Let’s be honest, honey. You were completely in love 🤤 and enjoying those 2 puppies,” she joked. “I guess it could have been sausage, but I know you of all the hot dogs in the world are making fun of me 😁.”
Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images; Courtesy of Mike Goodnough/Instagram After her divorce from Tom Vitale, Valerie Bertinelli found love again with writer Mike Goodnough. The One Day at a Time actress, who shares son Wolfgang with her late ex-husband, Eddie Van Halen, revealed in March 2024 that she was dating someone “very special” for the first time […]
Goodnough has no problem quickly matching her sense of humor. He replied, “Ma’am, please step away from the Dad Joke Machine. You have not been checked on that equipment. But seriously, even if I’m a brat, you’re not chili to me. I know I’m the real sausage here.’
Fans of the duo couldn’t help but rave about the sweet exchange. “You guys are so freaking cute together!!!! You guys are a signature movie waiting to be made,” one person commented, while another added, “You two are so freaking cute!”
Bertinelli first shared that she was dating someone new in March before going official with Goodnough on Instagram the following month. The actress used the lyrics from Taylor Swift’s Travis Kelce-inspired song from The Tortured Poets Department, “So High School,” to commemorate the special occasion, sharing a photo of the pair wearing matching black-rimmed glasses.
“🎶 I drink what you think and I’m high from smoking your jokes all night 🎶♥️ @therealhoarse,” Bertinelli wrote alongside the adorable photo.
“They look happy, those two,” Goodnough replied via an Instagram comment.
According to Bertinelli, she and Goodnough reconnected over Instagram after initially becoming friends on the platform a few years ago. The duo spoke on the phone for months before things turned romantic in January when they met in New York City’s Central Park.
“The comfort level is insane,” Bertinelli said People last month. “It feels incredibly good. … I found joy first, and then a man came into my life.”
Their relationship follows her divorce in 2022 Tom Vitale and the death of her first husband, Eddie Van Halen, who died in 2020 after a battle with throat cancer. The couple share son Wolfgang, 33.
Many celebrity splits have rocked Hollywood over the years, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, as well as Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan. Tatum and Dewan’s love story began on the set of 2006’s Step Up, where they starred as on-screen love interests. The duo tied the knot in 2009 and welcomed daughter Everly in 2013. […]
Bertinelli admitted this People that she is “in love,” and jokes that she “should die with my six cats and my dog and live the rest of my years very happily alone – I’m good alone.”
Goodnough, in turn, shares a teenage son with his ex-wife. In April, he joked that while he initially liked to stay under the radar, he was now rolling with the punches.
“When you like to be the ‘anonymous boyfriend’, but the press finds your socials.” he captioned one Instagram video of himself watching on the news. “Welp, so much for staying anonymous. So, uh, hello… I guess. 👋.”
