Overview
- The actress described posing nude for the cover of Getting Naked as terrifying during a Q&A at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on April 18.
- She said the idea clicked while speaking with her editor because the title demanded a literal expression of vulnerability.
- The shoot took place at her home with a longtime hair, makeup, and wardrobe team, and she eased in with a big sweater before disrobing.
- Bertinelli, 66, said she will not do it again and framed the choice as part of stopping people-pleasing and putting her own needs first.
- She contrasted the experience with a 2009 PEOPLE bikini cover tied to a weight-loss program, saying she spent decades feeling bad about her body and now wants to celebrate it, and the memoir is now on sale.