Valerie Bertinelli has remaining the kitchen area. The actress was in talks to proceed working on “Kids Baking Championship” right before she was eventually enable go on Friday.

Bertinelli, 63, cited “budget cuts” as the purpose why she was axed from the system right after 12 seasons.

“I’ve been staying away from experiencing what I bought confirmation of previous night, and I did not want to speak about it last evening [because] I wished to slumber on it simply because it seriously harm my emotions,” she mentioned via Instagram Tale on Saturday. “I know it’s not supposed to. Logically, I know it’s enterprise [and] funds cuts, suitable? But it truly hurt my thoughts to know that I’m not going to be questioned back to be on ‘Kids Baking Championship’ — really sucks.”

“Without sounding like a drama queen, the exhibit saved my lifetime,” Bertinelli explained, adding that it was “like a flotation device” as she experienced an “apex year of hell” while likely through her divorce from Tom Vitale.

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Valerie Bertinelli on her Instagram Tale on Saturday.
Valerie Bertinelli hosted the sequence for 12 seasons.

“So it genuinely hurts that I will not be capable to go back and see all people and say, ‘Hey, I built it as a result of.’”

She added: “Working with all people seriously wonderful individuals and experience successful and figuring out I could distribute some kindness and not just wallow in my hell and just try to continue to keep my head earlier mentioned h2o.”

Bertinelli was supposed to reunite with co-host Duff Goldman for the next period just before she was dropped. She had hosted the sequence considering the fact that its 2015 debut.

“Oh my God, these individuals get the job done so difficult to give you an astounding present,” she went on Saturday. “And all of people kids bakers that I bought to check out develop up: I really feel so lucky. And to all the bakers [who] are coming in for the new time, even nevertheless I won’t be there, I’ll be with you in spirit. I just want you to bear in mind this: You are there for a purpose [and] you are some of the very best bakers in America proper now and if you do not make it to the next round, make sure you always recall [that] it’s not because you are not a excellent baker, you just had a bad working day.”

Valerie Bertinelli cited budget cuts for why she will no more time be showcased on the application. Food Network
Valerie Bertinelli, Duff Goldman and Alex Guarnaschelli go to the “Turn Up! Battle Hunger” celebration in LA on Nov. 12, 2019. Getty Pictures for Discovery, Inc.

A source advised Men and women that Bertinelli’s deal ended. And despite the fact that a new contract was “absolutely reviewed,” the star’s team “decided they wished more and talks stalled.”

A next insider claimed, even so, that “her deal was up, and [Food Network] chose not to renew. They did not make a new present, but Valerie very significantly required to proceed.”

Very last calendar year, the “Hot in Cleveland” alum also declared the Food Community canceled her exhibit “Valerie’s Property Cooking” after 14 seasons devoid of an explanation.

The Put up reached out to the Foods Network for comment.