Valerie Bertinelli Dedicates Moving Tribute To Son Wolfgang Van Halen On Birthday: 'Sweet Boy'

Valerie Bertinelli is the sweetest mom in the world to her and the late Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang Van Halen. Each year for her son's birthday, the Food Network host walks down memory lane to ring in the celebration. 

In 2022, the doting mother posted several pictures of her son with a simple caption that read, "My heart. Seriously love this little shit so much. Happy Birthday sweet boy.🥰"

A year later, for his 32nd birthday, the "Kids Baking Championship" host reasserted her love for the drummer with a heartwarming social media birthday shoutout.

On March 16, the "Hot in Cleveland" star celebrated Wolfgang on Instagram. She posted a black-and-white photo of herself hugging and kissing her baby boy. The picture, which has surpassed 45,000 likes in twenty-four hours, showed the duo in what looks like the woods. 

The highly expressive caption, depicting a solid relationship between Wolfgang and his loving mother, talked about how much she loves her only son before declaring, "This world is a better place only because you are in it." 

The celebrant wrote, "Love you Maaaa," in the comment section to reciprocate the love he was receiving. Likewise, fans of the actress decided to chime in. One follower wrote, "Great pic 👍 Happy birthday to your boy🎉." 

Another fan penned, "The expression on your son's face is priceless! He is thinking mommmmm," while a third fan wrote, "Happy Birthday! We're so happy you were born! Here's to many more trips around the sun!"

A fourth commentator remarked, "Happy Birthday Wolfgang! The world is definitely better with Wolf in it. He's brought so much joy to millions but nothing compared to you MamaWolf and his Pops! A mother is a son's first love! Happy Born Day!"

Bertinelli wasn't done celebrating her son as she shared more updates on her Insta story. The first post showed a throwback photograph of the mother-son in a happy moment, where the musician closed his eyes and smiled boldly while his mother kissed him on the cheek. 

The picture revealed a young Wolfgang with long straight hair while the actress had on red hair. In the following update, Bertinelli gave showed fans the giant cartoon character-inspired cake placed delicately on a glass table. The birthday boy chose to celebrate his big day at the restaurant.

Weeks ago, the "One Day at a Time" actress showed the world how much she loved her adult son by sharing the remarkable change he brought into her life after his birth. The Blast shared how the Tv host reposted a clip, talking about the color Yellow and its meaning. 

The video began by asking, "Who's your yellow?" Then the background voice continued, explaining that "Yellow is a certain person that you hold so close to you; they're the person that kept you going when at times, you felt like giving up. They've seen you at your worst, and they may or may not know it, but they are the reason you're still alive and still going to this day."

The mom of one followed the repost with a caption describing how the birth of her son made her fall in love with the color yellow. She also noted that the video brought her to tears because she finally realized why she loved yellow."

She ended her message with a proud declaration of love that read, "I love you, @wolfvanhelen, and I'm so fucking proud of you…. to the moon and back."

The "One Day At a Time" alum never shies away from celebrating her son. Last year, the 32-year-old hit the Grammy Awards red carpet with his mother after getting his first nomination for Best Rock Song for the tune “Distance. 

The "Touched by an Angel" actress sang her son's praises and gushed about what an honor it was to see her son get nominated for his songwriting abilities. 

She said, "It is really emotional. I mean, the song that Wofie wrote is absolutely stunning, gorgeous and it's really beautiful that he was honored for it, and for songwriting. Because that is the first thing that really stuck out to me, was like, 'Wolf, you are a songwriter. That is the hardest part about being a musician."