A couple of weeks ago, Radar published a particularly vicious anti-Halle Berry report. The sourcing was odd – the quotes either came from Gabriel Aubry or someone directly involved with Gabriel’s business, and the “source” made Halle sound like a vindictive, controlling, and completely crazy bitch. And it made Gabriel sound like the poor little innocent victim, caught up in Hurricane Halle’s path of destruction. I thought at the time that the report could an opening salvo in what was looking like a full-blown custody war between Halle and Gabriel – all to see who gets custody of their daughter, Nahla. Late Monday, People Magazine had a report where the sourcing was very clear – everything is coming from Halle’s rep. And it’s in People! Meaning: This is Halle’s official version of what’s going down as far as custody. Apparently, Halle is very close to asking the courts to give her sole custody of Nahla because, in the words of Halle’s rep, “Halle has serious concerns for her daughter’s well-being while in the care of her father for any extended period of time and is prepared to take all necessary steps to protect her.” Day-um.
Halle Berry says she’s preparing to go to court with her ex Gabriel Aubrey over custody of their 2 ½-year-old daughter Nahla.
“Halle has serious concerns for her daughter’s well-being while in the care of her father for any extended period of time and is prepared to take all necessary steps to protect her,” the actress’s rep tells PEOPLE.
To clear her schedule for custody litigation, Berry, 44, pulled out of the film New Year’s Eve, set to start filming this week in New York. She’s being replaced by Katherine Heigl.
“She has attempted to resolve these custody issues amicably with her daughter’s father, Gabriel Aubry, directly, but given his lack of cooperation, Halle has no choice but to seek swift judicial intervention,” her rep says.
Aubrey, 35, filed court papers Dec. 30 seeking to be formally recognized as Nahla’s father and to establish that he’ll share custody. The couple split last April.
There was no word on what prompted the custody dispute.
Berry’s rep says, “Halle has always made the needs and safety of her daughter her first priority and, both while Halle and Gabriel were a couple and since their break-up, Halle has only acted in her daughter’s best interest.”
[From People]
I wondered if this was going to get dirty. A lot of you yelled at me, back in the day, when I questioned the back-and-forth from Camp Aubry and Camp Berry in the tabloids, and what that kind of immature bickering would mean long-term for their custodial arrangement for Nahla. Now what seems like a tenuous truce over the past year is completely gone – it is now full-blown war. And I’m not picking sides with these two, either. I think Halle is a nut-job when it comes to men and relationships, but I also think she’s a good mother. I think Gabriel is probably dumb as a box of hair, and his public pity party grates on my nerves. BUT – I also think he cares a lot about Nahla, and really wants to be involved in her life as much as possible. Basically, I think they’re both good parents who are using their daughter’s custody as a way to fight with each other. Both are handling this situation poorly. Just my opinion.
Photos courtesy of Fame.
Tacky, Tacky Tacky. He was good enough for her to make a baby with and live with. He was good enough to share custody without rules now that he wants to formalize the agreement he is not good enough. Can you say control issues.
My God is that little girl beautiful!! She certainly got the best genes of both parents!!
I agree…Halle is always blaming everyone way back when it was Davids fault…then the next one…now this one.
That is the most flattering pic I’ve seen of this little girl to date.
ha thats really funny cause I just typed the daughter is a horrible mix of the genes and decided to delete.
Now I see crab disagrees.
C’est la vie.
For Nahla’s sake I hope the courts deal with thius quickly and the outcome is 50/50. She deserves to have both parents equally in her life.
What a beautiful child! Hopefully her parents can come to some sort or agreement and avoid a nasty custody fight. No one comes out a winner
Watch out Empress Zahara! This little one OWNS it all.
I don’t get why women think that fathers are disposable or not necessary. Children simply do better when both parents are actively involved in their lives.
A child deserves the benefit of both parents. That’s a shame if she thinks he’s not good enough–that child is 1/2 his and he has every bit as much right to decide how she will be raised as she does. Having a custody tug of war is a rotten and selfish thing to do to a kid, unless you can prove abuse or that the other parent presents a real danger.
