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Valerie Bertinelli was ‘not bashing’ Meals Community with feedback made after she was let go

Valerie Bertinelli is strolling again her earlier feedback made about her former employer, Meals Community. 

On April 11, the TV persona took to social media to share her disappointment over Meals Community’s artistic modifications over time. 

“I fell in love with Food Network two decades ago because of all the amazing ITK [in the kitchen] shows,” Bertinelli wrote on the Instagram textual content app Thread earlier than referencing Rachael Ray’s present “30-Minute Meals,” in addition to “Barefoot Contessa” host Ina Garten and “Giada at Home” star Giada De Laurentiis.

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Valerie Bertinelli introduced in January that she had been let go from her position on “Kids Baking Competition.” (Dia Dipasupil/WireImage)

Bertinelli, who previously hosted the Meals Community exhibits “Valerie’s Home Cooking” and “Kids Baking Championship,” continued, “I learned so much. It’s sad it’s not about cooking and learning any longer. Oh well, that’s just business, folks.”

On Wednesday, practically per week after the feedback have been made, an X user asked, “Valerie spent years on the Food Network mostly judging cooking competitions with the exception of one show where she cooked. Now that she wasn’t asked back, she has an issue with the networks current love of cooking competition shows. Is that fair?”

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Bertinelli responded on X, “This isn’t something new. I’m also not bashing food network by saying I wish there were more actual cooking shows. I will always be very grateful that I was able to work for them for seven years.”

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Bertinelli clarified her earlier feedback about Meals Community on Wednesday. (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Photographs for NYCWFF)

Bertinelli introduced in January that she had been let go from her position on “Kids Baking Competition.”

In a video shared on her Instagram web page, Bertinelli defined that she acquired affirmation the earlier evening and had been “avoiding” dealing with it “because it really hurt my feelings.”

“And I know it’s not supposed to, 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.’ It really sucks,” she added. 

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Within the clip, Bertinelli shared that the episodes aired on the time have been filmed again in the summertime of 2022, “which was my apex year of hell. Like I was going through it and pretending everything was just fine, because that’s what you do.

Valerie Bertinelli doing a cooking segment

Bertinelli previously hosted the Food Network shows “Valerie’s House Cooking” and “Children Baking Championship.” (Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

“And, with out sounding like a drama queen, the present saved my life. Working with all these actually fantastic folks and feeling productive and realizing I might unfold some kindness and never simply wallow in my hell and simply attempt to maintain my head above water, it helped me, it was like a flotation system.”

She added, “So it actually hurts that I gained’t have the ability to return and see everyone and say ‘Hey, I made it through, hi!’”

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Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Stanton and Ashley Hume contributed to this report. 

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