Halle Berry heard made by her ex-husband, David Justice, on the demise of their marriage, saying he left her in 1996 because she dont cook, dont clean, dont really seem motherly. The Academy Award-winning actre s seemingly trolled the retired MLB player in a post on Instagram Thursday, which included a carousel of snapshots showing her laughing and vacationing with her boyfriend, Van Hunt. Phew! cooking, cleaning Austin Strand Jersey and mothering, who turned 59 on Thursday. Halle Berry seemingly responds to comments made by her ex-husband David Justice, who said she didnt seem motherly during their marriage in the 1990s. Instagram/Halle Berry Other snapshots showed the actre s laughing and lounging on an outdoor bed in the middle of the ocean while holding a wine gla s in between her toes. One photo showed her holding a card that said, Mom with a hearts on it. Explore More Halle Berry and boyfriend Van Hunt getting cozy on vacation amid her ex-husband David Justices comments about their marriage. Instagram/Halle Berry Halle Berry seemingly responds to comments made by her ex-husband David Justice, who said she didnt seem motherly during their marriage in the 1990s. Instagram/Halle Berry Halle Berry celebrates her 59th birthday while on vacation with Van Hunt. Instagram/Halle Berry Berry shares a daughter, Nahla, 17, with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, and a son Maceo, 11, with ex-husband Oliver Martinez, to whom she was married from 2013-16. The caption seemingly referenced her ex Justices recent comments made during an Aug. 7 appearance on former NBA star Matt Barnes podcast when Justice discu sed his four-year marriage to Berry before their divorce was finalized in 1997. Halle Berrys ex-husband, former MLB player David Justice, says he left because he couldnt see her as the mother of his kids: She dont cook, clean, dont really seem motherly The Art Of Dialogue (@ArtOfDialogue_) There really wasnt a lot of negative attention until I decided to leave her in 1996, the ex-Yankees star said. She asked me to marry her after knowing me for five months. I said, OK because I couldnt say no but I dont know if my heart was really into it. My knowledge and wisdom around relationships wasnt vast. So Im looking at my mom, and Im a midwest guy, so in my mind Im thinking, a wife at that time should cook, clean and then Im thinking, OK if we have kids, is this the woman I want to have kids with or a family with. And at that time, as a young guy, she dont cook, dont clean, dont really seem like motherly and then we start having i sues. David Justice and actre s Halle Berry attend the 25th Annual NAACP Image Awards on January 16, 1993 at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Justice added that he was footing everything at the time because Berry didnt have any money. Halle and Hunt went public with their relationship in 2020. During a joint interview on in June, the music artist joked that he proposed to the Monsters Ball actre s. Former MLB player David Justice discu ses his marriage to Halle Berry during an appearance on the All the Smoke podcast on August 7, 2025. All the Smoke So I put out the proposal, and its still on hold as you can see, Hunt, 55,said as Berry laughed. Its just out there floating. You know, maybe you can encourage her. Berry explained why things have been on hold in terms of getting married. Well, Ive been married three times. Van has been married once, and so, no, we dont feel like we have to get married to validate our love in any way. We dont, Berry said. David Justice and Halle Berry during MTVs 7th Annual Rock n Jock Softball in 1996 in Los Angeles, California. FilmMagic, Inc But I think wewillget married just because, out of the people Ive been married to, this is the person I should have married. And I feel like I should, we should get married, but its not because we feel like we have to. I think its something that we would like to do just because we want that expre sion. Berry was married to her second husband, musician Eric Bent, from 2001-05. Chico Maki Jersey