Halle Berry made her first red carpet appearance last night since she and Olivier Martinez announced their split last week. The event was for “the Black Women of Bond,” as in a celebration of the handful of black women who have starred in the James Bond franchise. Halle was a Bond Girl in Die Another Day, and she was joined at the event by the current Moneypenny, Naomie Harris, plus Trina Parks and Gloria Hendry.
I’m not really sure if a maternity-looking sack dress was the look for this event, but Halle is – as always – beautiful. Of course Halle was not wearing her wedding ring for this event. Her wedding ring is actually one of the reasons why we knew Halle and Olivier were on the rocks months ago – she not only stopped wearing her (fug) yellow-gold-and-emerald rings, she lied about her rings to the press.
Halle didn’t speak to the press at this event and of course she did not address the fact that two of her ex-husbands slammed her on social media and in the press yesterday. The fact that both David Justice and Eric Benet spoke out about Halle has left a bad taste in some people’s mouths. The Daily Beast had an interesting piece about the situation – go here to read. The DB claims that Halle is being “slut shamed” by the media and by her exes because she’s had so many failed relationships. The thing is… I don’t really think most people give a sh-t that she’s “unlucky in love” or that she’s had a series of relationships that have ended badly (see Julia Roberts). It’s the fact that the through-line in all of Halle’s relationships is that all of them end with Halle trash-talking the men and trying to destroy them publicly.
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Slut is the wrong word. But….shaming, if the shoe fits..
It’s more like justified shaming for setting out to destroy all of her exes. Halle needs to figure out that she’s either choosing the wrong men and/or that she has some culpability in these relationship failures. Her vitriol agains her exes is what makes the public wonder what is really going on since it is unlikely that a woman who has navigated successfully navigated Hollywood is always the “victim”.
She not being slut-shamed! They need to re-read the definition of slut if they think that. That’s ridiculous! Are people questioning her character or if she’s hard to live with or get along with? Yes, and that’s kind of valid. It may be coincidence that all of none of her marriages or longterm relationships seem to last, but from what I’ve seen of her behaviour, it’s not surprising. I laughed at her recent statement about how putting her kids first is the most important thing because she certainly didn’t do that where her daughter and Gabriel Aubrey were concerned. she did everything she could to get him out of her daughter’s life and make his life difficult. I think it says a lot that he has consistently fought to be such a big part of Nahla’s life. Her and Olivier treated him like crap and in front of Nahla! So I think the Daily Beast is kissing her butt for some reason. It’s not unreasonable for question someone’s character when you see them acting very selfish and narcissistic and having a lot of failed relationships. I don’t think anyone thought this latest marriage was a good idea or that it would last. He was clearly violent and they both seemed a little unhinged imo.
Halle has some amazing PR people!!! David Justice was mentioned again as an abuser now that she is divorcing because all previous relationships are fair game apparently, and he tries to set the record straight. He did not hit her, and he says she never directly said it was him, but she didn’t deny it either. He has kids and wanted to make sure the truth was out there. Husband #2 agrees with David about Halle’s PR, and now we are slut shaming Halle. Seriously, I think the guys, and let’s add Gabriel to the mix are being slammed and wanted to correct the image. Hardly slut shaming, just slamming the guys.
It’s not slut shaming. It’s pointing out her patterns.
Just like pointing out Jimmy Fallon’s patterns of getting drunk and falling down and hurting himself is a comment on how his drinking has bad consequences.
This is pointing out her pattern with relationships going bad.
Given what’s been published about her childhood, she’s got Daddy Issues. Therapy.
Jimmy’s 41 and acts like’s he’s 21. Therapy and Rehab.4
More nutty than slutty.
I’m reading this as a pre-emptive strike. Countdown to something hitting the press about her being in another relationship before splitting with Martinez…
LOL, by who?
….ok. that’s all I got.
By her PR team that wrote this article apparently.
I think it’s amazing that her PR people are not reading what’s out there and telling her to take a mature approach. They’re probably all so afraid to lose their jobs they’ve turned into sycophants.
I agree. I get the sense she’s getting very poor media-handling advice. (Or ignoring very good advice.)
I disagree with you how with the facts that are out there did they get the Daily Beast to write that article. Her PR people get stories written in her favor. Keep in mind many people still think that David hit her, even though she never said he was the one who abused her. She just didn’t deny it. If they get enough of these the story as time passes will be poor Halle unlucky in love and the media just pounds on her cause she is a woman.
