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Inside Valerie Bertinelli’s Exit From Food Network’s ‘Kids Baking Championship’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Valerie Bertinelli's departure from 'Kids Baking Championship' is not a cut-and-dry case of Food Network firing her as co-host.
Valerie Bertinelli ‘s departure from “ Kids Baking Championship ” is not a cut-and-dry case of Food Network firing the “One Day at a Time” alum from her role as co-host and judge of the show. According to insiders, the choice to not renew Bertinelli’s deal in 2022 was made by development execs that no longer work at the network: Former president Courtney White exited Food Networkin March 2022 ahead of the close of the Discovery-WarnerMedia merger, followed soon by her replacement Jane Latman in December 2022. Bertinelli told her followers Saturday that she believed Food Network’s decision to not ask her to return as host was due to “budget cuts,” and noted the currently airing “Kids Baking Championship” episodes were recorded in the summer of 2022, her “apex year of hell,” while she was going through her divorce from ex-husband Tom Vitale.
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