Valerie Bertinellirecently recalled how her lateOne Day at a Timecostar and onscreen momBonnie Franklinnurtured her off screen, too.
“And she could see that I was struggling, and she sent me to a psychiatrist.
She sent me to a therapist my mom TV.”
Bonnie Franklin and Valerie Bertinelli on ‘One Day at a Time.'.CBS via Getty
CBS via Getty
“Your mom on TV mom’d you and sent you to therapy?”
hostDrew Barrymoreasked, to which Bertinelli replied, “Yeah.”
Bertinelli agreed, saying, “Ariana is absolutely spot-on.
I think people need that support, absolutely.”
“These are the people who have the lived experience,” the host said.
“I was just, like, performing to myself.
And imagine what kind of toll that could take on any human being.”
“Wow, I can still smell the smells.
I can still see the audience.
And that’s one of them.”
The Drew Barrymore Showairs weekdays on CBS.
