Valerie Bertinelli recalls Bonnie Franklin sending her to therapy when she was 20 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

opus · 04-09-2025, 04:26 PM

>>>Valerie Bertinelli Wednesday recalled [on The Drew Barrymore Show] how her late One Day at a Time costar and onscreen mom Bonnie Franklin nurtured her off screen, too.

"I mean, I finally went to Bonnie by the time I turned 20 and said, 'I'm struggling,'" Bertinelli said of Franklin, who died at 69 in 2013. "And she could see that I was struggling, and she sent me to a psychiatrist. She sent me to a therapist"

"Your mom on TV mom'd you and sent you to therapy?" host Drew Barrymore asked, to which Bertinelli replied, "Yeah."<<<

https://ew.com/valerie-bertinelli-sa...at-20-11712019

opus · 04-11-2025, 01:09 PM

Here’s the segment via Instagram

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Bonniegirl · 04-11-2025, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by opus

Here’s the segment via Instagram

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Cute glasses !

Bonniegirl · 04-11-2025, 09:38 PM

So cool. Bonnie Franklin really was very caring and fond of her TV daughters . Very sweet !

04-09-2025, 04:26 PM	#1
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,115	Valerie Bertinelli recalls Bonnie Franklin sending her to therapy when she was 20 >>>Valerie Bertinelli Wednesday recalled [on The Drew Barrymore Show] how her late One Day at a Time costar and onscreen mom Bonnie Franklin nurtured her off screen, too. "I mean, I finally went to Bonnie by the time I turned 20 and said, 'I'm struggling,'" Bertinelli said of Franklin, who died at 69 in 2013. "And she could see that I was struggling, and she sent me to a psychiatrist. She sent me to a therapist" "Your mom on TV mom'd you and sent you to therapy?" host Drew Barrymore asked, to which Bertinelli replied, "Yeah."<<< https://ew.com/valerie-bertinelli-sa...at-20-11712019

04-11-2025, 01:09 PM	#2
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,115	Here’s the segment via Instagram A post shared by on Jan 01, 2022 at 12:00pm PDT

04-11-2025, 09:38 PM	#4
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,436	So cool. Bonnie Franklin really was very caring and fond of her TV daughters . Very sweet !