I also think they both tried. Amazing they lasted long. But what's awesome they remained friends after the divorce. Everyone don't know the whole story. I think why valerie posted that after he passed away was they probably always love/ loved each other.
@James H. Val wrote her memoir "Losing It" in 2008 a year prior to this interview..sadly Eddie NEVER wrote his side of their journey. In her book she does agree with you in that they were both too young for marriage, she was 20 he was 26. In my opinion, Val married a musical genius, an alcoholic and later a drug addict. In the book she also admits that she struggled with her own insecurities as an actor but it was mainly her weight that haunted her throughout her marriage. Eddie's world was his band and his music..her world, in my opinion, was much smaller...there was competition for his attention and time. Wolfie only enter their lives after 10 years of marriage and they wanted 4 children, but between tours, records&recordings and an acting career, time did not allowed for that to happen. What did happen was that his alcoholism and drug addiction became rampant with no end insight and rehab failing Val was left with no way out but divorce. This interview was made in 2009..now 11 years later my impression is that Val absolutely loved and was in love with Eddie even as he passed. To be present at his bed side and later eulogizing Eddie by saying " I’m so grateful Wolfie and I were able to hold you in your last moments. I will see you in our next life my love." Says it all..... Some people come into our lives, leave footprints in our hearts and we are never the same..Rest in power Eddie, you are missed.
@James H You have a good point there. VH only toured twice after he married Janie, in 2o12 for ADKOT, which I think was the last album they released and then the 2015 tour. But his career had slowed down by 2001 when Valerie left him. She gave him an ultimatum to get off the coke or its over, and he chose coke. He had nothing to lose and everything to gain by getting sober then, but chose to keep drinking and drugging instead. So that takes me back to my thought that he didn't really love Valerie or he didn't love her enough to save his marriage.
My heart breaks for Valerie B. and their son, Wolfgang Van Halen, his brother, Alex Van Halen/Van Halen, Wife Janie, & family. I always thought they were perfect for each other especially how they were always friends even though they parted. They had a mutual love/respect for each other. He had a handsome smile, shyness, and beautiful brown baby eyes. You could tell how much she honestly loved him and vice versa the way they made each other smile. Life's too short to not tell the ones you love how much they matter in your 🌎. Gone way too soon. Cancer has taken away another Great. The Original Guitar Hero 🎸🤘🎼💔💙 Valerie B. & Eddie V. Forever
M.B. I don't think he loved Valerie. Look in the earlier interview how he is blocking her with his arm. He was never faithful to her. Then read his 2012 Esquire interview where sober Eddie disses her. Not sure why he married her. Maybe for publicity.
@@jacsig Eddie was shy. Nobody forced him to kiss her. He wasn't blocking his arm. They both made mistakes as all relationships. She even said for awhile things didn't go right but she always loved him as he did too. She was with him and their son as he took his last breath. It wasn't publicity. Even his son has said that some publications twist words just to make others look bad.
@@malakib1998 Watch the UTube video of the entire segment of this event. In it he becomes irritated with her for answering questions for him, and keeps taking a swig of his beer everytime she talks. Putting his arm up is body language to block her. Then he gives a cop out answer when asked what he loves about her and says the same thing. And since they were both performers yes, they can make a kiss look good and were frequently coached by their publicists to do so. Read Eddie's 2012 interview in Esquire. He was sober and disses VB in the interview. Men who loved their wives when they were married to them don't put them down in the press years later. I have never seen any interviews or from back then or recent years where Eddie ever publicly stated he loved VB. Read the Esquire magazine interview. Until I see something that says otherwise, I don't believe he loved her and will wonder why he married her.
@@jacsig I still disagree. Your opinion. I said what "his son" who knew him better than an outsider would said the same as I stated. They loved each other. People can just feel uncomfortable when cameras are around. Body language doesn't mean he didn't love her because of his just feeling uncomfortable. Enough said
I remember her saying in an interview , that she and Eddy both came from close knit families with parents that were still married, and thats what they wanted.
Stupid to just assume he would be the one who would cheat she lived a famous life style being a actor too just as many guys wanted her as many girls wanted Eddie
I just don’t feel it’s right to have these stories come out again after someone died. I’m sure Wolfie, Valerie, Janie and Alex are all grieving terribly. Never speak ill of the dead. I pray Eddie is in Heaven.