I agree with sandip. It was all rainbows and hearts when they were together but now all of a sudden he’s a threat? She’s the one with a new boyfriend hanging around. She’s using her money and power and this won’t be pretty.
He has become an annoyance to her, and she no longer wants to acknowledge him.
That little girl is drop dead gorgeous! Just like her mommy and daddy!
I wonder what it says about her acting/the role she was going to play if Katherine Heigl was her back-up….
Also–more on topic–I wonder if her history with being abused by her past boyfriends/husbands has caused her to be extra defensive and protective of herself and her child now. If I had been walked all over numerous times in the years, I may turn into a little control freak myself. Though it’s not fair for Gabriel to go through that when it seems he treated her pretty well. Just a though.
Halle is one selfish bitch! I hope the courts decide that Gabe can have Nahla as much as he wants. I hope Halle doesnt make Nahla suffer over her foolishness.
@Maud; wow! Nahla is gorgeous! Yup! Empress Zee has competition! (juz kidding!) lol!
oh my! please,they should be able to come to an amicable agreement for this little girl’s sake.
im TOTALLY team Gaby on this one!! If you see the full article and read what hes asking for, his demands are simple; that he be legally recognized as the father and share custody of her. (which is what he deserves!)
im seriously shocked by Halle’s behavior. She’s being an unwarranted bitch.
He probably either started dating someone she did not like or actually stood up for himself and halle couldn’t handle it. I hope that little girl doesn’t lose her daddy in her life
I hate when parents put the kid in the middle of their arguments. It’s never in the best interest of the kid. Funny Halle didn’t seem concerned about him being around the baby when they were a couple. I always heard Halle was full of herself…this type of stuff proves that theory right.
TRANSLATION: Halle went bonkers when she found out Gabriel was dating Kim K and there was a possibility he would bring Nahla around Kim K and her attention whoring family.
I guess there was some truth to Halle flipping out when she found out Gabriel was dating Kim Kartrashian.
True that they have both behaved badly by using the press. But unless clearly and incontrovertibly justified, suddenly questioning her baby daddy’s parental fitness makes Halle look very, very bad.
This is just more ego centered, business as usual for Halle Berry! She picked the prettiest man she could find to have HER baby with, and now that she’s moved to the oily frenchman, she wants him gone. Kaiser, I don’t know why you blame Gabriel Aubrey- it would be far more damning if he DIDN’T fight for fair custody! Halle Berry’s issues aren’t just with the men in her life- that’s who she is! She has such a long history of avoiding all responsibility for her own faults; Hit and run ring a bell? I bet he gets 50-50 custody and that she’ll have to pay for it.
I always liked Halle, until now..I don’t know the whole story, but I seriously doubt that he would put his little girl in harms way. She appears to be very vindictive about something, she needs to get over herself and realize that Gabe will be around forever, because of Nahla..and she needs to deal with it..she needs her daddy!
Wow. Katherine Heigl is her replacement. There are no words.
If she didn’t want him to parent, she shouldn’t have had a child with him.
Halle dated a new guy Gordigers what the hell his name is. I think he looks more like a threat she need to protect her daughter from.
Shes bitch, selfish. Shes nut crazy Gab is moving on and shes regretting so now shes using the daughter as revenge.
Poor Nahla.
I can’t see any indication Gabriel is an unfit father. So even if Halle wanted full physical custody, I can’t see why Gabriel shouldn’t at least get visitation and be recognized as Nahlas father. Halle, as it is now, could decide to never let Nahla see her father ever again and Gabriel would have very little legal recourse. So I can see why Gabriel wants it legally settled to protect his relationship with his daughter.
I guess when Gabriel was no longer compliant, he became a threat.
This is the first time I’ve seen Gabriel in the news since Kim K. dropped him. Some people said Gabriel was the famous one, yet the media doesn’t cover him.
If it was all lollipops and rainbows when they were together they wouldn’t have broken up in the first place. I said it before and I’ll say it again: he wants full custody so that Halle will have to pay him child support. I was suspicious of him from the jump when he felt the need to control the PR situation by publicly outing that they’d broken up first. A real Eva Longoria style move. He’s a PR whore. He dated Kim Kardashian for goddsakes! For what? To (allegedly) piss of Halle? How juvenile.
