In our last article on Gabriel Aubry, we mentioned that an emergency hearing requested by Halle Berry for a “no contact” order between Aubry and their nearly four year-old daughter, Nahla, was denied. Aubry currently has supervised visits with Nahla, and it’s expected that those will continue for the time being. To recap: Aubry has been accused by a nanny of verbal abuse, of pushing her on two occasions, once with Nahla in her arms, and of grabbing Nahla from her. A bid by the nanny to get a restraining order against Aubry was also denied. (Radar has the PDF of the ruling denying the restraining order, and the boxes are checked for “does not show reasonable proof,” “fails to show that he or she will suffer great or irreparable harm,” and “fails to show threat of future harm.” It’s written below that in long hand that the petition is “Insufficient and speculative. If there are concerns they should be resolved in family court.”)
Aubry is currently being investigated for misdemeanor battery and child endangerment in conjunction with an altercation with the nanny on January 18. As part of that investigation, child and family services has interviewed both Berry and Aubry separately, as is reportedly standard in cases like this. Radar has the details of the interview with Aubry, and after getting the semi-official excuse from Aubry camp’s that “the nanny tripped” and wasn’t pushed, they’re also getting his very deep thoughts on having to speak to authorities. Poor pretty Gabe feels like “he is living in a police state.”
The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services has formally interviewed Halle Berry’s baby daddy, Gabriel Aubry, in connection with allegations that he pushed a nanny while she was holding the former couple’s three year old daughter, Nahla, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.
Aubry’s interview with social workers was thorough and exhaustive. “These are very serious allegations and Gabriel was obviously very nervous,” a source close to Aubrey tells RadarOnline.com. “Gabriel feels that he is living in a police state as far as his time with his daughter is concerned.
“He is a doting and loving father and extremely attentive to Nahla. His daughter wasn’t present when the interview took place. The investigation will remain open at this point, but it’s not uncommon at all for officials to keep an investigation open out of an abundance of caution to ensure the safety of the child.”
[From Radar]
As many of you mentioned in our last story, saying that a person “tripped” or fell is a classic abuser tactic. I’m not saying that Gabe is a nasty monster, or even that all these allegations ring true to me, but he’s not helping his case at all by leaking these ridiculous explanations and defensive quotes to the tabloids. It really does seem that he’s a devoted dad and that he loves Nahla, but if he has anger management issues he needs to have supervised visitation. It’s still hard to know which side to believe given Halle’s obvious tactics in the past to both smear Gabriel and to make sure she pushes him out of their daughter’s life. The truth is probably somewhere in between.
*haven’t read story yet* Man he’s PRETTY! Sheesh…
I don’t think he’s completely innocent. I still think the nanny was a hired spy for Halle and was trying to stir up trouble. Everyone involved needs serious therapy and to start putting Nahla first.
Thank You, I’ve been saying the same thing, every ones all like Halles crazy or what ever. they are BOTH wrong and need to grow up and put that little girl first!!!
I remember reading somewhere that when he has Nahla the nanny must be present. I’m sure he resents it; I would as well, especially when Halle hired the nanny and I’m sure has her report every single thing done and said in his house. From what I’ve read on this, I’d be amazed if this wasn’t the case.
Am I the only one who thinks it’s really strange that the judge in family court agreed to mandated supervised visits but felt it was appropriate to have the regular nanny be the supervisor instead of someone unbiased or selected by the court? It just smells odd like the judge was just giving the parent with the biggest wad of cash what they wanted but really didn’t think the other parent’s ability to care for the child was really suspect.
As for the nanny tripping or being pushed – it’s possible the truth is in the middle. Maybe he walked towards her and she back up into the door and lost her balance but thinks he pushed her (or wants to think he pushed her)
@ol cranky: No Judge has ever ordered supervised visitation. Gabriel willingly agreed to have a nanny present when he has Nahla. Gabriel was trying to work with Halle and compromised with her to have a nanny present. Halle then hired the nosy nanny from hell to spy on Gabriel. Once Gabriel figured out that his kind gesture had been turned into yet another way for Halle to wrestle visitation and custody away from him, he tried to have that provision reversed and it was denied. I’m assuming that it was denied because the Judge didn’t want to upset the delicate balance that already existed in the custody case. That does not, however, equal court ordered supervised visitation.
http://www.tmz.com/2011/10/07/halle-berry-ex-gabriel-aubry-family-court-nahla-no-nanny-during-visitation-gary-fishbein-neal-hersh/#.TyMZzfnz9Kg
@DreamyK – thanks for the explanation. There are a lot of people pointing to the judge refuse to change this as proof he is considered iffy and needs supervision. This situation with the nanny shows how bad the judge’s decision ended up being as it ended up creating a more hostile environment for Aubry as a father and actually further upsetting the balance instead of keeping some balance.
