Halle Berry's First Ex-Husband Reminisces What Could Have Saved Their Marriage

Thirty years down the line, and Halle Berry's ex-husband is realizing what they could have done differently.

The actress' former husband, David Justice, hopped on a podcast to take stock of all the things that went wrong in their marriage, including a flaw he discovered about her parenting skills.

Halle Berry and her ex, David Justice, got married in 1993 after meeting and briefly dating in 1992. They finalized their divorce four years later, in 1997, following a very public separation.

Justice appeared on Matt Barnes' "All the Smoke" podcast, giving details of the loopholes in their marriage and how it all went down the drain. The former baseball player revealed that he had a different outlook on how a marriage should operate while he was with the actress. 

According to him, he grew up watching his mother being very homely, cooking the meals, and being all motherly; every trait Berry did not seem to display, thus skewing his perspective on marriage.

He shared that they began having issues in this aspect of their lives as he did not think the actress was motherly enough to be the mother of his kids.

Justice added that their hectic work schedules also kept them apart for much of the time, making it difficult for them to work things out. As reported by TMZ, the athlete was convinced therapy would have helped their situation, but where was the time?

Berry found love in the arms of a dentist from Chicago in the early '90s before fame came knocking at all. As shared by She Knows, the dentist, named John Ronan, dragged the actress to court after their split, claiming that he loaned her about $80,000 when her career was picking up.

By 1992, she began dating Christopher Williams, the popular R&B singer. They made an appearance on the NAACP Image Awards red carpet in 1992 before parting ways due to their extremely tight schedules.

Two marriages and divorces in between, she emerged on the dating scene again with Gabriel Aubry in 2006, dating for four years and welcoming their only child together, before calling it quits. Their split was filled with child custody drama until they reached a favorable arrangement in 2014.

Now, the actress is happy and in love with her boyfriend, Van Hunt. The relationship began in 2020, during the pandemic, and they have only waxed stronger ever since, even sparking rumors of an engagement.

The Oscar winner expressed her intention to take a few steps back and do things differently the next time after her split from Justice in 1996. By 2001, the actress married singer Eric Beńet, who appeared by her side when she became the first Black woman to win an Oscar in 2002.

Ten days after this big win, the actress got a startling revelation that her husband had cheated on her with a blast from the past.

Benèt confessed to a doubtful Berry at the time that he had cheated on her with multiple women while he filmed “Die Another Day” in London. The couple separated in 2003, finalizing the divorce in 2005.

Five years after her first divorce, she began dating French actor Olivier Martinez, whom she married in 2013 and welcomed a son the same year.

The couple split in 2015 and finalized the divorce in 2023, with the actress agreeing to pay her ex $8,000 in child support and 4.3% of any income received above $2,000,000 as extra support.

Berry and Hunt have come a long way in their whirlwind romance, and back in June, The Blast noted that the musician confessed to proposing to the actress. Hunt shared that the proposal is still hanging in the air till they are both ready to give love a chance.

On why she is taking her time to agree or turn down the proposal, Berry shared that they are both experienced, previously married people, hence there is no need to rush into any marriage to prove their commitment to each other.

She ranked the singer top of her list, stating that if she could do it all over again, she would have married him without skipping a beat. The couple reportedly met through Hunt's brother, who worked for Berry's menopause company, Respin.

Berry confessed that she had fallen deeply in love with the musician before they ever physically set eyes on each other, as they connected over the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Berry's fans are happy she is happy but will not let her make the mistake she made in her marriage to Martinez, which has her facing serious financial consequences.

Her loved ones online encouraged the actress to put financial barricades in place via a prenup to safeguard her finances from suffering another huge blow. Some fans even suggested that the actress ditch the idea of walking down the aisle completely and settle for having Hunt as a partner alone. 

The advice flowed in after the couple displayedserious affection on Instagram on Mother's Day. The actress and the singer were tucked into their cozy bed, making an ad for her lubricant brand in the process and teasing fans about her plans to try out the product.

"I'm not gonna show you, I'm gonna tell you about how my Mother's Day is gonna end, ain't that right, babe," said Berry to an excited Hunt who could not wait for the day to wrap up.

Will Halle Berry agree with her first ex-husband's assessment of their marriage?