Everyone wants to criticize and talk trash about every other man she’s dated. Yet the first time she dates some airhead blonde who models suddenly it’s not the men she picks, but her. Bull. If she’s the jerk magnet she claims she is, he definitely fits the mold.
I find this very suspect. When they were together and after they broke up, Halle went on and on about how Gabe was a wonderful father and that “they would be a family forever”. It is very obvious that Halle is a bitch to deal with and Gabe is not going to take it any longer.
Yeah, he was fine to make a baby with but now she no longer wants him around. I agree he’s probably become an annoyance that she no longer wants to deal with. Well, too bad. When you have a child with someone, they’re around for the next 18+ years. Unless he is abusive, that little girl deserves her daddy in her life no matter how much it bugs the mom. Maybe Halle doesn’t get it, but it’s actually not about her.
You know, at some point, you have to figure that she’s not “just a victim”. How bad is her judgment that she keeps picking shitty men? (Not talking about Gabriel here). To me, that speaks volumes about HER.
@ Marjalane: You know Gabriel Aubrey is French Canadian, right?
Halle Berry is a nasty piece of work, and since she has made several bad decisions in men during her life time, she might want to not be so judgemental of others.
The more I read about her these days, the less I live her. Nasty, control freak that she is seeming to become.
@renee
Yeah, but he’s not an oily French-Canadian. Oliver Martinez is sleazy personified.
This is a touchy one & difficult to speculate what is actually happening here. Obviously, Halle holds all the power. I suspect Gabe is going to be steam-rolled into submission. Marriage has a definite place in our society. It protects the rights of parents & their children. Halle & Gabe have no such protection. This will get very ugly.
The poor little girl. I don’t know what’s really going on in this situation, only what I perceive. When I see a man really fight to remain active in his child’s life, he is a good guy in my eyes until shown otherwise. Too often fathers just run out on their kids or use them as tools to get back at their exes (which actually seems like what Halle is doing here, now). But a man that really just genuinely loves his child and wants to be in her life and is willing to fight for it? That hardly seems like someone who is a danger to their child. Halle clearly has control issues and I honestly question her motivation in doing this, and unfortunately it is the little girl who is going to suffer the most.
I see absolutely no reason she had to go to people magazine and tell the world she was taking the father to court because he was an unfit parent. That shit’s just mean, nasty and below the belt. What a clam.
It’s really very simple – she wants to follow Olivier’s c*ck around the World and any agreement that gives Gabriel shared custody would mean that she’d need his permission to leave the country with their daughter. Halle’s control issues will NOT allow this to happen!!
Halle Berry’s is a selfish, vindictive and controling shrew who slyly left his name off the birth certificate. She never has a kind word to say about any of the men she chose to have in her life, blasts them all as she plays the victim.
Now Gabriel Aubrey has gone from wonderful father (after they split he even traveled on location to be with/care for Nahla) to an unfit parent.
When married to Eric Bennet she lied saying she adopted his daughter(did not)and quickly tired/dumped/disposed of that poor child and spoke unkindly of her father.
She deserves to lose custody of Nahla for being such a narcissistic c#@* who has ruined the reputation of all men she tires of.
Absolutely the most beautiful child in Hollywood!!!!
as gross as Kim K is, it has no bearing on gabe’s fitness as a father, and Halle doesnt offer any proof for what her concerns for Nahla’s safety are. What is she talking about anyway?doesnt look like she has anything solid on Gabe to want sole custody, and she shouldnt punish Nahla for her own issues with Gabriel. She sounds immature and awful, but I always though Halle was immature.
Well from what I understand his restaurant that SHE financed with her own money has now closed down. Does he still model?
@Lila, I happen to agree with some of what you are saying. I don’t understand why he continuously gets painted as a perfect saint and she some kind of she-devil. She gets criticized for choosing to have a child with him, but what about him choosing to have one with her? Was this really a love match to begin with for EITHER of them? Or primarily an arrangement where both parties aimed to get what they wanted?