@DreamyK
Thanks for the clarification. This completely makes sense now. Judges rarely change what the two parents willingly stipulated to. So what they stipulated to was to have a nanny who would be present in both homes. GA was petitioning to get rid of the nanny, not supervised visitation, because he was never ordered “supervised” visitation. Instead they both agreed to have a nanny present, and they share custody.
Basically he wanted to back out on their stipulation to have the nanny present, and the judge said no. From what I read in the nanny’s affidavit she was to be present in BOTH parents homes as per court order AKA their stipulation.
We’ll know on Monday what the judge assigned to the case thinks of this. He has been on this for a long time, and had shut down all of Halle’s demands that Gabe has no contact with his daughter whatsoever.
However, Gabe man, your people are shit! They’re not advising you properly. You need better reps. Again, if you know you are innocent, if you can prove that all is lie, you need to stop playing defense, and start some offence on your own. Let the public hear the tapes of Halle’s screeching and swearing at you!
This is Hollywood, it is all about perception. And yes, tapes do affect the public’s perception. Look what it did to Mel Gibson’s career. Who had watched in the past year a Mel Gibson movie?
Get it together man if you want to be in daughter’s life.
Trashing the child’s mother in public would be helpful for the child?
Well, she is asking to be smeared like Mel Gibson. All children deserve to have both parents who are good and responsible in their lives.
I don’t think he should publicly release any tapes (whether such tapes exist or not). In fact, I think they need to chill with the mudslinging. Jesus, there is a beautiful child to think about here. I wish these two would just take the high road and put Nahla first.
@HannaF, No, trashing the mother, who has been trashing publicly the father for over a year, could help the father.
All I’m saying is, if all this nanny business is untrue, Aubry needs to stop being on the defense all the time, and understand that Halle is playing a public PR game.
Because he gives the impression to be absolutely taken by surprise every time Halle throws something at him, SO publicly, he needs to stop and realize, they are not playing by normal standards anymore in this tug of war over their child.
Obviously, Halle had thrown the child’s welfare out the window the moment she made her first, proven false, allegations against the father’s child so publicly. Gabriel needs to wake up, and if he wants to stay in his daughter’s life, he needs to take action that would help him, not only staying in his child’s life, but also making sure that Halle stops these mind games once and for all.
Again, if Gabriel is innocent, and all this is just a ploy to keep him out of his daughter’s life, because of Halle’s perception of men in general.
Actually the only person that matters is Nahla. Trashing the mother/father may prove one right in court but either way the child looses. They may hate each other but they chose to make a baby together so they are in the others lives until one of them leaves this earth. The only sane way to deal with this is to be cordial and co-parent or else they are going to screw that baby up royally.
mln, Oh I’m absolutely on board with you! But it’s too late. That is my point. Playing nice, and putting the child’s welfare first has not been good for the father. Because the mother has chosen to make it a very public issue!
If he is a good father, and the justice system was in agreement and deemed him worthy of spending time with his daughter, even forcing the mother to let the father move to AFRICA for 6 months so he can be with his daughter, why have the nanny take issue with his every little thing that he does with his daughter, and make it a public debate?
I really disagree with you. I think he should shut his mouth and fight this out in court not the court of public opinion. I’d have so much more respect for him if he said he’d do whatever it takes to be in his daughters’ life and leave it at that. The petty points about Halle’s bullshit should be put to the judge and not made public.
Capella,
You are 100% right in what you stated. I’ve always believed that the entire thing is a set up and Halle will stop at nothing until she totally destroy this beautiful man. This is so sad. She is vindictive and doesn’t know the love and importance of a little girl having her father in her life. My father left my mother & she did a lot of the same things that Halle is doing, trying to turn her children against our father. If my predictions are right, this little girl is going to grow up despising her mother for how she treated her daddy. In the end, Halle will lose anyway, if she doesn’t stop this foolishness. Her daughter will hate her for the time that she lost being with her daddy, because of her mother’s bitterness. If Halle was truly happy with her new lover, Olivier, she would not be so focused on trying to destroy Gabe. If Gabe moved on and found the love of his life, got married and had other children, Halle would be devastated. Then she would be telling Nahla that her daddy desserted her. This woman is never satisfied! It’s all about money, and I would not be surprised if Halle paid the nanny to help her try and destroy Gabe. Gabe needs stronger people in his corner and a better attorney. He needs to sue Halle for alienation of affection with his daughter, for slander, for mental cruelty and anything else that she has done to him. I’m praying that justice will prevail for Gabe on Monday in family court.
