Valerie Chaney is a very private person, who gained public interest by being married to American comedian-writer-producer and podcaster Pete Holmes.
Early Life and Family
There is no information about her early life, and little is known about her family except for her Instagram posts on which she’s shared some photos of her parents, Bill and Beth Chaney, along with a grandfather whom she fondly calls Paw-Paw. She also has a brother named Derek Chaney whom she considers her best friend, and has a good relationship with her sister-in-law named Beth Ansolabehere.
She is also a doting and loving aunt, based on her IG posts dedicated to her nephew, Wyatt, and niece, Annie June.
Education
She earned a Master’s degree in Education from the University of California, Davis. There is no information on her primary and secondary education as well as where she earned her Bachelor’s degree; she’s made no reference to them on her social media app posts.
Career
Not long after she earned her Master’s degree, she was accepted as a middle school teacher in Northern California. While there, she discovered how young girls struggled with having low self-esteem, and this played a major influence in her advocacy of helping women with the same problem to overcome it.
Her not-so great personal experience growing up along with what she observed among her students pushed her to be connected with the REALgirl Empowerment Program. It helps young girls from ages nine to 16 with their self-esteem issues, along with informing them of their options so they can fully explore their own potential as individuals.
She is currently a REALgirl® Instructor in the Los Angeles area, and she coaches young girls as they deal with body-shaming and identity confusion, as well as inspiring them to be confident so they can stand on their own. She believes that this would encourage more women to speak out, and be future leaders in society.
In 2019, she started offering Dance and Meditation classes called “Wild and Free” at Studio A Dance in the Hyperion Arts Complex in L.A.
Personal Life
She has been married to Pete Holmes since 28 October 2017, in California after dating for three years. They have a daughter named Lila Jane, who was born in September of 2018. She and Pete loved to travel together, but when Lila came, they both enjoyed staying at home together to take care of her.
Who is Pete Holmes?
Peter Benedict ‘Pete’ Holmes is of American-Lithuanian descent, born on 30 March 1979 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to an American father and a Lithuanian mother.
He matriculated from Lexington High School, and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in English and Communications from Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.
He was married at the age of 22 when he was just starting his career in stand-up comedy, and was part of “The Sweaty-Toothed Madmen,” a local comedy troupe. Unfortunately, his wife was unfaithful and had an affair with another man, so at age 28 he was already divorced, and started exploring and staying in cities including Chicago and New York for short periods of time until he finally moved to Los Angeles.
His television career started by appearing in several shows including “Comedy Central,” “VH1’s All Access,” and “Best Week Ever.”
He was also able to sell his cartoon illustrations to American magazines, “Cosmo Girl,” and “The New Yorker.” Pete also performed in popular TV late night shows, such as “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and “Conan.”
Pete’s writing career started by providing material for commercials and TV sitcoms, such as “Outsourced,” (2010-2011) and “I Hate My Teenage Daughter” (2011-2012). He also created a comedy-version character of the superhero, Batman, in a web series called “Badman” produced by CollegeHumor. From October 2013 up to June 2014, “The Pete Holmes Show” was aired on TBS.
He wrote, produced, and hosted the show in which comedy sketches and monologues were presented for half an hour every Monday to Thursday night.
He achieved further success with “Crashing,” a TV series loosely-based on his own life experiences, that started airing over at HBO in 2015, and lasted until March 2019, running for three seasons directed by Judd Apatow. Pete has a podcast series, “You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes,” and it’s available in different online platforms including Apple Podcasts.
Pete also uploaded videos on to his YouTube Channel, which has a accumulated 250 million views and counting.
Interesting Facts
- Valerie is a huge supporter of the #MeToo movement, posting a huge text/image of ‘MeToo’ on her Instagram with this caption: ‘I’m unpacking all of the reasons it took me several days to work up the courage to say #metoo.’
- Valerie and Pete owned a dog named Brody, who they sometimes fondly call the “petjetter” as the dog travels with them during vacations.
- She has a scripted tattoo on her arm, “love everyone,” with a heart drawn in between the words.
- Beyonce is her favorite singer, and says that she’s grateful that she’s a woman during the time of Beyonce.
Appearance
There are no exact details about her height and weight. However, based on their photos together, she is more than a foot shorter than her husband who is 6ft 5ins (1.98m) tall. She is Caucasian with blonde hair and light grayish-brown eyes.
Net worth
Her net worth is estimated at over $500,000, and authoritative sources estimated her husband’s net worth to be over $3 million, as of May 2020.
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