
Valerie Bertinelli Says 'Kids Baking Championship' Ouster 'Really Hurt My Feelings'
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The star announced she won't be asked back to "Kids Baking Championship."
Valerie Bertinelli got real last weekend in announcing she won’t be returning to Food Network’s “Kids Baking Championship.”
“It really hurt my feelings, and I know it’s not supposed to,” she said in a video message on Instagram. “Logically, I know that it’s business ― budget cuts, right? But it really hurt my feelings to know that I’m not going to be asked back to be on ‘Kids Baking Championship.’ Really sucks.”
Bertinelli has co-hosted the baking competition with Duff Goldman since 2015. She said the current episodes were shot in 2022, which she called the “apex year of hell.” At the time, Bertinelli was going through a divorce from second husband Tom Vitale.
“Without sounding like a drama queen, the show saved my life,” she said.
“It was like a flotation device,” she continued. “So it really hurts that I won’t be able to go back and see everybody and say, ‘Hey! I made it through, hi!’”