@Capella – I agree. I am worried GA’s lawyers might not be fighting for his rights at all, and that maybe the regular judge is a little “swayed” by Halle’s celebrity, too and leaning in her direction. This recent judge was not the regular judge, or maybe things would not have been at all in GA’s favor, which worries me a lot. GA needs new counsel pronto. Also, GA having supervised visits with his daughter with a person in Halle’s camp is ridiculous. If he actually needs supervision, which I doubt, (another ploy by Halle to make him look unfit) it should be an unbiased third party appointed by the Court. I hope he can stay in Nahla’s life long enough for Nahla to let her opinion be known, and if Halle manages to drive her own daughter away, too bad for Halle. It’s her doing.
Oh I get everyone’s fears!
If Halle was able to convince a judge that her hit and run caused amnesia, an accident from which she got out almost unhurt, compared to the victim! Well, who knows what kind of ploy she can pull in family court.
I don’t know the real story here. But something is off, so that most people are on the Gabriel Aubry train, not Halle’s. And that is NOT because Gabriel is pretty. Halle is f-cking gorgeous. But has also proved that she’s beyond coucou too.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I completely believed Kim Basinger when for over a decade, she had accused, the then extremely gorgeous, Alec Baldwin of emotional abuse and bullying. And that was way before him calling his daughter a nasty little pig. Yet, I still can’t believe Halle. One of those things you can’t put your finger on. Hope we’re right on this one, because if Gabe is bully, well shame on us!
He should play them for the judge, but keep them away from the public, IMO.
In a few years, Nahla will be able to find all of this shit on the internet. Can you imagine how it would make you feel to find messages like that from your mom to your dad online?
Yes, this really has NOTHING to do with the public. In fact either one would only make themselves look bad by trying to get this tried in the court of public opinion. The fact is Nahla needs both of her parents, and loves both of her parents. I wish they would be ordered to go to counseling together so they can form a healthy co-parenting relationship.
That nanny is suspect to me. The nanny seems to focus heavily on GA, and not on Halle at all. GA doesn’t have “supervised” visitation. They agreed to have that nanny in both homes, and I don’t think she’s helped the situation at all.
@aprayerforthewild…
I agree about both having to go to counseling. After having read @DreamyK’s explanation about the initial agreement (that both parents agreed that a nanny would be present at all time, in BOTH houses, as a representation of supervised visits), I am more convinced that the nanny is not being fair at all, and should be replaced by a court-approved nanny, if that is possible at all.
Apparently, the nanny got in GA’s house using her own key, that she is supposed to use only in case of emergency. Also, it has been proven that GA had called pre-school in advance to say that his daughter is felling ill that morning, and that is why he didn’t take her to school. And finally, would like to know how many times the nanny had used her own key to get into Halle’s house whenever she felt like it. ESPECIALLY when Halle has a new lover in her life… Certain questions in regards to intrusion on personal life and space should be raised!
I don’t understand the supervised visitation. Before this it has never been to court that he is violent and dangerous. What happened to shared custody. Supervised visits seem a bit harsh when he hasn’t been proved to be a bad parent i.e violent, an addict or dangerous to his child. If his visits are supervised so should Halle’s be. And Nahla, beautiful little girl, needs to be taken out of this mess. Halle and Aubrey need to sit down, maybe with a therapist, and talk about why all this BS is happening. It’s long overdue.
The judge decided on supervised visitation based on evidence presented to him. Just because you are not privy to the evidence does not mean it does not exist. Family law judges are not swayed as easily as some people believe.
I’m going to agree and add erring on the side of being over protective of Nahla is better than giving Gabriel the chance to possibly endanger her if the charges are accurate. If there is nothing to the claims eventually the order will be lifted.
He was found in violation of their custody agreement. One of the violations was giving her pizza on a “non cheat” day.
@bluhare: are you serious??? If that’s true and she used that as evidence in an effort to limit visitation… What a b*tch!
DreamyK explained above (and provided a link) he wasn’t ordered to have supervision for doing anything wrong. It looks like he agreed to something to keep the piece and when he decided that wasn’t working the judge didn’t allow him to alter the agreement
It’s so sad that the child has to suffer through this. I know that divorces can be very nasty with a lot of lies and false information when one is out to hurt the other including the involvement of using other people to give false information to the court. (I know someone who is suffering greatly and it is affecting her health now) I can only hope that this story is not true for the sake of the little girl.
As a family law attorney I can confidently say that the truth is always somewhere between the two versions.
Hannah, this is the smartest thing anyone has written so far.
I mentioned on the last post (but it was so buried down) that Brad Pitt can trip with a child but the nanny cannot?
Halle is consistently pushing to have him removed from Nahla’s life. That child never looks scared or fearful of him and the paps are on him constantly. I’m not saying he’s a saint, but I really don’t believe Halle for a moment.