Omg…more sympathy for Halle. I guess her PR people thought they better try something else to get people on her side.
Her PR people have nothing to do with this. Stereo Williams isn’t a gossip writer or someone who’d be dealing with Halle’s team. He’s an “intellectual/columnist” who writes about identity politics. I say this as a fellow journalist. If TMZ, People or US featured such an article, that would be one thing. This isn’t the care here. He wrote about this topic because he wanted to write about it, and the more I read these crazy comments implying that Halle Berry is some all-powerful she-devil who eats her men and spits them out, I feel like pitching some editors to write a piece about Berry.
“Crazy comments” …WTW, please tell us what you think of Ms. Berry since we are all idiots on the matter.
@WTW I don’t think Halle is a she devil who eats the men. I think she has relationship issues, like a lot of people.. I do think she tends to gush about her men at the beginning and slam them at the end. Maybe not directly, but she doesn’t correct any of the bad publicity her ex’s tend to get, and if the info about David not being an abuser is correct, then I think she has an obligation to say it isn’t him or to come up with some proof that it was him, especially, since it keeps coming up after her breakups as true.
Now the only crazy comment I see is if you think her PR people had nothing to do with this. Really good PR people don’t just go to TMZ, People, etc. because intelligent people know that is gossip fodder, they go and get legitimate sources to write something that plants their client in a positive light. This article does that poor Halle Berry being maligned and slut shamed because she is a successful woman unlucky in love. I realize you may be a fan of the writer, but even great writers get inspiration from all sorts of PR that is presented to all media sources.
What would be the focus of your article or pitch? (I’m trying to better understand your perspective on this beyond the she-devil irritation.)
“Stereo Williams isn’t a gossip writer or someone who’d be dealing with Halle’s team. He’s an “intellectual/columnist” who writes about identity politics. I say this as a fellow journalist.”
I’m sorry perhaps he has written intellectual and journalist pieces in the past but after reading the full article, no self-respecting journalist or Journalism professor would give him anything less than an F on it! Reads straight up like a gossip hit piece with no objectivity.
He just cut and pasted statements made in the past by Halle and her Ex’s, then proceed to mark Halle’s complaints as “reflective” and her Ex’s as whiny male-b*tches who are mean-girling Halle on Twitter like bragging teenage “bro’s”. Seriously? How old is this “journalist”.
Furthermore he deliberately left out of his argument everything that Halle has done to Gabriel Aubry in the last 3years that are key to the public either questioning her behavior or fully turning on her. It’s a quickly (and poorly ) written response to David Justice’s Twitter post and an attempt to present Halle as a poor misunderstood little girl.
This is the type of B.S. article that is frequently written to defend any legit public criticism of Taylor Swift or Kate Middleton. So now it will be the triad of enabled adult women. Embarrassing.
No one here is “slut-shaming”. We’re just crazy-shaming because she turns so volatile and goes all Halle Berry- Destroyer of lives! Post-split.
You took the words out of my typing fingers. Crazy-shaming in a vindictive way, yes. Slut-shaming?! no!
*eyeroll* So now her people are jumping on the misuse of the word slut-shaming in order to turn the tide firmly in her favor? Whatever. No one cares that she has a bunch of failed relationships. What’s being side eyed is that they all end spectacularly bad. If George Clooney’s relationships had all ended like hers has, trust everyone would be looking at him sideways and wondering what is wrong with him.
They kind of do look at Clooney that way. They doubt his marriage, and still a lot of people think he is gay and Amal is a beard. We just don’t have a good word for the men. Who’s kidding who, the reason people still lust over Clooney is because he is good looking, and men will still lust over Halle for the same reason.
Exactly! I do think Halle’s picker is off though. She may be an a**hole trying to squash her exes but it seems like they weren’t that great to begin with.
“Slut-shamed”?! Oy, nice try Halle’s PR people but that is definitely not what I see her being critisized for.
I will say I think it’s time she realized that maybe marriage isn’t for her? And that’s fine. That doesn’t mean no relationships, and since the country is not run by the Duggers there is no requirement to marry. It’s not for everyone!
