Valerie Bertinelli is emotionally preparing to read Alex Van HalenThe memories of.

appearing in The Drew Barrymore Show On Thursday, November 7, Bertinelli, 64, revealed that he has not yet read siblingswhich is a love letter to Alex’s late brother and the actress’ ex-husband of 25 years, Van Halen rocker Eddie Van Halen.

“I’m so excited to read it,” the actress said as host Barrymore, 49, held up a copy of the book. “It’s been in my house now and I look at it, and I’m shaking just thinking about it because I know them so well.”

Barrymore’s co-host ross matthews He then asked Bertinelli, who joined season 5 of The Drew Barrymore Show as a lifestyle expert earlier this year, “I think Drew and I have the same question, can we ask you why you haven’t read it?”

“It’s going to be emotional,” Bertinelli responded. “It’s going to be very emotional, because I love these two men. They are good men and they are very complicated men. Congratulations Al, this is going to be a bestseller.”

The former Food Network star further praised the drummer’s memoir, calling it “beautiful” and saying of Alex, 71, “He did an incredible job.”

“When I spoke to Al last year and he told me he was writing the book, I was very excited about it and we had a long conversation about grief and what you go through,” Bertinelli continued. “He’s a very, very private man, so for him to do this is quite extraordinary. And for doing it so beautifully, I am so proud of you, Al.”

“I’m very happy that you wrote your story and I really think that people have a different view of Ed the man and not the icon or whatever you think you know about him, he wasn’t that. “He was a gentle, gentle soul who went through extreme trauma and so did Al,” he added.

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eddy deceased in hospital at age 65 in October 2020 for throat cancer. Bertinelli held one of the musician’s hands, while his son, Wolfgang Van Halen33 held the other.

in a PEOPLE cover story Published in April this year, Bertinelli recalled Eddie’s final moments and revealed how the group in his hospital room, which also included Alex and his two children, ordered pizza shortly after he passed away.

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“I didn’t want to believe it was happening. Even while it was happening, I didn’t believe it was happening,” said Bertinelli, who finalized their divorce of Eddie in 2007, told PEOPLE about his death.

“I don’t remember who suggested it, but we said, ‘Should we have pizza?’ … Because I couldn’t eat and the last thing Ed really wanted was pizza,” she recalled. “He loved pizza and burritos, so we ate pizza in his hospital room. I hope people don’t think that’s morbid.”

“He knew how much I loved him,” she added. “I knew how much he loved me. The last words he said to me and Wolfie were, ‘I love you.’ Ed was very generous with his heart. He wore it on his sleeve.”