I completely co-sign this analysis. If someone with more money and power were making up shit to keep you from your child, it would tend to make you a little frustrated! I’m sure if he’s ever been angry with the nanny, it’s been because everything he says and does is being reported to crazy Halle and is probably being embellished by the nanny at that. Sure makes me want to keep nagging my son to ALWAYS use a condom and stay away from the crazies!
If I were him, I’d have CCTV cameras installed at home and turned on every time his daughter was there. Being able to prove that his ex is making things up in order to try and push him out of his daughters life would go a long way towards calming her down.
Both of them have managed to sabotage their careers.
Remember when Halle seemed so gracious and cool, after being the first African-American woman to win an Oscar and making that wonderful speech? She got a lot of endorsement deals because everyone wanted to be like her, classy and beautiful.
I haven’t seen her endorsing anything in a long time, because no one wants to be like her any more, a crazy harridan harrassing her ex.
And he used to be sexy. Now he just looks suspicious and whipped. I can’t imagine he’s getting hired much any more, either.
I dunno..After the two hit-and-runs, Halle’s reputation has always been a bit sketch to me. Now Gabriel seems sketch as well. He is hot though…man oh man…
Dear Halle…
You have a movie career that is supported by fans…and a LOT of those fans are women…
The women, I know…when discussing you…are THROUGHLY disenchanted with this situation…so much in fact, that many of them say they will no longer support your working endeavors…
You are being RELENTLESS in your quest to cut that baby’s daddy out of her life…and the women I know think its mean-spirted and disheartening…and they no likey you no more…
Just so you know…
Yup, hugely disappointed as well.
I understand you but I also understand the psychological attitude of someone like Halle.
This is a woman who wanted a child for a very long time and has had a late pregnancy.
I am pretty sure that most women in that situation may easily go overborad and doing anything they can to keep their child for themselves against the father’s rights.
At this stage, her career, her fans is really the least in her mind. All that counts is for her having her child.
She is a woman, much older than the father of her child. Her psychology stem in the fact that Nhala is the only child she will ever have unlike her ex who could still start it all over again with someone else.
Many women with all of that will go into an agressive blind mode to keep the child for themselves whatever it takes. Their reputation is a small price to pay in comparison. Halle acts exatcly like an old tigress who wants her only baby for herself.
i don’t excuse her but i understand the logical process of women of a certain age who fought to have the lonely child they may ever had and don’t want to share them equally with a partner much younger who could still have another family.
That is what a sperm bank is for…that way you can project ALL of your neurotic emotions on a poor child WITHOUT the opinion of the other parent…
And Halle’s reputation isn’t a small price to pay…Her and her child’s lifestyle present and future depends on her reputation…and her ability to maintain and cultivate people who will financially support said lifestyle…Heck, she’s even turning off the men with this act…
Time will tell…one of the things that always made Halle so favorable was her projected vulnerability and sweetness…
Well…THAT’S gone…
I agree with you. My sister in law had a baby after trying for a long time to get pregnant; was almost 40 when she did. As a result, she was VERY hands on, to the point where I couldn’t get a relationship going with my niece as her mom was always hovering and my niece would start whimpering which, of course, brought mom over instantly. To this day, she’s the only one of my niece/nephew horde I’m not tight with.
Add me to the list of women who no likey Halle …. nicely put Lisa.
Bluhare,
I’ve experienced a similar situation with a sister-in-law and her 2 daughters. Strangely, she now seems to resent that no one is very close to them. I have been so tempted to say to her, “..but, but, you never wanted any of us, your husband’s family around when they were growing up!” Won’t ever do that probably but I’d love to hear her response. Question to you have you experienced this phenomenon yet?
This whole situation is sad and doesn’t do anyone any good. It’s a shame this can’t be handled privately, they both look bad.
I feel very sorry for this man. Halle was dead set on having a baby by 40 and poor Gaby was in her line of fire at the time. She was using him for his handsome genetics to make this beautiful child. and she is absolutely gorgeous and seems totally totally in love with her father which makes me wonder what kind of mother can try and extenguish that relationship between a child and his/her father???! She used to be called Scary Berry by her former husband Eric Benet and his circle because of her irradic behavior and temper. She is completely self absorbed and I don’t believe a bit of this nonesense with the nanny. It’s complete and utter sabatoge and he will forever be haunted by this woman. I just pray that Nahla turns out normal in that crazy dillusional celebrity world she’s being brought up in.
I totally forgot about the former husband. He was the sex addict, wasn’t he?
I remember believing every word Halle and her camp said about that guy, I wonder now about all that.