She wanted a child desperately before it was too late. He got a business (the restaurant) that he could not have afforded to start without her, a way to get out of a dead-end modelling career (male models are generally not as rich, famous or successful as their female counterparts), not to mention connections and other perks that come with being partnered with a Hollywood A-lister.
So, even if we do have a personal dislike for Halle, I wonder if she really IS more at fault here than he is? I’m just wondering is all, please don’t crucify me now.
@tapioca: I think you’re on to something. Calling him an unfit parent is really a stretch, considering her own checkered history with the law. There is no way this will go well for her. In this instance, I am glad that the courts have moved away from mother centered custody.
The way I see it, Berry has always gone for model men. She may be a female modelizer, so that would point toward her being superficial. Not only that, she is dating that French womanizer/actor Olivier Martinez as well – who will not doubt screw around on her, like he generally does (wasn’t he doing Angelina Jolie on location – pre Brad- while in a long term relationship with Kylie Minogue?) He isn’t such a good choice, so she isn’t at all intelligent in any relationship choice she makes. She has blamed her relationship f- ups on her former partners, never herself. So comes across as an egotistical actress. Surprise!
In the end, the children always suffer. It’s unfortunate, but it’s Hollywood.
Shortly after my amicable divorce my ex started dating a woman who’d gone through a very bitter divorce and suddenly my ex had second thoughts about our settlement….I wonder if Ms. Berry is being manipulated by a new person or someone with a grudge against Msr. Aubry….doesnt’ excuse her behaviour but it would certainly explain it.
3 thing:
1) Gabriel cant say he didnt see this one coming. Halle was at the age all she cared about was a kid and from him she only saw a model sperm donor.
2) Nahla is so beautiful and I cant wait to see her grow up!
3) A lot of women think they know what is best for their children but I have seen clueless moms and dads that are educated and way better at parenting. I think it is cruel Halle is painting him as unfit. She is after all, the one that looks the most unstable.
@Tapioca: I don’t think it’s just to follow Oliver Martinez around, but yes, totally agree w/your statement.
Halle just wanted a sperm donor. Sucks when someone real wants to actually be with the baby.
@Mia135
This is what I’m saying. The unmitigated support he gets from these posters is so freaking strange! I challenge one person to give me evidence that this man is no different from the others that she’s dated. I’ve never even heard him speak. Yet these people question her character and her choices like they know her. Halle has put most of the information about herself, good and bad, out there. She doesn’t seem like she is trying to hide anything. No one knows ANYTHING about this man other than he’s a model. The red flag was when she put up the money for the restaurant, the down payment on the Canadian estate and was seen running around town picking up the tab for everything. Even when he crashed his car, he went running to her for help. He is a user. She got played. And now she’s stuck with him. He sounds like more of the same. Nothing special.
This is all about Berry.She just doesn’t want to share her daughter. She is an example of a woman who makes court harder on woman who have legitimate problems with a father. She was making Aubry go along with her when she made movies and it was convenient for her. Now if he gets equal custody she will have to tailor her world to the custody arrangement. I assume he would like the child when she is of making movies. Which is reasonable.
She has some nerve he father was an absentee father. And she should realize Aubry spent time in foster care and he has stated he will be a full time parent. It is about the child. She is not going to get to call the shots.
Expect some outlandish accusations on her part. TEAM AUBRY.
This is the reason he has to establish paternity she was forcing his hand. She thinks she owns this child.
The person who makes ungodly sums doing some silly movies is usually the person who supports the lifestyle. You didn’t think she was going to move down to his lifestyle? And because of that he is a gold digger?
He has said plenty and the pictures of him with his daughter speak volumes.
Whatever is going on in private, that is so wrong to make statements like that in public about him.
Halle was married to 2 serial cheaters. Wouldn’t be shocked if either or both have kids out there by one-night stands that they abandoned. Yet here she had a guy who, by all appearances, was faithful and actually wants his kid, and she goes and makes horrible public insinuations like that.
So. Wrong.
