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- Tony Danza denied knowing about a note Valerie Bertinelli claimed she left in his car’s glove compartment
- Bertinelli reminded him of their shared history when they made the actor’s “date sauce” on The Drew Barrymore Show
- “It was just a quick sauce, made some macaroni, a salad and ‘Hey! What are we doing next?’ ” Danza said of his tomato date sauce
Tony Danza does not recall Valerie Bertinelli shooting her shot with him.
On the Tuesday, Oct. 14 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, Danza, 74, and Bertinelli, 65, collaborated with the host for a cooking segment. Together, they were making the Who’s the Boss actor’s “date sauce” — which he notably never made for Bertinelli, the celebrity chef revealed, because he claimed he never found the note she left in his car, containing her number.
“So, this is a sauce that you never made for me — even though I left my phone number in your glove box,” Bertinelli said, wrapping an arm around Danza, who giggled.
“I believe it’s called a date sauce,” host Drew Barrymore added. “Did you ever find Val’s phone number in your glove box?”
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“No I did not!” Danza answered promptly, shaking his head. Bertinelli laughed as he added, “I think she’s full of baloney!”
The date sauce in question is made by hand-crushing whole tomatoes — which Danza grew on his New York City windowsill — in a colander, he explained, then combining it with tomato paste, plus sautéed red pepper flakes, garlic and onions.
On the show, Danza combined the sauce with pappardelle pasta, plus side dishes of meatballs and short ribs. But when he actually prepared this sauce for a date, Danza explained, he skipped some of the more complicated steps.
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“Meatballs, short ribs — that took too long,” he said. “It was just a quick sauce, made some macaroni, a salad and ‘Hey! What are we doing next?’ You know, that kind of thing!”
Earlier on the same episode, Bertinelli shared that her plan to woo Danza didn’t pan out.
“He never called me!” Bertinelli said as the crowd gasped. “They never do, by the way,” Barrymore added.
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Bertinelli was previously married to rockstar Eddie Van Halen from 1981 to 2007 and to financier Tom Vitale from 2011 to 2022. The celebrity chef most recently dated writer Mike Goodnough for just under a year. They split in November 2024.
Danza was previously married to Rhonda Yeoman from 1970 to 1974, and to film producer Tracy Robinson from 1986 to 2013.