Now…THIS RIGHT HERE…THIS is the reason why I could REALLY give Ms. Berry a piece of my mind…how she handled Eric Benet…
This was a man who had a STERLING reputation in the industry…who NEVER messed around with groupies…who never picked up the hotel keys along with the panties that were thrown on stage…who took YEARS to get over the heartache of losing his wife/first love who died shortly after she gave birth to their child…
And after Halle ran over that woman? Who was there to support her and comfort her when EVERYBODY wanted to run her off the planet? Eric…
And what did Halle say to EVERYBODY before she and Eric got married…how much she loved him…and how much she was in love with his little girl, who was around 5…when they got married…and how she was going to take time off and be the mother his child needed…yada, yada, yada…
What did Halle do after they got married? Make b.s. movie after b.s. movie ensuring that she was NEVER at home with Eric or his daughter…when the record company screwed Eric…and he had to go out and fight those dragons by himself…where was Halle? And THEN…to make “Monsters Ball” and not even tell him how sexually graphic it was…he had to find out AFTER it was made…when she rented a movie theater to show him…
So…no…Eric wasn’t a sex addict who went off and slept with a bunch of trade…Eric’s services were no longer needed after she got her Oscar and Halle’s PR person could give Michavelli a run for his money…
No dear. Eric Benet is not and was not a sex addict. He went into treatment at Halle’s mothers and Halle’s request. All to save Halle’s reputation and to save the marriage. After all of that, she dropped him anyway.
Eric cheated on Halle. That was wrong. But Halle did Monster’s Ball and that was way worse. Can you imagine how that made Eric feel? Just thinking of that sex scene makes me ill.
Well said Lisa.
this is depressing gossip. Seriously, that poor kid, her parents can’t get their shit together. I don’t know anything about him, he could be a great guy or a monster for all I know. Halle however has expressed herself enough throughout the years in the media to make me think she is a nutjob who doesn’t take responsibility ever. Remember when she did that hit and run but swears she “blacked out?” I just feel sorry for that adorable little girl.
If he really was into battering women, Halle would have spread that about in a big way long before now.
But it would not be at all surprising to find that he treats nannies & “common people” like sub-humans (tho I still wouldn’t kick him out of bed—at least not for a coupla months or so 😉
I’ve never been a big fan of Halles. I wouldn’t go out of my way to see one of her movies. But if one came out on tv or a dvd on sale (You know the 5 dollar bargain bin at Walmart), I would watch it. I believe she is a lunatic out to do nothing but harm, I will never watch one of her movies again.
I agree!!!!
I agree. She was supposed to have a movie come out last year that never came out. She was supposed to be a crazy person in the movie. Yeah, I can see why it didn’t come out.
Im pretty sure Halle Berry is an uber bitch that doesnt want Gabriel to see their daughter as revenge for their failed relationship… honestly this woman looks very bitter and selfish… Im from Montreal where Gabriel is from and he has a good rep here
He seemed like the perfect gentleman when they were together and I remember learning that he was Canadian and thinking that’s why he’s so down to earth and not caught up. Every Canadian I’ve ever met has been exceedingly kind and sincere. She really did a number on him. I believe he’s being defensive and snappy because he never dreamed of a situation like this–not ever. I really hope the truth prevails and that he is able to carry on a rewarding and life long relationship with his daughter.
Scary Berry said her first husband beat her, and her second husband was a bad one and now her baby daddy is also bad…..how many times is she going to play the victim card?
She makes me sick!
Someone needs to take a closer look at her and her choices in men.
Lucky for her that the nanny didn’t work for me…..cuz, I would have bitch slapped her if she was all up in my business like that.
Agree.
Halle’s so da_n vindictive. I’ll never forget how she drug her ex- husband Eric Benet on Oprah. Not cool, unacceptable.
I really feel sorry for him. With her money, she can make his life h*ll. And he doesn’t have near the same amount of money to fight back and defend himself. so he has to do the best he can. and i bet they do anything they can to get a rise out of him so they can make him look worse. i’m a nice person, but i don’t think i could keep my composure if I were in his position. he seems to care very very much for his little girl, halle knows how to hurt him. crazy halle needs to learn how to have a normal relationship with her ex, but I think that ship has sailed. she is doing nothing but making herself look bad.
There are two sides to every story. Anyone who has experienced this situation first hand gets that emotions can run of out control and overtake commonsense. Im sure they BOTH love Nahla very much. I also know Halle has a history of being emotionally unstable and her behavior right now could be misguided by a narcisstic need to control and be right, not necessarily what’s best for her daughter. It seems she is more focused on pushing Gabriel out of Nahla’s life and shame on her if that’s true. What if you ask NAHLA, how she would feel having him taken away…especially if he is not a true threat to her wellbeing?? Maybe he’s frustrated and scared? Halle has far more power, influence and friends in high places who can help her. If she loves Nahla (and Im sure she does) why not committ to doing what it takes to KEEP Nahla’s father in her daughter’s life as consistently and as much as possible (the same for both sets of grandparents)? Work WITH him not against him with constant legal threats and policing his every move (I suspect even who he dates). My friend works for child services and has seen kids who are genuinely scared of being with their parents and do not look happy when with them.