@Lila- I bet if this were a male actor, flexing his star status muscles on a no-name mother, your attitude would be different regarding the child’s custody.
Let’s remember, Berry CHOSE this man, and she WILLINGLY paid the bills
(if half of what you say is true), so that is on her. Just because she wants Aubrey out and the child to herself now, doesn’t make what she is doing right.
You are right about one thing: SHE PUTS ALL THE INFORMATION OUT HERSELF. Hmmmm, wonder why that is?
It amazes me how women think it is okay for a wealthy man to pay for everything with a woman who is not wealthy, BUT it is a totally different matter when the woman is wealthy. All of a sudden the men are users! LOL! Talk about sexist, double standards!
I agree Lila. Furthermore, Halle has been very upfront and open to the public about her desperate need to have a child, and the fact that she will NEVER get married. Gabriel was fully aware of who/ what he was signing up for.
If he was a woman he would be called a gold-digger, and berated for not making “responsible choices” about who he chooses to partner with. How many times have women been criticized if they sleep with or have a child with a man who they know has a questionable past with other women, and who has openly expressed the fact that he is never going to settle down in the traditional sense?
I always thought he was just a paid sperm donor and arm candy for Halle. I never thought they had a genuine relationship. They both played each other and now the kid has to suffer in another case of Hollywood dysfunction.
im still stuck on Katherine heigl being her replacement too!!!
There are some people who won’t look inside themselves for fear of the darkness they might find, I don’t know Halle Berry, but it sounds like this could be the case with her.
@ Lila
im from quebec where gabriel is originally from. ive heard some first hand accounts from some aquaintances on his character and hes a good guy. hes a successful model and is pretty wealthy so although halle has more than him, he is in no way in need of any support. he loves his daughter and is a great father.
halle hit someone with her car and drove away. thats all you need to know about her character. and any woman who wants to actively work on denying her daughter a father has some major issues and is selfish.
@devilgirl
Uh, no. This is about Halle Berry being Halle Berry. Every post is I hate Halle this and that. I hate Halle she so mean. I hate Halle and Gabriel is so hawwwwwtttttttt!!!!! OMG!OMG. O.M.G.
That’s not evidence of his character. Because there isn’t any. There is no justification for taking his side because you assume that you know everything about her. And this I hate Halle nonsense has been the case all along. It didn’t start at the break up. I don’t know how you managed to insert sexism, or any ism for that matter, into the situation. It’s very simple. People don’t like Halle and were never prepared to take her side. Gabriel submits anonymous leaks to the press and Halle is forced to respond.
And no one is arguing that she didn’t foot the bill of her own volition. My point is that he was using her. That may have been fine when it was the two of them, but when you bring a child into the equation it changes the dynamic of the situation. And maybe she wanted him to man up and bring something to the table. I can understand caring for a child, but taking care of a grown ass man? Please.
But ‘I’m Awful’ why then would Gabriel KNOWINGLY choose to have a child with a woman who is a hit-and-run driver and supposedly of such terrible character? Might that not suggest something about HIS own character too? He KNEW she was a hit-and-run driver when he chose to partner with her.
I’m not defending either of them and really could care less, they are probably both ridiculous. It’s just possible there is more to this than the ‘He The Saint / She The Devil’ picture that is being presented.
I’m team Nahla in this fight. Both parents need to STFU and take care of her without treating her like a ping pong or else it’s going to effect their relationship with her in the end.
Imo..she’s really pissed over the Kim K thing. And that’s just ridic considering her ‘unfaithful’ bf. She really shouldn’t use Nahla as revenge. Unwarranted…Halle. Unwarranted. Grow up.
I think she is a drama queen, this is deja vu.
always some drama when she breakes up.
remember the David Justice and Eric Bene drama extravaganza?
That child is so beautiful!
Halle, it seems, is a nasty, controlling wench. Gabriel was just fine to have a relationship with and just fine to have a baby with and she considered him a good father – until now? Bitch, please.
