The second American leg of the "Balance" tour was set for mid-July. Sammy, Alex and Michael Anthony spent the two-week break enjoying their family and friends. Eddie however, was going through his own private hell with Valerie back in Los Angeles. Her representatives had recently been contacted by the supermarket tabloid, "The Globe." They wanted to get a reaction from the actress concerning a story they were going to press with detailing Eddie Van Halen's torrid two-year affair with 33-year old Andi Remington.
The magazine spoke with Bertinelli's publicist, Heidi Schaeffer, who told the scandal sheet the couple's marriage was now solid. She said Eddie's fling came while he was in the middle of a boozy haze. Schaeffer also said Eddie's drinking didn't excuse his actions, but it did explain why the affair happened. The publicist
further asserted to the "Globe" that the guitarist hardly remembered Remington, nor any of the specifics that went down between the two. When the issue hit the newsstands on July 15, the green-eyed blonde jogged Eddie's memory with vivid accounts of their sexual exploits both on the road and in Valerie's bed. The story was accompanied by a picture of a nude Eddie with a guitar around his neck and an "MTV Video" award in his hand. When the article broke, the embarrassed paramour was in Holmdel, New Jersey, playing the first
of two sold-out shows at the Garden State Arts Center. "Yes sir!" bellowed Hagar, "when that story broke, it was a bombshell. I had never seen that woman on tour with us, because Eddie didn't bring girls on the road. I knew Eddie had some problems, but we kept them quiet. I don't know what went down between him and Valerie when that story came out, because I wasn't hanging around him then. Besides, it's not my place
to talk about Eddie's extracurricular activity. There's a certain bond you have with your friends, and I'm not into taking cheap shots at him. I still think of Eddie as a friend even though he might not consider me one. I'll tell you this right now; Eddie did not bring women to our shows. If he had chicks, they weren't at the gigs. I was the only one stupid enough to drag them along." When the dust finally settled over the embarrassing revelations of Eddie's extramarital affair, Van Halen went about the task of playing music."