The actress promised to “make it all up to you” with a cooking segment after the commercial break, adding, “I won’t swear, I promise!”

Valerie Bertinelli accidentally swears twice during live *Today *interview: ‘I’ll never be invited back again’

The actress promised to “make it all up to you” with a cooking segment after the commercial break, adding, “I won’t swear, I promise!”

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- Valerie Bertinelli apologized after accidentally swearing twice during her live *Today* interview.

- The actress blamed her colorful language on "the 66-year-old disease where you just don't care what comes out of your mouth."

- She also promised to "make it up to you" by hosting a cooking segment after the commercial break, adding, "I won’t swear, I promise!”

Oops! Valerie Bertinelli found herself repeatedly apologizing after cursing not once, but twice during her live *Today* interview on Thursday.

The *Hot in Cleveland* star sat down with Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones to discuss her new Lifetime film, *Love, Again,* but found herself accidentally sprinkling a fair bit of profanity into their conversation.

The trouble began while the trio were discussing her character in the film, Caroline, who has become her husband’s caregiver as he navigates early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Bertinelli, Jenna Bush Hager, and Sheinelle Jones on 'Today'.

“She's just trying to hold it together,” Bertinelli said. “I just identified with her wholeheartedly, where I'm one of those people where no matter what I'm going through, I will put that happy face on so I don't bring my s--- to other… Sorry!”

Catching her error, Bertinelli quickly amended, “Bring my *stuff* to other people. I’m so terrible. I’m so sorry!”

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But Jones and Bush Hager weren’t phased by a little colorful language. “We're just chatting with girlfriends,” Hager remarked. “It comes out.”

That, unfortunately, wasn’t Bertinelli’s only slip-up on the show. Later in the interview, she found herself dropping an F-bomb when discussing why she feels apprehensive to start dating again.

“I haven’t had a partner in over a decade, at least, where I thought we could become partners, so I do miss that,” she confessed. “But then there’s another part of me that’s like, I am so independent and I can do everything on my own, so f--- off.”

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Bush Hager immediately caught the curse word, telling a shocked Bertinelli, “Oops, that's a second one!”

And, in turn, the *One Day at a Time* alum apologized again for the faux pas. “Geez, Louise! I'll never be invited back again,” she exclaimed, leaning back on the couch. “I'm sorry! God, what is wrong with me?”

She continued, “You know what? It's the 66-year-old disease where you just don't care what comes out of your mouth.”

Speaking directly to the cameras, the* Drew Barrymore Show* lifestyle expert added, “I apologize to everybody out there. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.”

Bertinelli promised to “make it all up to you” by hosting a cooking segment after the commercial break. “I won’t swear, I promise!” she said. “Oh my God!”

Watch Bertinelli's expletive-filled interview in the clip above.

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