Valerie Bertinelli praises outpouring of 'kindness' after post about being body-shamed TODAY 10 hrs ago Samantha Kubota After one of her posts about being body-shamed went viral, Food Network star Valerie Bertinelli is thanking her fans for their kindness and support. "There's so much kindness out there," she said in a video shared to her Instagram on Friday night. "I certainly do not feel so alone anymore." Thursday evening, the celebrity chef had shared an emotional video about a troll's comments that had gotten under her skin. “Someone … decided to point out that I needed to lose weight,” she said, adding sarcastically that she doesn't have "a scale or ... clothes that I'm trying to put on every day," to serve as a regular reminder.