No one like mom to get through the hard times.
Speaking to PEOPLE in this week’s issue,Wolfgang Van Halenopened up about his tight-knit relationship with his mother Valerie Bertinelli and how the grief following thedeath of his father Eddiebrought them even closer together.
“My girlfriend and I pretty much go over to my mom’s house every day to see her and play with her cats that we love,” the 30-year-old musician tells PEOPLE.
“I think a lot of people don’t understand how sarcastic our relationship is,” he adds. “One time, she burnt onion rings. And it’s like, she has a cooking show, so I just made fun of her for it. I asked her if I could post it. We get in GIF battles all the time on Twitter. Sarcasm is a language, And that’s how we communicate!”
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And Bertinelli — who was married to the late Eddie Van Halen for 25 years — couldn’t be prouder of her son.
It’s a shared sentiment for Wolfgang, who says “he inherited his sense of humor” from both of his parents.
“Big time,” he says. “And a lot of that self-deprecation certainly comes from both of them.”
“People are very quick to remind me that I look like both my parents, which I have to tell them, it’s like, ‘Wow, science. Who’d have guessed it?'” he quips. “But yeah, I’m certainly a combination of both my parents. That’s for sure.”
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“My mom did a really good job at grounding me in my childhood,” he says. “It felt completely normal. It wasn’t lavish or insane. I think she did a really good job of balancing that fame aspect of both of my parents’ lives and gave me a really great, normal childhood.”
And part of growing up with her parents was taking in the important lessons they taught him. Eddie’s best advice? “If you ever make a mistake, do it twice so everybody thinks you meant to do it.”
“He was my biggest champion, other than my mom,” he adds.
For more on Wolfgang Van Halen, grab a copy of PEOPLE on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