.?? Nobody is slut shaming her. In all the comments and articles I have read, no one has said that. Many people have suggested she stops marrying men and then trashing them, or working on herself before any future relationship and bringing more crazy into her kids’ lives… But nowhere was there any hint of shaming her. Her PR people are truly grasping at straws to somehow turn this into a pity party. In a way it works because people like Lainey still buy the “poor Halle” act. But the vast majority of us are looking at this this and saying she has issues.
Halle clearly has issues.
I haven’t seen any slut shaming, just the observation that her breakups always turn ugly.
I’m not slut shaming her, but after a string of relationships that fail and fail badly. You have to take a little time for self reflection and ask yourself a question.
Amen. What is the common denominator here???
Amen again, she is clearly deeply damaged, and should get some sort of therapy ASAP. Meanwhile those poor wee mites are stuck in the middle of her dysfunction, and ceaseless inappropriate men collecting. One has to hope that their fathers are able/allowed to step up to the plate and provide some sort of stable parenting in their lives.
Let’s say that we have all read these incidents in her life wrong, and she is not to blame for anything. Even if that would be true, I think we can all agree that it would be healthier for her, her kids, and her exes for her to try to handle her divorce(s) in a calm, reasonable, fair manner. Realizing that hurling accusations (real or not) ultimately only hurt. Look for healing solutions instead, for the sake of your children, who need their father’s in their lives.
She needs to divorce that thing on her head
– hair shaming –
It’s not slut shaming. It’s drama queen shaming, in other words, expecting a grown woman to be reasonable when divorcing the father of her child. And to not blow the whole thing up into a nasty fight.
Arghhhh- this “shaming” thing again. No article I have seen has said a peep about her failed marriages- but there are some pretty spot-on comments re her seemingly crazy vindictive behavior towards her exes. Sometimes the chickens come home to roost- and that’s what happening here. Her PR folks will have to try another angle. That being said, that color is lovely on her.
Oh please, slut shamed, what bs. Halle has a history of trying to destroy her exes, she gave Gabriel hell because he insisted on being a part of his daughters life and now everybody’s waiting for history to repeat itself with Olivier. We’re already getting the hints of how she’s intending to go after him… Violent, aggressive.. Well he did beat up Gabriel for her and she lied to ensure he escaped justice so I have no sympathy but Gabriel was his victim, not her. He knows now that she’s going to claim he was doing the same to her too behind closed doors to get what she wants custody wise and she has enough evidence of his outbursts against others to claim credibility. It’s his own fault for his own abominable behaviour, at least he deserves what’s coming to him, unlike her other exes.
The thing about Halle is she lies about everybody when it suits her and you can never trust a liar, sometimes liars tell the truth but how can anyone tell??? We’re just expecting the latest public psychotic attacks on this ex, in a few years it’ll be the same with whoever comes next…. Crazy shaming maybe, nothing ‘slutty’ about Halle at all.
This is why my first reaction now is to roll my eyes anytime somebody brings up “slut-shaming.” It’s quickly becoming a term that basically means “You cannot judge or criticize any woman’s relationship decisions ever, no matter how lousy they may truly be.” And that’s stupid.
Halle Berry has a history of being vindictive with her partners. She’s alleged that Gabriel Aubry is a racist (who had a kid of color with a woman of color, but hey, no matter), made his life hell by trying to take his daughter out of country, etc. She’s pretty clearly gearing up to do the same types of things to Olivier Martinez.
Yes, in my mind, when I see a person who’s up into the 3+ marriages column, I do have a tendency to think, “Maybe you should cool it on the marriage thing.” I totally get that some people just truly get very unlucky in love, but at some point, going through that process again and again must be a strain and basically makes you into a glutton for punishment. Halle seems to be one such glutton. And yes, I think that of men as well. But there are people who just part ways and manage to handle divorces fine – Halle does not.
ETA: Did anybody else catch that the header on the DB article is “strong women”? I actually had to hold back a laugh on that one. A strong woman would be a woman who could put her personal issues with her ex aside to build a good relationship for her kids. Repeatedly going after your daughter’s father to try to bar him from her life is a hallmark of a weak woman who can’t get past her own issues.
Halle should fire her PR person. This Daily Beast piece is too obvious…
Not a soul has slut shamed Halle. We “crazy shame” her and hope it will lead her to therapy.