If this has anything to do with him dating Kim K briefly, it’s BS. Sure, he has shitty taste in women, but that doesn’t have anything to do with his parenting. And the fact that Halle’s people just had to put that statement out? Tacky. (And Gabriel should not be putting “statements” out either). Even IF what she’s saying is true – why does that need to be made public? Does she not consider her daughter when making such a statement?
I do not understand women who have to control everything when it comes to situations like this. Gabriel is Nahla’s father. He has every right to be a strong and present force in her life. And more importantly, Nahla has every right to have her father in her life. Halle needs to put her daughter first. Period.
I don’t know either of them personally. All I know is one parent is trying to boot the other parent out of the child’s life. And I think that’s shitty. I would be saying the same thing if Gabriel was doing it to Halle.
Yeah, she is much better: David Justice, Eric Benet (the sexadict), Olivier Martinez…
That little girl is such a cutie anyways about her parents they sound like their gonna be Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger part two poor little girl.
I have no doubt Halle has Nahla’s best interests at heart.
I also have no doubt those interests march right along with what is best for Halle.
I’m not pro anyone in this situation except for their daughter. Parents fighting over anything is horrible. The only thing that strikes me as odd is that Halle always sung praises at Gabriel’s parenting. Now he wants to be legally recognized as Nahla’s dad she does this. Just screams fishy.
HA! I called it! I called this one back in the summer. Aubry filed for child support. I guess the modeling stacks are dwindling. No wonder she is pissed. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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So the dad was fine to take care of his little girl while Halle was filming on location (and he went to)? I remember before she started filming he wanted to take care of their daughter at his home and she threw a fit so he went on location with her to be with his daughter. Now she was getting ready to start filming again and I’m betting he wanted to take care of their daughter while she’s working (seems fair).
If he was a danger then why did she ‘let’ him care for their daughter while she was filming her last movie?
He’s asking for shared custody which is perfectly reasonable. I think she wants the control over their daughter and him. She can’t keep him from getting shared custody w/o making him look bad. I hope this backfires on her. I can’t stand when one parent bashes the other for their own selfish reasons.
Definitely team Gabriel!
It’s all very simple – he wants to be recognized as her father and be granted SHARED custody (which is decent behaviour and a reasonable demand) and she wants to vilify him and kick him out of his daughter life (which makes her a selish bitch).
There is no need to look deaper than that – all her past issues and their relationship/breakup don’t really matter.
If my ex was compromising his public image by hanging out & getting papped w porn actors (eg Kim Kardashian ) or others of Paris Hiltonesque ilk, I’d have an issue w it too. I THINK Halle doesn’t want trash around, nor having trashy ppl associated w anyone or anything close to her child. So in that respect, I understand her gearing for a fight.
HOWEVER, he is Nahla’s father, he cannot and should not be cut from her life. There are so many tools that are pathetic excuses for fathers, I’d hate to see a man who loves his child denied.
THIS IS REALLY SAD FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
@lila, ITA. How do we know what Gabriel’s intentions are? We have no idea regarding his history or parental abilities, same goes for Halle. I like Halle but we honestly don’t know why there is a custody issue.
The only reason I lean towards Halle is because Gabriel was hanging around with Kim K of all people doing photo ops. That seems shady, but to automatically assume Halle is the ‘bad parent’ or a control freak is a bit ridiculous.
@Lila
Actually, he doesn’t ask for support. If you’d have read the actual papers it’s just custody, both legal and physical. The journalist reported it that way because this case was filed as “Petition for Custody and Support of Minor” but there are no “Only Custody” option available in that formal blank.
According to TMZ this has to do with the fact, Halle won’t let Gabriel keep the girl when she is on location. The only way he can see her is if he relocates to wherever Halle is filming . Does anyone here have joint custody w/ an ex who lives in another state?
The bottom line is,same as those of us who don’t fall all over ourselves for Halle Berry’s innocent act, those of you who defend her, don’t know her any better than the rest of us.
It boils down to personal opinion and what we see, as individuals, regarding these people.
And Lila, my POINT with the sexism, is, you call Gabriel a user because Berry paid for things when they were together. I am certain, you would not say the same thing if it were Aubry who was the bread winner and Berry was the lesser star in the home. If a woman takes from the man, in many people’s eyes. that is okay, but if a man does it, WHOA! Scandal and he is a user and a loser.