I don’t think Halle realises that being civil now will go a long way in the future. Nahla’s what, almost 4?
That’s at LEAST 18 more years of school plays; dance recitals; decisions about religion, schooling, college, medical care, child care. (Yeah, I’ve been there.)
Seems to me that it’s easier to make nice now, to pave a smoother road into the future. Sometimes I think people don’t actually realise they are laying the foundation for their children’s lives, even if they aren’t still in a relationship. Foolish.
That adorable little Nahla never looks happy in any photos I see of her. It’s the children who pay the dearest price in these acrimonious situations.
HE obviously loves his daughter very much, and she is always happy with him! It is rather sad what he has to go thru to just be a father to his daughter!
Too bad “the bad actress” (über crazy halle) is not more appreciative of his father time and love for his daughter.
I feel bad for NAHLA.
Halle needs to stop being vindictive and nasty. She’s fighting dirty, when a clean, fair fight would do just as well.
Gabriel needs to choose his own nanny for Nahla (if Halle truly only cares for Nahla’s needs, she MAY have a say); hire a better attorney; and fight back, fairly.
Nahla is his daughter too, and she obviously loves her daddy. Halle should appreciate that Gabriel is a good dad who adores their daughter just as much as Halle herself does.
Lisa, I think you are missing some facts of the Halle/Eric situation. I don’t care for Halle at all but it is a FACT that he cheated. The slut that he cheated with gave a interview to the National Enquirer talking how Eric didn’t like Halle’s body anymore etc.
Even still Halle didn’t immediately divorce him. She tried to work it out and they were even spotted holding hands barefoot in a church and crying together.
Up until him admitting that he cheated, I thought he was the perfect guy. He cried when she got her Oscar and even when she won some NCAP award, I remember her crying on stage to accept it and Eric came up on stage just to give her tissue to dry her eyes. I was watching with my sisters and we literally swooned, because it was so romantic the way he did it. I felt for her when she divorced him because I thought he was perfect as I am sure she thought the same thing.
Sass,
I’m glad you said this shit because I was about tear that post down to size. First off, Eric Benet was always slick with his shit. I’ve heard so many stories about him from my NYC girls and Philly chicas BEFORE he got with Halle, that when everyone was happy she “finally” found love, I was one of the naysayers. I was like, “OH NO, another David Justice. This is gonna be bad.
I would like to THANK CELEBITCHY for being very fair in their reporting and opinions. No one is denying Halle and her issues, or the attempts to keep Nahla for herself; my only thing about this situation is the continued bias against Halle, because everyone WANTS to believe that Gabriel can do no wrong and if he did, it’s all Halle’s fault. You can not base what a person is or isn’t capable of off of nice pictures of him spending time with his daughter. The truth is he HAS publicly played the game and retaliated in an equally immature fashion which makes me and Halle both idiots for not thinking about the welfare of their child’s emotional health.
We don’t know a lot about him so he has the advantage of coming off cleaner than she. Doesn’t make it so.
So you heard shit about Eric being with women WHEN he was single?!?! REALLY…and because he stepped out of a situation that was f—d up for him…THAT makes him an addict?!?!
PLEASE!!!
I’m not saying Gabriel is an arch-angel…BESIDES the name…As you placed your opinion of the situation out there…SO DID I…
Have a nice and safe weekend…
First off let’s get one thing straight. You weren’t giving an opinion. You were stating it as a fact. You were basically saying Halle lied about Eric being a sex addict.
Because I have family who are in the entertainment business (and let’s remember black Hollywood is a lot smaller in community and less protected unless you are mainstream so everything is pretty much in the open) and I also have friends who are major groupies and hang out in NYC, LA, and anywhere a star is, people talk.
Yes Eric was single, but there is a difference between being single and hooking up with a couples chicks every month, than multiple women on the regular every month, which was the shit that was going around way before he meant Halle. Now, again, this is only hearsay, but it kind of confirms it when he marries this woman, and then he is caught and there is proof with different women that weren’t Halle obviously.
Not only did Halle stick by him for a year when HE CONFESSED (unless we’re claiming evil cray cray Halle MADE HIM do it), he had a nerve to do it again. Camel. Straw. Back.
I’m all for bringing facts and opinions into a discussion because that is the base of any good convo but when your opinion is stated as fact, especially in trying to smear a person’s name I find fault in that. Eric cheated. We all know he did this. And when the public came at his neck, HE TRIED to switch it up and put the blame on Halle, which I thought was awful since homegirl is not all together as it is.