Doesn’t she and her team realize that portraying all of her exes as monsters really only reflects badly on her by association? Like, “Hey girl, you married him.” Plus two of these men are now fathers of her children, and trashing their fathers trashes the children as well. I swear this woman is a walking liability who destroys everyone and everything around her. I’d feel sorry for her if I weren’t so horrified for her children. I DO feel sorry for her, actually.
She attributes her bad taste in men to the fact that she was abandoned by her father early in life and that she seeks out negative men because of that. But Halle, honey, if you know that’s the case, marriage isn’t the answer – therapy is. Once you’ve established a track record of dating/marrying bad guys, why not take a break from the marriage game and get some counseling to help you break that cycle? But she doesn’t, that’s the problem. And she’s leaving kids in the wake to have to deal with this crap.
Sure she had a crappy dad. But she also has serious issues of her own, and is unable to see it.
And she has tried to make Aubrey disappear because he refuses to abandon his daughter…. Can’t win, I guess.
What in chicken roost nest does Halle have on her head?
Feminism is nowadays constantly abused by celebs to silence their critics. thats a very worrying trend.
^^^THIS
Not just celebs either.
Slut shamed? Really? Geez, People really like to throw that term around. She’s not being slut shamed. Crazy shamed, yes.
Agreed. Now kate hudson def falls into the “slut shamed”
She’s not being slut-shamed, she’s straight-up crazy.
I’ve always said this woman is crazy. Beautiful, but crazy. When you have that many failed marriages and relationships, perhaps YOU are the problem.
As others have said this was a very obvious and poor choice to try and spin the PR in her favor.
Looking at her ex-husband’s tweets it just makes this piece from DB look all the more planted and deliberate. Like yup, it’s all about slut shaming you and not the fact your relationships all follow a predictable and disastrous path with the man being a king in the beginning and a horrible bastard towards the end.
I will say more than anything at this point I do feel genuinely bad for her, there’s got to be an incredible amount of self-loathing and misery that’s consuming her to the point she doesn’t want her children to be with their Fathers.
I see the obvious part, but most people are not that invested in her story or gossip. Legitimate media stories of her in a positive light might help her in her divorce case by making her husband not want to go against her PR nightmare. They could have taken the high road and not said or leaked anything. Halle’s past relationship history shows you she wouldn’t do that.
Um, not so much slut shamed as it is people seeing the holding pattern about how she acts during/after a relationship she was given the benefit of the doubt 3-4 times, this time the public at large just put her on notice that her antics wont fly and the goodwill is done, But Lainey had a great article of what is the problem with her breakups and what can she do to fix it
” I suspect that this is why Halle rubs some the wrong way: she has an inability to eat a bit of crow and play nice, at least publicly. Maybe we only expect that because we’ve been conditioned to think women should be benevolent and wise in the face of adversity, and wives in Hollywood seem to take all kinds of nonsense and humiliation with a smile on their face (see: Jennifer Garner).
It’s an interesting time in relationship-centered gossip because the breakup game has legitimately changed as we’ve entered the age of conscious uncoupling. The public has come to expect breakupmoons and family sushi dates. Our tolerance for dirty tactics is much lower. Now, we wonder why they can’t just go to Disneyland, no matter how much they secretly resent one another. We hold an inability to “play nice” against them, and in Halle’s case, the burden to be peaceful and cooperative will be on her, because she’s the only one we care about.”
http://www.laineygossip.com/Halle-Berrys-work-schedule–feisty-personality-and-Olivier-Martinezs-bad-temper-blamed-as-reasons-for-divorce/41053?celebrityId=55
That’s interesting.
I don’t think she needs to “play nice” and smile through humiliation, but it’s a big leap from that to trashing the exes and making terrible (and lasting) accusations about them, and doing that over and over with each new partner.
I actually really hated the way Lainey spun the story, trying to portray Halle like this strong warrior type woman who won’t bow to society pressure to play nice, who dumps the men who do not live up to her standards etc. because girl, if you choose to marry and / it have kids with them, that is no proof of wisdom and judgement. And if you repeatedly do the same thing and they are all indeed “bad” guys, you absolutely need a sauce of humble with a side of crow and a heavy helping of therapy.
Not to mention that all the exes, and in particular GA, have never been portrayed by other women as problematic. (I know the stories that David and Eric cheated. Okay, that makes them lousy partners, but not abusive it violent. Dump them and move on.)
