Halle Berry’s ex-husband, David Justice, has reflected on their brief marriage, revealing on the All The Smoke podcast that while their 1993 union began in a “honeymoon state,” doubts soon arose about starting a family with her.
He admitted his traditional Midwest values and lack of relationship experience influenced his expectations before their 1997 divorce.
“In my mind, I’m thinking a wife at that time should cook, clean, [be] traditional. Then I’m thinking, ‘Okay, if we have kids, is this the woman I want to have kids with?’” he explained.
Justice said Berry “didn’t cook, clean, or seem motherly,” and revealed she proposed just five months into dating, though he wasn’t sure his heart was in it.
“I couldn’t say no… I didn’t want to make her feel bad,” he admitted.
Their busy careers soon became another strain, as Berry’s acting projects kept her travelling around the world while Justice’s baseball commitments kept him on the road.
“We spent a lot of time apart… she was doing movies in this country, that country,” he said.
Looking back, Justice believes the marriage might have survived if they had sought professional help.
“We honestly probably could have made it if I knew about therapy. If we knew about therapy, we probably could have made it,” he reflected.
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