I also remember Eric Benet going to sex rehab and Halle standing by him. Only leaving him AFTER he cheated again. She’s got horrible taste in men . I am not excusing her at all but I don’t think Benet was a saint.
Someday Nahla will know the truth. And how is her vindictive, out to get Aubry nonsense going to look then? She needs to act like a mature adult and start getting along with the father of her child instead of trying to nail him to the cross at every turn.
Halle is legitametly crazy. Besides the fact that it’s written all over her face, she’s so out of it. You can tell by his body language he’s so protective over his daughter, and you can tell by the way she is with him, it’s unlikely he’s ever hurt her. Kids who’s parents abuse them, don’t cling onto said parent. It’s a fact.
I do not believe any of this crap being tossed at Gabe.
If you read the original complaint filed by the nanny, she says her job as duties required by a family law court, REQUIRED THAT I BE PRESENT IN EACH PARENTS HOME WITH NAHLA from 12.30pm until Nahla is put to bed.Halle Berry did not mention that the court ordered the one nanny for BOTH HOMES.
It also says when she called Halle, she was informed that Nahla had not been to school as she was sick and was at her fathers home. So to me Nanny McLiar sucks at liying cos Halle and the school knew the kid was not there so what right does the nanny have to go off on Gabe? Also big red flag to me is where did the nanny(who just quit her job)get the money to hire a lawyer?
Gabe has not spoken about the custody, all the comments are supposedly from someone in his camp yet these people in his camp say negative things about him and not Halle.Hmmmmmmm something is fishy here.
I agree, I don’t think its him leaking stuff and saying things to the press. I think its a third party.
Yep, that guy isn’t just any lawyer he’s an expensive as hell criminal defense attorney to the “stars”, and works out of Beverly Hills. I don’t think GA has a “camp” I just don’t. I think these so-called sources are made up. Who would say “the nanny tripped” during an investigation, who would say “he hopes no criminal charges are filed”? Those statements are stupid, and only served to add fuel to the fire against him. Why would anyone give their ex ammo to use against them? It makes no sense. I do think there’s a gag order in place for both of them. I’d say Halle knows how to play the game, and GA is playing catch-up. Can’t know anything for sure, as this stuff is private for the most part because it’s in re to a minor child.
Look, when a court awards you only supervised visits with your child, there’s evidence he has issues then. I don’t care if Hallie is nuts. It doesn’t mean he’s not a mean guy, abusive guy. My friend was married to a fun-loving, adorable attorney. But he had another side. He was beyond verbally abusive and had a mean streak a mile wide.
This is so not true. One of my best friends asked me to lie to the courts. She and her ex had different parenting styles and she didn’t like the new wife. I love her dearly but she turned those kids against their dad and even though I refused to lie she got my son who was raised with her eldest to say the her ex had anger issues. That he would yell at his stepson when my son was present. While I believe that to be true he was a good father and prior to the divorce he and the kids were close extremely close.
So while I’ve no doubt that some one as crazy as Halle could cause anyone to yell or scream or even loose their temper enough to through a chair…it doesn’t mean he was ever abusive towards his daughter. Most children hear their parents argue…so is that enough to get restraining orders against all of them…not to mention I’m more than sure Halle did her fair share of screaming at him as well.
YOU MAKE A EXCELLENT POINT!!!
There are so many people in this world whose motivations are purely selfish. My husband is almost 40 and has never met his father and doesn’t want to even though he is back in MIL’s life. While I respect his reasons, I cannot help but think a lot of his bad feelings were planted by his mother because his dad left his mom for another woman when he was a year old. I think the pain and anger she had towards the situation punished him. I have always told him if he has the chance, he should meet with him if only for a coffee, just to hear his side of the story.
My mother always said the reason why she gave in at the end and shared custody with my father was because she didn’t want me to grow up resenting her for keeping me from him.
I don’t think Aubry is a bad parent.
She said, “He was a hot mess then and I was sure that wasn’t going to change. I’d rather you see for yourself just how awful he was than not know and blame me.”
They wound up getting along in the end, but she was right. As good as my father was to me he was also a major douche/cheater/selfish bastard in all other areas of his life.
Halle needs to stop and think about the welfare of her child, but I doubt she will in this case. She did want a man in that point in her life, but she wanted a child more. She should have hooked up with Heidi’s ex Flavio. He doesn’t care about any of his kids.
Judges are paid off daily and are very swayed by celebs. Come on we all know about celeb justice. Not saying he doesnt have issues but just because the court gave him supervised visits means nothing. People lie everyday in court.
