Halle Berry<\/strong> is responding to her former husband David Justice\u2019s<\/strong> dig about how she didn\u2019t \u201creally seem like motherly\u201d throughout their marriage.<\/p>\n On Thursday, August 14, the Catwoman<\/em> actress celebrated her 59th birthday and posted an Instagram carousel<\/a> filled with photos of herself in a tropical locale.<\/p>\n One picture included her boyfriend<\/a> Van Hunt<\/strong>, and a second snap showed an envelope that read \u201cmom,\u201d seemingly from her children. The mother of two shares daughter Nahla<\/strong>, 17, with ex Gabriel Aubry<\/strong>, and son Maceo-Robert<\/strong>, 11, with ex-husband Olivier Martinez.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPhew\u2026! cooking, cleaning and mothering,\u201d the Oscar winner captioned her post.<\/p>\n Fans took to the comment section to applaud the X-Man<\/em> star for her witty response.<\/p>\n \u201cHalle got em\u2019 in they feelings all these years later!\u2764\ufe0f,\u201d one fan commented, to which Berry replied, \u201cYou know !!!! Nuts. \u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBravo!!\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f Nobody puts Berry in a corner.\ud83d\ude0c\ud83e\udd70\u2764\ufe0f,\u201d another fan posted.<\/p>\n \u201cBahahhaaaaa Caption Queen \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb ,\u201d a third penned. \u201cLove you!\u264c\ufe0f\ud83e\udd81.\u201d<\/p>\n Justice, 59, made his dig at Berry \u2014 whom he was married to from 1993 to 1997 \u2014 on an episode of the All the Smoke<\/a><\/em> podcast last week.<\/p>\n \u201cMy knowledge and my understanding, my wisdom around relationships just wasn\u2019t vast,\u201d the former MLB player admitted on the podcast. \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 \u201cThen I\u2019m thinking, \u2018OK, if we have kids, is this the woman I want to have kids with and build a family with?’\u201d Justice added. \u201cAt that time, as a young guy \u2014 she don\u2019t cook, don\u2019t clean, don\u2019t really seem like motherly, and then we start having issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging.starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/533097516_18422710864103435_3741369115286699078_n.jpg\")
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