Halle Berry Explains Why She 'Pretty Much Stopped Doing Interviews' & Reveals Headlines She Wants to See About Herself
Halle Berry has different ideas about how she’d like to be portrayed in the press.
In a recent interview, the 59-year-old actress explained that she decided to take an extended break from giving interviews at a point in her career.
She broke down the reasons why and also listed a few headlines that she thinks should actually be printed about her.
Keep reading to find out more…
Speaking to The Cut, Halle said that the press became obsessed with diagnosing what was “wrong with her” after she divorced her third husband Olivier Martinez.
“After my third divorce, people started to say, ‘What’s wrong with her? She’s crazy. She can’t keep a man,’ ” she said. “And I would always argue, ‘Who says I want to keep a man if he’s not the right man?’ ”
Saying that she got sick of seeing headlines like “Poor Halle — Unlucky in Love Again,” Halle said, “I pretty much stopped doing interviews for a decade because I got tired of the same old story.”
The Oscar winner has some ideas about the stories she’d rather see about herself: “Hmm. ‘Halle Berry Is Not a Damsel in Distress,’ ” she proposed, continuing, “‘Halle Berry Is Not a Victim of Failed Relationships.’ ”
Her third headline: “Halle Berry Never Said It’s Anyone Else’s Fault.”
If you missed it, the star recently revealed that there’s a reason she hasn’t accepted her longtime love Van Hunt‘s marriage proposal yet.