{"id":1960835,"date":"2025-08-14T21:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1960835"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:33:14","slug":"halle-berry-celebrates-birthday-while-throwing-shade-at-david-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/halle-berry-celebrates-birthday-while-throwing-shade-at-david-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Halle Berry Celebrates Birthday While Throwing Shade at David Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/halle-berry\/\"><strong>Halle Berry<\/strong><\/a> spent her birthday trolling ex-husband <strong>David Justice<\/strong>\u2019s recent comments about why their relationship didn\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhew\u2026! cooking, cleaning and mothering,\u201d the actress, 59, wrote via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNWCdM2uVMI\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> alongside a series of snaps while celebrating her birthday in a tropical destination on Thursday, August 14.<\/p>\n<p>The first photo of the slideshow featured Berry smiling brightly as she posed in front of the ocean. Berry rocked a yellow bikini plus a blue and white bandana. An additional pic showed off Berry and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/halle-berry-and-van-hunts-relationship-timeline\/\">boyfriend<strong> Van Hunt<\/strong><\/a> relaxing in a cabana and snacking on some chips. Berry also included multiple shots of her taking in the tropical paradise, including one of her holding a glass of wine between her toes as she lay out to overlook the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Berry also gave a glimpse of her birthday celebration, including a slice of chocolate cake with a candle on it. She also received a card seemingly from her kids, Nahla, 17, and Maceo, 11, as it was addressed to \u201cMom\u201d on the envelope. (The Oscar winner shares Nahla with ex-boyfriend<strong> Gabriel Aubry<\/strong>, and Maceo with ex-husband <strong>Olivier Martinez<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/halle-berrys-ex-david-justice-offers-blunt-explanation-for-split\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/halle-berrys-ex-david-justice-offers-blunt-explanation-for-split\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Halle Berry\u2019s Ex David Justice Offers Blunt Explanation For Their Split<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tHalle Berry\u2019s ex-husband David Justice admitted that he questioned whether the Oscar winner was \u201cthe woman I want to have kids with\u201d before their 1996 split. \u201cI was young and I had only, honestly, been in one relationship before her. My knowledge and my understanding, my wisdom around relationships just wasn\u2019t vast,\u201d Justice, 59, explained [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Berry\u2019s caption was a subtle dig at Justice\u2019s remarks earlier this month about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/halle-berrys-ex-david-justice-offers-blunt-explanation-for-split\/\">his reasoning<\/a> for why he and the actress separated in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was young and I had only, honestly, been in one relationship before her. My knowledge and my understanding, my wisdom around relationships just wasn\u2019t vast,\u201d the former baseball player, 59, said while appearing on the \u201cAll the Smoke\u201d podcast in August. \u201cSo, I\u2019m looking at my mom and I\u2019m a Midwest guy. So, in my mind, I\u2019m thinking a wife at that time should cook, clean.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4071618\" style=\"width: 768px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.28571428571%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4071618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Halle-Berry-IG-Halle-Berry-Trolls-ExHusband-David-JusticesRemarks-About-Why-They-Split.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Halle Berry IG Halle Berry Trolls ExHusband David JusticesRemarks About Why They Split\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Halle-Berry-IG-Halle-Berry-Trolls-ExHusband-David-JusticesRemarks-About-Why-They-Split.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Halle-Berry-IG-Halle-Berry-Trolls-ExHusband-David-JusticesRemarks-About-Why-They-Split.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Halle-Berry-IG-Halle-Berry-Trolls-ExHusband-David-JusticesRemarks-About-Why-They-Split.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Halle-Berry-IG-Halle-Berry-Trolls-ExHusband-David-JusticesRemarks-About-Why-They-Split.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Halle-Berry-IG-Halle-Berry-Trolls-ExHusband-David-JusticesRemarks-About-Why-They-Split.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Halle-Berry-IG-Halle-Berry-Trolls-ExHusband-David-JusticesRemarks-About-Why-They-Split.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Halle-Berry-IG-Halle-Berry-Trolls-ExHusband-David-JusticesRemarks-About-Why-They-Split.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Halle-Berry-IG-Halle-Berry-Trolls-ExHusband-David-JusticesRemarks-About-Why-They-Split.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Halle-Berry-IG-Halle-Berry-Trolls-ExHusband-David-JusticesRemarks-About-Why-They-Split.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Halle-Berry-IG-Halle-Berry-Trolls-ExHusband-David-JusticesRemarks-About-Why-They-Split.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Halle Berry<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Halle Berry\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Justice continued: \u201cThen I\u2019m thinking, \u2018OK, if we have kids, is this the woman I want to have kids with and build a family with?\u2019 At that time, as a young guy, she don\u2019t cook, don\u2019t clean, don\u2019t really seem like motherly, and then we start having issues. I\u2019ll say this, we never had any issues about any women, other men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berry and Justice tied the knot on New Year\u2019s Day in 1993 after meeting the previous year. The pair split in 1996 and finalized their divorce the following year. In 2001, Berry moved on with <strong>Eric Ben\u00e9t<\/strong>, whom she was married to from 2001 to 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Following her split from Ben\u00e9t, she moved on with Aubry from 2005 to 2010. Berry was later linked to Martinez from 2013 to 2016. The <em>Catwoman<\/em> actress has been in a relationship with Hunt since 2020.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halle Berry spent her birthday trolling ex-husband David Justice\u2019s recent comments about why their relationship didn\u2019t work out. \u201cPhew\u2026! cooking, cleaning and mothering,\u201d the actress, 59, wrote via Instagram alongside a series of snaps while celebrating her birthday in a tropical destination on Thursday, August 14. 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