Halle Berry has stated that she will not help her children get a chance in Hollywood. She wants them to become successful on their own, just like she was.
She has a daughter Nahla, 16, with her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubrey and a son Maceo, 10, with her third ex-husband Olivier Martinez.
Now the 57-year-old movie star has revealed how she would react if her children told her they were pursuing a career in show business.
“I would tell them, ‘Do it like I did it.’ I had no nepotism. Nobody helped me. I had to learn from the bottom up,” she explained.
“They should do it the same way. They should pay their dues, learn a trade, work hard and make it on their own,” Halle said. People.
Halle Berry has stated that she won’t help her children Nahla, 16, and Maceo, 10, get a chance in Hollywood because she wants them to be successful independently; photo 2018
Now the 57-year-old movie star has revealed how she would react if her children told her they wanted to pursue a career in show business
She added that if her children can build their careers that way, “it’s always theirs. Nobody’s going to take it away. That’s what they should do.”
Halle was raised in Cleveland by her single mother, a psychiatric nurse, and moved to New York at age 23 to become an actress.
During her difficult years, before she got her chance in the Who’s The Boss? spin-off Living Dolls, she was at one point so strapped for cash that she lived in a homeless shelter.
Halle is currently promoting her new Netflix film The Union, a steamy action film starring her co-star Mark Wahlberg.
“Well, I got cool points when I introduced my daughter to Mark, because she loves Daddy’s Home. That’s one of her favorite movies,” Halle shared.
‘So when I introduced her to Mark, I think it was the first time in my entire career that she was like, “Oh, you know Mark Wahlberg? Okay, you’re cool.”‘
Meanwhile, Halle recently accused Olivier of trying to postpone their co-parenting therapy so he could take “summer vacation.”
Olivier and Halle married in 2013, while she was pregnant with Maceo, and separated in 2016. The divorce was finalized in August 2023.
Halle, who posted this throwback photo of Nahla in honor of her daughter’s 13th birthday, welcomed her with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry
Halle was pregnant with Maceo when she married his father, Olivier Martinez, in France in 2013; the couple separated in 2016 and finalized their divorce last year
Halle and Olivier are pictured in 2012 at the premiere of her film Cloud Atlas at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood
Halle and Gabriel were photographed together in 2009 at the Keep A Child Alive Black Ball at the famed Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City
In May, they agreed to enter therapy to “resolve their differences and conflicts in order to successfully parent together.”
However, Halle claims that Olivier skipped the July meetings to travel to his native France and that he now hopes to cancel the August meetings because his brother is visiting him.
She claimed he didn’t want to start therapy again until September, but that he didn’t discuss the change with Halle or the therapist, according to court documents obtained by TMZ.
Halle wants a judge to force Olivier to stick to the originally agreed schedule. According to him, travel is not relevant because the therapy takes place via Zoom.