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• Bertinelli — who had been hosting the Food Network show alongside Duff Goldman since it premiered in 2015 — cited budget cuts as the reason she was let go..
• Valarie Bertinelli/Instagram Bertinelli also said she's sad not to be able to tell everyone who works on the show what they mean to her, from Goldman to the crew to the kid bakers..
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• In a video posted on her Instagram story on Saturday, the longtime Food Network host and actress, 63, revealed that she learned on Friday that she's "not going to be asked back to be on Kids Baking Championship" in the future..
• Bertinelli went on to say that she shot the episodes for season 12 of the show, which is currently airing, in the summer of 2022..
• "Without sounding like a drama queen, the show saved my life," Bertinelli shared..