Valerie Bertinelli Opens Up About Her Weight Struggles: 'I'm Happy Today'

While Valerie Bertinelli looks great on the outside, nowadays she's more focused on staying happy on the inside.

While Valerie Bertinelli looks great on the outside, nowadays she's more focused on staying happy on the inside.

The 55-year-old actress made a splash eight years ago when she lost 40 pounds on the Jenny Craig program, flaunting her svelte figure in a bikini in an ad campaign for the weight-loss system. Subsequently she came under fire for gaining some of the weight back, but she's no longer obsessing over the scale.

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"Do I want my jeans to be a little looser? Hell yeah!" she told ET. "But I'm happy today."

Today, Bertinelli is a co-host and judge on the cooking competition series, Kids Baking Championship, along with Charm City Cakes owner Duff Goldman.

On the show, 10 children compete for the $25,000 grand prize, and Bertinelli is not only there to judge. She also takes it upon herself to soothe tears.

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"I hate eliminating the kids," Bertinelli said. "I wish they could all win."

"Valerie makes me cut," Goldman chimed in, explaining that whenever a kid needs to be eliminated, he's the one that delivers the message.

Tune into Kids Baking Championship Mondays on Food Network.

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