I do to pray he is in heaven and I believe he is. He mentioned God a lot in different conversations. He had time and I believe he is in the care of the Lord now.
cindy b that’s good to know. Eddie seemed different in the later years of his life. More peaceful and calmer. I pray he found the Lord. That provides such great comfort and peace for the loved ones. I also pray Wolfie doesn’t get caught up in drug, alcohol and smoking like his pop did. He was constantly struggled with his addictions . God bless
www.vhnd.com/2012/03/11/eddie-and-alex-van-halen-attend-church-in-studio-city-nj/ Also, Alex is an ordained minister! That’s why he is called Rev. Al 😀
@@MyKittyPercy I hope Eds with Jesus...I heard Wolfie being interviewed he was asked if his dad was religious he said...F.......No I was surprised by his answer and hope Wolfe was thinking more on terms of a personal relationship then being religious...Im sure you can hear the interview it's Howard Stern asking the questions....its easy to be a ordained minister on line you don't have to know Jesus..God Bless ❤
At least they got to the point where they could still be friends prior to his death. Marriage and Rock N Roll doesn't usually end well due to lifestyle and the Groupies.
Your right , I loved them together but they parted & remained friends. Some do make it work. Jon & Dorthea BonJovi. Highschool sweethearts. Jon knew he didnt want to lose her so he married her& they are still together, happily ❤
She's lovely. But it's still sad that this adorable couple with the adorable son lost their marriage through hardships. :( I always thought they were perfect outwardly because they look so much alike! :D I miss them as a couple. I can't say I don't...
I feel calling Val. a Pathetically superficial woman is absurd! She stood by him with all the other women and the drugs. Most importantly she stood by him through his cancer !!!!! Wow she really is superficial! NOT!!!! She tried to keep the family together. And when they married she was almost a famous as Ed!!! I give her lots of credit! She could have been like most rock n roll wives/girlfriends who see that things aren't all sunshine and they leave and take them to the cleaner s! They get :child support, alimony, and then hardship costs! She just left nice and quiet. She didn't do what others do everyday and raise the flag at half mast and call the marriage dead after 40 days like the of papparazzie Kadashi...
The fact that they lasted 20 years is phenomenal, especially considering her sex-symbol status and his rock-star status. They didn’t just get married for 2 weeks then say screw it “who’s next?” like SOOO many celebrities do.
It's 2017 and I still miss them together. I hear everything she's sayin but those two just look like they BELONG together. They even kinda looked alike. Oh well. Even tho they didn't last, the relationship was still a success.. I mean how many other rock stars can say they have a marriage that lasted this long?
She was beautiful inside and out always my crush my daughter's mom spitting image of her so easy to fall for her love always such a babe forever love just walks on in my life keeps the fire stoked.
Here's the thing. Ed only knew music. That is all he did when is was awake. Drugs and drinking just made things worse. Not because he was out with DLR, but because he locked himself in a room an played in every waking moment. Val balanced him. Wolf was his life. Ed was a genius. He didn't know it. He just did what he thought he wanted and needed. He gave everything to Wolf. He wasn't a rotten dad, or husband. I mean, Ed even attended Val's wedding and she did his. Ed was a shy guy. I was blessed with being able to be at 5150 for a couple of days. I was only in La for 3 months and I end up at my idols house. I couldn't even talk to him on the first day. The second day I said I started smoking because of him when I wanted to say I started playing guitar because of him. He sarcastically thanked me. we talked about the indian cigarettes his doc told him to smoke, then he asked for one of my camels. He took me around the place a little bit. He just didn't want digital recording. Talked to me about how the analog realm was much better. And he was right. Still is. Digital has gotten so much better, and in some cases can over shadow analog. Ed had an SSL 9k and it was so big in order to go into the live room, you had to turn sideways to get by the console. I never got the chance to apologize about the smoking comment. I live about a mile from the studio and someone I told this story to said, go hang out at the Ralph's on Cold Water. Ed goes there often. Just after I was told that, he is going to Germany for treatment. And we know the rest of the story.
Edward seemed so shy subdued. However, when he strapped that guitar around his neck. His true thoughts feelings came out in a massive way, everyone got it, bought it, fell in love with it. Still can't believe all that is gone...
Eddie & Valerie 1st met up in 82. She was 20yrs old. at the time. Still on TV One day At A Time. Eddie of course was or working on the Album Diver Down. Don.t know the whole story. Somehow when 2 People who are in love. They later fell out of love. With Ed touring. And Valerie was on Set of doing T V or making Movies. They have or had a great careers. With Son Wolfgang. Later thourgh life. Both Husband & Wife. Started drifting apart due to their hard working Schedules. They weren.t together very often. With being not there for each other. Ed would on the Road. Valerie elsewhere being a Actress. When both do have Steady times. They would spent as a Family. Even though their not married no more. The 2 Parents are their for their Son Wolfie.
