{"id":4193,"date":"2025-08-11T10:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=4193"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:14:00","slug":"fans-outraged-after-halle-berrys-ex-husband-reveals-annoying-reason-he-left-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/fans-outraged-after-halle-berrys-ex-husband-reveals-annoying-reason-he-left-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans outraged after Halle Berry\u2019s ex-husband reveals \u2018annoying\u2019 reason he left her"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Justice has opened up about why his marriage to Halle Berry didn’t work out (Picture: Jeff Kravitz\/FilmMagic, Inc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

David Justice is facing backlash after revealing the reason why his marriage to Halle Berry<\/a> didn\u2019t work out. <\/p>\n

The former professional baseball player, 59, spoke out on the All the Smoke podcast<\/a> about his marriage to the actress, 58, from 1993 to 1997.<\/p>\n

\u2018She asked me to marry her after knowing me for five months,\u2019 he reflected.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t know if my heart was really into it. But I didn\u2019t want to make her feel bad and say no. I was just in the moment, it caught me off-guard. We’re getting along, we’re vibing, again, we’re only five months in, we’re still in the honeymoon stage.\u2019<\/p>\n

He then shared that he ultimately decided to leave Berry because she didn;t cook and clean like his mother did, a comment that his earned disbelief and outrage online. <\/p>\n

He said: \u2018I\u2019m looking at my mom, I\u2019m a Midwest guy. So in my mind, I\u2019m thinking a wife at that time should cook, clean, and I\u2019m thinking OK, if we have kids, is this the woman I want to have kids with and build a family with? And at that time, as a young guy, she don\u2019t cook, don\u2019t clean, don\u2019t really seem like motherly.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The former MLB player said Berry wasn’t ‘motherly’ (Picture: Paras Griffin\/Getty Images for The Players Alliance)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Berry and Justice were married from 1993 to 1997 (Picture: Stefanie Keenan\/Getty Images for Joylux & Playground)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He continued, saying: \u2018Eventually, I realize this isn\u2019t the person I wanted to spend my life with.\u2019<\/p>\n

X user @macaiyla wrote: \u2018Men are so annoying ffs its never enough. You get a hard working woman and shes not motherly enough for you. You get a woman who stays at home and they\u2019re useless golddiggers. There is no winning with this gender its like talking to a wall.\u2019<\/p>\n

@nwajiohaphilip agreed: \u2018Sounds like he was looking for a housekeeper, not a partner.\u2019<\/p>\n

@_mstrdom posted: \u2018Men are so annoying. They\u2019re looking for their mother. We\u2019re in 2025.\u2019<\/p>\n

But some people defended the regressive take, with X user @petaitoksf1 writing: \u2018Well that\u2019s his expectation and if she ain\u2019t what he\u2019s looking for then that explains why he\u2019s the ex. Neither is wrong though.\u2019<\/p>\n

@AMB0915 agreed: \u2018You\u2019re allowed to have expectations,  preferences etc but let that be known to the person you\u2019re going to marry prior. And they don\u2019t have to meet them if they don\u2019t want to. Glad Halle berry is happy with someone else because services exist for the above.\u2019<\/p>\n

Continuing to reflect on the fallout after the end of his marriage to Berry, Justice said: \u2018It wasn\u2019t really a lot of negative attention until I decided to leave her in 1996.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Justice did admit he wished he’d handled the split differently (Picture: Kevin Mazur Archive 1\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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One fan wrote on X: ‘Sounds like he was looking for a housekeeper, not a partner.\u2019 (Picture: Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite Berry\u2019s dissimilarities to his mother, Justice thinks the marriage could have been saved: \u2018Honestly, we probably could have made it, if I knew about therapy,\u2019 he said. <\/p>\n

He continued: \u2018It\u2019s just that I, because I was young, had only been in honestly one real relationship before her. My knowledge and my understanding and my wisdom around relationships just wasn\u2019t vast.\u2019<\/p>\n

Famously, Berry told People<\/a> in 1996 that an ex-boyfriend punctured her eardrum while hitting her. At the time, many believed she was referring to Justice, something he always denied. <\/p>\n

While Berry eventually set the record straight and publicly confirmed it wasn\u2019t Justice, he resent she didn\u2019t do it sooner, saying: \u2018She let the world think it was me. I thought she was dead wrong for that.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Justice has been married to wife Rebecca for 24 years (Picture: WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Berry and Van Hunt have been together for around five years (Picture: Max Cisotti\/Dave Benett\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Still, Justice acknowledged he could have been more empathetic when splitting from Berry. <\/p>\n

He said: \u2018I look back on that situation, and I\u2019m like, that girl really did love me. And I can see why she would be so mad at me. Because imagine if you really love somebody and they tell you they want to break up, and there\u2019s nothing you can say to get them back. That had to have been tough on her.<\/p>\n

Today, Berry shares her life with musician Van Hunt, her long-term partner. <\/p>\n

Her romantic history includes two high-profile marriages to French actor Olivier Martinez<\/a> from 2013 to 2016, and to singer Eric Ben\u00e9t between 2001 and 2005. <\/p>\n

She is also a devoted mother of two: 17-year-old Nahla, whom she co-parents with ex-partner Gabriel Aubry, and 11-year-old Maceo, her son with Martinez.<\/p>\n

Justice, meanwhile, has built a steady family life far from the headlines. He has been married to his wife, Rebecca, for 24 years, and together they are raising two children.<\/p>\n

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