This^^^
Someone please give her weeve a drink of water and some VO5
Yeah! I felt something looked wrong, but couldn’t put my finger on it.
Is it just me or has she suddenly aged in the last few years. She still doesn’t look her age, but she suddenly looks older. Like she has aged more in the last few years than she has in the last 20 years.
Yes Patty. She has aged very quickly. Unhappy I suppose. She looks like Cicely Tyson to me now.
Halle does not look 90. Don’t exaggerate. Cicely Tyson looks great for her age btw.
Yes ITA and I noticed it as well. She’s still an incredibly stunning woman, but the stress of another failed relationship is definitely starting to show on her face.
I don’t understand why she’s risking her reputation just to get back at Oliver (okay, the first few times it worked, but at some point you should realize that your luck will run out). She never should have married.
i think she maybe thought the union would work in the beginning. But you’re right about her not needing to marry.
This is NOT slut shaming. This is calling someone out for alleged bad behavior.
I’d just like to add that Naomie looks AMAZING, whoa. That is all.
So so hot.
I think Naomie is one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever seen, I find her face mesmerising.
Yep. I’ve had a serious girl crush on her since 28 Days Later.
Who is the woman in red? So pretty!
That’s Naomie Harris she in the new bond movie.
Omg she is not. I can’t with this self pitying drama queen and her PR team. People don’t think anything about her failed relationships they are disgusted by her attacking her partners with egregious claims that aren’t easy to shake or come back from so she wins and gets what she wants.
She is just a hateful self involved narracistic twit. But she isn’t a slut and no one is saying she is.
I want to acknowledge ‘Bambi’ there ..Trina Parks…still looking fabulous….I bet she could still beat Sean’s ***if she wanted !
I am not as familiar with the other lady,,Gloria Hendry as I wasn’t a fan of Roger Moore so much ..so don’t watch his Bond when they are on TV.
Of course Halle is behaving like a spoilt actress…I hope the reaction she is getting this time..will give her PR a chance to rethink..though I doubt she would listen to any advice..Just like Cruise and some other ‘stars’ she has gotten away with things for too long…an indulged child …
i recognised Gloria Hendry immediately. That was the first Bond i watched. was really freaked out by all the voodoo stuff. also didn’t help my snake phobia!!! LOL.
Slut shaming? No. Cray-Cray with a side of ‘oh poor little ole me’ is more like it. But, whatever helps Halle sleep at night.
Halle deserves the backlash coming her way. She didn’t put the best interest of her daughter by trying to keep her from her father by making false accusations.
I wish Grace Jones would’ve been there as well. I’m doubtful she would have attended, but let’s not forget her as May Day, regardless.
How in the world can they call backlash “slut-shaming”? Please educate yourself, DB!
Holly always plays a meek victim. She needs therepy or stop dating in general.
WHERE IS GRACE JONES? She may not have been the “bond girl” but she was a badass!
Who cares how many men Halle has slept with (or has married for that matter)?? Get your groove on, Halle, as often as possible, if need be. Just stop trying to destroy the men that you choose to sleep with and/or marry or, if they are all *that* bad, then go to a psychiatrist and talk through ways to fix/mend your “picker”. The common denominator in her relationships is HER, and she never fails to show the crazy so I’m all on board for crazy-shaming Halle.
Halle’s been slut-shamed about as much as Kelly Rutherford has.
I suppose that’s one plus, when you behave so atrociously. Nobody needs to reach for Sexist Tropes 101 to find justification when slamming you. You’ve already handed them all the ammo they could ever want.
halle berry’s bond movie is one of the worst movies ever. Numerous people, including myself, walked out of the theater. I couldn’t believe that’s how she followed up her Oscar winning performance. I get that this is about black women being featured in a huge franchise, why she’d celebrate that film I have no idea
I recall her on Oprah when she first met Gabriel oh the pheromones were crazy you could feel the excitement in the air or something similar. I feel they esp those in HW should just keep their mouths shut regarding new relationships. Most times it all ends in tears.
On a superficial note, I hate her hair. She’s a beautiful woman and that fugly 80s hair does not any good to her, add the nude lipstick to it .. the final effect isn’t that good.
Halle put her self in that hall of shame. no one did that for her. She made people and other famous celebrities feel sorry for her and guess what….Karma came back around girl!