Halle Berry took a Catwoman-worthy swipe at her ex-husband David Justice as she toasted to her 59th birthday in a Thursday Instagram post. Berry shared a carousel of photos with her boyfriend Van Hunt on a tropical vacation that included cake and a card from her two children, daughter Nahla and son Maceo. Berry captioned the post, “Phew…! cooking, cleaning and mothering,” which appeared to be a not-so subtle response to Justice’s recent comments about their four-year marriage in the 1990s. During an Aug. 7 appearance on the All the Smoke podcast, hosted by former NBA star Matt Barnes, the former MLB player alleged that his marriage to Berry broke down because of his desire for a traditional wife. “In my mind, I’m thinking a wife at that time should cook, clean, [be] traditional, you know?” said Justice. “She don’t cook, don’t clean, don’t really seem like motherly, and then we start having issues.” Justice’s comments reignited a discussion of careers and traditional gender roles online as some social media fans ripped his comments as “sexist.” Berry went on to marry musician Eric Benét from 2001-2005 and then Olivier Martinez from 2013-2016. It appears Berry has had the last laugh as one commentator left under her birthday post, “Bravo!!👏👏 Nobody puts Berry in a corner.😌🥰❤️.”
