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While a guest on the \u201cAll the Smoke\u201d podcast, one of actress Halle Berry<\/strong>\u2019s ex-husbands, David Justice<\/strong>, talked about his decision \u201cto leave her\u201d in 1996.<\/p>\n According to Justice, who said it was Berry who asked him to marry her, he \u201cdecided to leave her\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>after three years of marriage<\/a>. He continued, saying one of his main concerns about Berry was that the actress didn\u2019t \u201creally seem motherly.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019m looking at my mom, and I\u2019m a Midwest guy, so in my mind, I\u2019m thinking, a wife at that time should cook, clean,\u201d Justice revealed, to which the host described as \u201ctraditional.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then I\u2019m thinking, Okay, if we have kids, you know, is this the woman I want to have kids with,\u201d Justice continued, \u201cand build a family with, and at that time, as a young guy, she don\u2019t cook, don\u2019t clean, don\u2019t really seem like motherly and then we start having issues.\u201d<\/p>\n The clip of Justice\u2019s recollection of their relationship made its rounds on the internet, receiving a lot of backlash.<\/p>\n Several days later, Halle Berry herself responded.<\/p>\n On her 59th birthday, Berry took to her verified X, formerly known as Twitter, account, to share a subtle, yet pointed response to Justice\u2019s podcast episode.<\/p>\n Alongside a photo of herself and her current partner, Van Hunt<\/strong>, laying in bed with a snack plate between them. \u201cPhew\u2026!\u201d she captioned the photo.<\/a> \u201cCooking, cleaning and mothering.\u201d<\/p>\n The response has since been viewed more than 2.6 million times with thousands of fans cheering Berry on.<\/p>\n \u201cAND DO , AND DID AHAAAAAAAAAAAAA,\u201d rapper Cardi B<\/strong> commented under the post.<\/p>\n \u201c10\/10 clap back,\u201d another commenter noted.<\/p>\n During their marriage from 1993 to 1997, Justice was an outfielder in the MLB. \u00a0 <\/span>She later filed for a temporary restraining order against Justice saying that she feared for her safety.<\/p>\n Berry would later marry Eric Ben\u00e9t<\/strong> in 2001 until 2005 and Olivier Martinez<\/strong> in 2013 to 2016.<\/p>\n