Halle Berryex-husband David Justice admitted that he wondered if the Oscar winner was “the woman with whom I wanted to have children” before their separation from 1996.
“I was young and I only, honestly, was in a relationship before her. My knowledge and understanding, my wisdom around relationships was simply not vast, ”said Justice, 59 years old Podcast “All The Smoke” Thursday August 7. “So, I look at my mother and I am a guy from the midwest. So, in my mind, I think that a woman at the time should cook, clean.”
He continued: “So I think:” Ok, if we have children, is it the woman I want to have children and build a family? ” At that time, as a young man, she does not cook, does not clean, does not really seem to be maternal, then we start to have problems.
Berry, 58, and the former star of Major League Baseball got married on New Year’s day in 1993. According to information, the couple began to go out together when Berry saw justice play in a MTV celebrity baseball match and slipped his number to a journalist whom they both knew.
The couple’s swirling marriage was a constant fodder for the press in the mid -1990s. Berry and Justice separated in February 1996 and finally finalized his divorce in June 1997.
During his appearance at the Podcast, the former World Series champion admitted that he had a second reflection on the fact of getting engaged in Berry shortly after she “asked me to marry her after having known me for five months”.
“I said ok, because I couldn’t say no. Who will say no at that time? ” Justice recalled. “I don’t know if my heart was really there, but I didn’t want to make it feel bad and say no, you know, or [if] I was just at the time.

David Justice and Halle Berry.
Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagicThe judge admitted that his Berry relationship and relationship came to the worst time possible because the two built their careers, which meant that they spent a lot of time apart.
“We could probably have done so if I knew the therapy. If we knew therapy, we could probably have done so, “he said.
US Weekly contacted Berry’s spokesperson to comment.
Following his relationship with justice, Berry was married to Eric Benés Between 2001 and 2005 and then Olivier Martinez – With whom she shares her son Maceo -Robert – From 2013 to 2016. Catwoman The actress welcomed the daughter Nahla Ariela during her five -year relationship with Gabriel Aubryand was with the musician Van Since 2020.
Hunt revealed during an appearance in June 2025 on NBC Today that he was still waiting for an answer after Propose to Berry. (The singer-songwriter married once before and has a son, but has not publicly disclosed the details of this relationship.)
“Well, I got married three times,” she said Today. “Van was married once, and therefore no, we do not have the impression that we must marry to validate our love in any way. We don’t do it. “
The actress added: “But I think we will simply get married because, among the people with whom I am married, this is the person I should have married. And I feel that I should, we should get married, but it is not because we feel.
Justice and his second wife, Rebecca VillaloboShare three children: David Jr., Dionisio and Raquel. (The retired MLB player and Villalobo were married in February 2001.)