Halle Berry acknowledged her 59th birthday this week with a celebratory publish that doubled as a rebuke of her ex-husband David Justice’s headline-making evaluation of their marriage.
On Thursday, the “X-Men” actor shared a carousel of pictures on Instagram displaying her and longtime boyfriend Van Hunt having fun with a tropical seaside getaway. Additionally included was a snapshot of a birthday card from her kids, in addition to a delectable-looking chocolate cake.
“Phew…! cooking, cleaning and mothering,” she wrote within the caption.
Hunt additionally honored Berry with a publish on his Instagram calling her “resilient.”
“the shots just bounce off u,” he wrote.
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Berry’s comment was a pointed response to Justice’s interview on the “All The Smoke” podcast final week. The previous Main League Baseball participant, who was married to Berry from 1993 to 1996, steered the actor hadn’t met his expectations as a partner as a result of she hadn’t been “traditional” sufficient.
“I’m looking at my mom and I’m a Midwest guy, so in my mind, I’m thinking a wife at that time should cook, clean, and then I’m thinking, OK, if we have kids, is this the woman I want to have kids with, build a family with,” he stated. “And at that time as a young guy, if you don’t cook, you don’t clean, don’t really seem motherly, and then we start having issues.”
Elsewhere in his “All The Smoke” look, Justice stated Berry had requested him to marry her after about 5 months of courting, and that he “couldn’t say no” to her proposal regardless of having blended emotions.
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“I said OK, but I don’t know if my heart was really into it,” he defined. “But I didn’t want to make her feel bad and say no.”
In 1996, Berry revealed to Folks that one in every of her former boyfriends had been bodily abusive, and as soon as hit her within the head so arduous that she misplaced listening to. Although the actor by no means named her abuser, many have been fast to take a position that it was Justice.
Justice has lengthy denied the claims, a degree he reiterated in his podcast chat.
As of Thursday afternoon, Berry’s publish had drawn a plethora of supportive feedback from her followers.
“Stay unbothered! I love this for you!” one individual wrote.
Added one other: “Bahahhaaaaa Caption Queen. Love you!”
