Posted on 03/25/2009 11:31:00 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
The night before Valerie Bertinelli prepared to step out in public wearing a bikini for the first time in nearly 30 years! she found herself unable to sleep. As her mind raced with insecurity ("I thought, Am I really going to do this? Can I pull this off?" the actress admits), Bertinelli tried to summon up a pep talk, telling herself, "What am I so afraid of? Come on it's just a bathing suit!"
And yet as any woman knows, those innocent-looking strips of Lycra can be a terrifying sight especially for someone just shy of her 49th birthday (April 23), who only two years ago tipped the scales at 172 lbs. more than 40 lbs. over her goal weight for her 5'4" frame. But after whittling herself down to 132 lbs. in about 9 months on Jenny Craig (for whom she serves as a company spokeswoman), Bertinelli, who had last worn a bikini when she was 20, was ready for a new challenge.
"I thought, If I'm so afraid of a bikini, theres something wrong. And so I had to get back into one!," Bertinelli says in the new PEOPLE, available on newsstands Friday.
(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...
This is quite amazing. I know women at 40 don’t look nearly as good.
Wow, she sure looks a heck of a lot better than he does.
He reminds me of a crazy homeless guy who stands out in the middle of the street waving his arms about wildly while shouting obscenities.
Of course, it couldn’t be the hard partying rock & roller life style that aged him ;-)
(PS: I had *such* a crush on Valerie Bertinelli...sigh.)
Holy cow! Is that unretouched? I guess there is such a thing as a GILF.
wow she’s still got it.
Some of us would never look like that, even if we weighed the same amount. However, I applaud her, I’ve always liked her (and she was even cute fat).
A little camel toe was most likely brushed out. Maryanne was always the idol of my eye when I was a little kid.....later, it was Valerie!!
LOL! Me too.
as a huge Zeppelin fan I give Plant credit- he could’ve spent $1000’s on cosmetic surgery to make himself look younger- as so many celebs do- but he just goes w/the flow...
We’re all glad to know that....
A tad fat...and I am being kind.
I don't have to. My wife is 53 and still looks DAMN good in a bikini.
I am a lucky guy.
not guilty....
Eddie’s fought cancer, and was into drugs in the early days, and all that stuff ages you hard.
For me if the face is hard to look at, it doesn’t matter what the body looks like. Your wife must have a pretty face.
I am a lucky guy.
I am a lucky guy.
I am a lucky guy.
I am a lucky guy.
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