Valerie Bertinelli Shocks Drew Barrymore with Revelation of Her Past Romance with Steven Spielberg: \’WHAT!\’

The lead actress from \”Hot in Cleveland\” mentioned that she and Spielberg went out for about \”three, four months\” prior to meeting her first spouse, Eddie Van Halen.

Drew Barrymore
she was surprised with something extraordinary on Tuesday\’s episode of her talk show when friend
Valerie Bertinelli
disclosed that she previously went out with
Steven Spielberg
.

The
A Single Day at a Time
The 64-year-old actress spoke candidly about her dating life.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Director, aged 78, for a short period as part of
The Drew Barrymore Show
In her recurring segment called Memory Bank—and even brought a black-and-white photo of herself and Steven at the 1980 Oscar Awards to verify it.

Barrymore, who
started working with Spielberg at a young age
on
E.T.
and grew so close to him that she
requested him to become her father
, immediately identified Spielberg in the image. “Wait a minute, wait a minute. Is that who I think it is?” She asked, turning to Bertinelli with a shocked look on her face. “
Steven Spielberg
?!
WHAT
?!”

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That\’s when Bertinelli casually revealed that she \”went out with Steven for a brief moment\” before getting married to her first husband.
Eddie Van Halen
. “WHAT?!” Barrymore screamed again. “How. Have we never. Talked about this?!” She exclaimed, prompting Bertinelli to reply, “I don’t know! I don’t know!”

The
Hot in Cleveland
star explained that Spielberg asked her out on a date after she read for a role in his first Indiana Jones film,
Raiders of the Lost Ark
.

We were together for, what seems like, three or maybe four months?\” Bertinelli reminisced, with Barrymore looking at her in stunned silence. \”Steven still owns one of my bowling shirts that was left at your place, and I never retrieved it from the closet after our breakup,\” she joked, \”so could I please have it returned!

Barrymore subsequently inquired whether they enjoyed their time together while dating steadily. \”I had an amazing time with him,\” Bertinelli affirmed. \”He took me to the Academy Awards that year, and I attended. This was probably the same year,\” she added.
Sally Field
won.”

At the 1980 Oscar ceremony, Field secured her first Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the drama directed by Martin Ritt.
Norma Rae
. Bertinelli explained that she ran into Field, who was still holding her Oscar, in an elevator at the event.

“I loved her forever and I couldn\’t say anything. I was just like, ‘Congratulations,’” she said, making a show of whispering her remark to the fellow actress. “She was just beaming and beautiful… I don\’t know which award that was — She\’s won many — but, yeah, that was a lot of fun.”

Her fellow Drew Crew member
Ross Mathews
then jokingly interjected, “Well, did you date her too, Val? I mean, at this point, right?”

Bertinelli erupted in laughter when Barrymore replied, \”I am completely captivated at this moment.\”

In the same year when she had a relationship with Spielberg, Bertinelli went on to meet and start dating Van Halen. They got married a year later and stayed together for more than twenty years until they finalized their divorce in 2007.

Earlier this week, Bertinelli informed Barrymore that she has advised both her son and Van Halen\’s child, Wolfgang Van Halen, against releasing any biographical movies.
regarding the Grammy-winning rock group until after her demise
Oh gosh, I pray they never make a biopic about Van Halen,\” Bertinelli admitted regarding the prospect of a band film. \”Ensure I\’m deceased before that happens. I told Wolfie, \’Make sure I\’m gone.\’

The Drew Barrymore Show
airs weekdays on CBS.

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