@Jayna
Upthread DreamyK shared this link. Gabe, and Halle agreed to have a nanny present, there was never court ordered supervised visitation. Additionally, as per the nanny’s affidavit she’s supposed to be in both homes as per their stipulation. Last year Gabe petitioned the court to get rid of the nanny, and the judge said no. Maybe the nanny has an axe to grind?
On a totally superficial note, man they were a beautiful couple, the pic the article features reminded me, love can go so wrong. 🙁
http://www.tmz.com/2011/10/07/halle-berry-ex-gabriel-aubry-family-court-nahla-no-nanny-during-visitation-gary-fishbein-neal-hersh/#.TyM7ilz2ZK5
At this point, if Aubry is really innocent of everything, he needs to stop playing Halle’s game and get his act straight. Deal with the nanny and supervised visitations, even if he doesn’t like it. He needs to keep his cool, keep everything squeaky clean so that Halle has no ammunition. Installing cameras as someone else suggested would not be a bad idea. If he does everything right, eventually the supervised visitation will be lifted and there will be no reason to terminate his parental rights.
If he DID push the nanny, he needs to get into anger management pronto to prove to the courts that he’s trying. Even if it was a setup, he’s responsible for responding. If he really loves his daughter, he can’t engage in that kind of shit, no matter how justified it may seem. It will only cause him to lose custody.
That entire family needs counseling.
he’s right … we are living in a police state. the police powers are there just waiting for the trigger…
re berry/aubry — how sad for that beautiful daughter that she’s growing up with that kind of b.s. surrounding her.
Have any of Gabriels other girlfriends or friends come forward saying he has anger issues? I havent heard anything of him having anger issues in the past.
I think they are both being immature and not putting Nahla first.
I never thought I would say I admire Madonna for anything but she was in a similar situation with Lourdes’ father. I think she could have easily damaged that relationship but Carlos and Lourdes have seemingly had a close relationship.
You make an excellent point, MayaMae. I despise Madonna in general, but she has made a point of not interfering with her daughter’s relationship with Leon, and I believe the same is true of Rocco and Guy Ritchie.
Okay, so there’s one thing I don’t hate about Madge. Shocking!
I remember there actually was some friction with Madonna and Lourdes’ father back in the earlier days, although nothing like what’s going on here. Carlos Leon was apparently frustrated about not getting enough time with his daughter and he felt quite controlled by Madonna. She called the shots, same with when she took Lourdes to England. But I also believe Madonna took care of him in other ways, and obviously didn’t block father daughter relationship completely – it was just always about what was convenient for her.
My heart goes out to Aubry. He must feel pretty helpless in the face of Halle’s relentless crazy.
Halle should have gone to a sperm bank if she wanted to be the only parent to this child. She should be grateful that the child has a loving father that actually wants to be a part of his child’s life.
She is a selfish pig and I personally hope that he files for-and receives-joint physical custody so that he gets to have his daughter a full 50% of the time. Just being female doesn’t automatically make one the better parent, nor does it automatically give one the more rights than the father. She is only thinking about what she wants, not what is actually in the best interest of her daughter.
And I thought Kim Basinger was a horrible nut case
Again, I was raised by a single father who had a rough time in the courts with my own mother. At first my father was resentful of the guardian ad litem that was placed during visits and yes, he did have a verbal fight with one when she accused him of not treating a medical issue I had.
Having said that, my heart goes out to Gabriel. He’s living a nightmare he should not be because Halle is making him live it. If she had any respect for her daughter, she would allow the father, daughter relationship to flow naturally and appreciate Gabriel’s hard work in being a good father.
I also don’t buy into the nanny’s story, nor will I ever. Ask me why? It’s because she had too much to gain by bashing him in the press and also to the authorities.
She’s the idiot who was holding the child while trying to put on shoes, resulting in a fall. I don’t believe Gabriel pushed her, why would he? Nahla would have been a witness and told on him, resulting in him loosing visitation.
Do you think she has a clue about how her public persona is affecting her bankability in future film projects? I know I won’t be watching her future or past films anytime soon, just like I’m done with anything involving Mel Gibson, LiLo, Demi Moore and all the other ‘actors’ who continue to shove their mental illnesses down our throats with public displays of unacceptable behaviors.
Even with Halles celebrity, money and supposedly superior lawyers, the court still chose to deny her request for a no contact order at the emergency hearing. And the nannies petition for a restraining order was also denied with the court citing lack of reasonable proof etc & that it was insufficient and speculative. This seems to say the court didn’t buy the nannys story either. A few people have said Halle will receive preferential treatment from the judge, but hopefully that isn’t the case & the case will be heard in an unbiased, unswayed by celebrity court where Gabriel will have equal standing to fight for shared custody etc. And any sus allegations, or attempts to smear the other parties will be seen for what they are, desperate attempts to discredit the other parent.