They met in August 1980 backstage at a VH concert in Shreveport, Louisiana. Her brothers wanted to get backstage, so they used their sister to do just that. She agreed after seeing Eddie’s picture on the back of an 8-track. They were married in April 1981.
When I see this interview, I see Valerie as someone who is afraid that the other person is going to say or do something embarrassing. They both look so uncomfortable. I've been there myself, when you're in the early stages of denial about how wonderful your relationship still is. But then again, they were under a microscope, being asked stupid questions by Kathy Lee Gifford... lol.. Valerie should have asked that twat about her own husband's infidelties..
>>---------------------> She sounds exactly like my ex talking about us. I guess love can get so intense, it can implode into a white hot flash of fire, draining all common sense. I still feel for her dramatically after all these years - and I am so happy to have experienced what intense, true love is with HER.
@1:58 VB “ Cheater”... EVH“ basically the same thing”... she didn’t know how true that statement would turn out to be. Eddie ... that was a cop- out answer.
+evimlck I never heard Valerie's son was named after any one or anything in particular but I could be wrong. I just heard Valerie say she liked the name Wolfgang because it was a big strong name like the last name Van Halen.
+Brandon is Anonymous That could be true but I never heard that . I heard Valerie say she liked the name Wolfgang because it was a strong name that went well with Van Halen
I, like Eddie, was an alcoholic that began drinking and drugs at 12 and without help it escalated and costs my marriage too. Arrested development because social skills arent needed if you're talented. People just let you slide under the excuse of "artist temperament". Sobriety is mandatory for a happy marriage or any serious relationship. Get help while you can folks.
She's VERY out spoken and Eddy is more reserved. Eddy has groupies that go around screwing around with the bandmates . You see Eddy isn't aggressive but the women are and he Obviously couldn't control it. Especially if they were fighting about his life style and demanded he change. Yes shes right! He smiles with his eye's but that's not saying yes or no and that's what women are attracted too. Also it seems she wore the pants in that marriage. ROCK STARS shouldn't be married until have matured and at a higher age. But even that's ify. Just depends on how much you really LOVE that person!
After Val walked away for good Eddie went to hell.Next Eddie married someone 15 years younger than him. Gold digger...... Eddie let the good one walk away (Val) She truly loved him
It is funny....unlike DLR, Sammy never had any issues with Valerie. He actually respected Val. It is never easy being a rock star's wife because you are apart from each other for so long. In some ways it's good to be married to another famous person who is busy doing their own thing, but then you get the People/National Enquirer bullshit. I will never forget a photo of Jan Van Halen (Al and Ed's dad) with Ed, Al and their wives. Edward once said that his mom's HATRED of music and his dad's drive to be a successful musician caused him to drink more and took more years off his life. In the pic you could almost see in Jan's saying, "Now this is what I am talking about, some high hot wives that understand the musician's life and don't bitch about it."
He called his mom H:$ler on a bad day. He believed she drove his dad to drink. She would lock his guitar up in a closet. Different culture. At least she had them take piano lessons.
You can tell by 1985 they were over each other. That was also the year she cheated on him. Probably should have divorced, but if they did, there would be no Wolfie! Kind of sad that Ed didn’t prioritize his family.
Love Eddie as the guy that got me into music as a kid but I can't see him being a guy that's going to have a deep, philosophical conversation. He never seemed comfortable out front of the camera with his wife. She always seems to be disappointed and he always seems to be searching for something.
What are you talking about? So because someone is shy in front of a camera that means they can't have great conversations with their wife in private? You're right, her saying they do is a lie because you know better, never mind that she's the one that was with him every day. Give your head a shake because your brain has come loose.
Come on ABC.....couldn't you guys spend a bit of money on a few microphones for them both to use, instead of just having one in the middle of the room in 2009?
Since Valerie cheated 4 years after her marriage. I wonder if he knew about it because when she says if he hears a female on the phone "he is not coming home" he replies "not anymore". Maybe Alex knows.
Omg Val. Sorry but people still grow overtime, and change. What you were at 20 will be very different at 30. And so on. It's a part of life, and people come and go. Including lovers.
Hi Valerie, we hope you are well. Saw you on Beat Bobby Flay recently and noticed that you wear an Apple Watch. Have you tried MOBELEASH? It is a "virtual-leash" App that will notify you on your Apple Watch when you are leaving your iPhone behind ... so you can go get it! Thank you, Valerie. From MOBELEASH Support.
He doesn't look high or drunk. He is very shy in interviews and likes to keep his personal life to himself, as much as he can anyway. Yes she looks so angry behind her laughter, good Lord.