Gabriel was a good enough nanny for Nahla when he was travelling around with Halle but now that he probably wants to spend extended periods with his daughter and probably travel with her to visit relatives in Quebec, he’s not reponsible. Gabriel’s from Quebec so chances are that Halle is going to claim he’s irresponsible because he smokes weed. I hope Gabriel flogs Halle’s a** in court because I resent that now that she’s finished with him she wants him to just tuck his tail between his legs and go away. F**k her.
WTF what does being from Quebec have to do with smoking weed. I’m from Houston and I smoke weed.
Listen I had to live were my ex lived to satisfy his rights. And that is the way it goes. Too bad Halle. You have to either not go shoot movies or leave your kid with the father. Life is hard. But it isn’t about you. Imagine that UNHEARD OF. She will bite her nose of despite her face. I have a feeling Aubrey was willing to be flexible on this. But she has not been. Now he will go for what he deserves without Miss Berry’s permission or approval. She is messing it up. Not him.
“The only way he can see her is if he relocates to wherever Halle is filming . Does anyone here have joint custody w/ an ex who lives in another state?”
@Kim: I don’t personally, but my older sister is a pro at this kind of behavior. After her 1st marriage, she relocated w/2 boys. Then, after her 2nd she relocated again. So, at one point she was married to #3 with minor children with a father in California and another one in Michigan while she was living in Minnesota (whew!). When marriage #3 broke up she moved 2 1/2hrs away. She just went to the courts and claimed she had to move for jobs. As much as I love my sister, she’s damn sneaky. Whenever a marriage goes bust her first thought is, “Ok, I have to protect my own interests at all costs!” And if she has to steamroll her ex in the process she has no qualms about doing that. Then she wonders why she’s constantly in court and all her exes hate her. *sigh*
I know not every situation is the same, but seeing my sister do this kind of thing for over 20yrs now makes me really suspicious of Halle Berry’s intentions. It definitely sounds like she wants her daughter all to herself, and doesn’t want to be bothered by shared custody. I can sympathize to an extent–when my ex and I split when my son was 1yr old I tried to get as much custody time as I could and definitely felt like “he’s my baby–not yours anymore.” But, for the sake of my son we came to an agreement and have always been on friendly terms. Suddenly claiming to the press the father isn’t fit just because he doesn’t agree to disappear is pretty crappy.
What innocent act? The bottom line is you only know what each side choses to say. That’s it. Do you have access to facts that I don’t? because most of these post are insults, conjecture and more insults. My point is why is everyone so willing to believe Aubry?
and devilgirl, if it were in the reverse, I don’t think Halle haters would refrain form leveling the golddigger label at her if they could. At this point, i think everyone is trying to call her every name in the book. Even in your alternate version of things I doubt they’d hold back. My point, so that we’re clear, is that people trashed her in good and bad times. People were still hostile to her when she and Aubry were together, belittling the relationship and bring up non relevant info to demean her. This whole matter was prejudiced from the onset. No matter what, people find some way to be uguly towards her.
Halle’s relationships always end badly. If you read her bio, one of her boyfriends from her 20s sued her, one of her boyfriends hit her so hard that she is partially deaf in one ear, married one philanderer, married one sex addict, etc,. I question her taste in men. Her baby daddy seems by far like the nicest of the bunch.
I think Halle is a control freak! Sad…
Little Nahla looks like Shirley Temple. Beautiful child.
Wow what a lot of vitriol for Berry.
@ Debra – I agree. I don’t think the child got the best in the looks department, but I hope she grows up happy and healthy despite her whack job mother.
Halle has said in interviews that she thought Aubry was the ideal man “to have a child with.” Not “spend the rest of her life with,” but to have a kid. I don’t know why their relationship ended but it doesn’t seem like the guy cheated on her or verbally assaulted her… I think we would have heard something by now if he had been physically abusive since Halle never holds back when it comes to her less than stellar love life. What exactly has her concerned when Nahla is with her father? That’s what I want to know.
“She has attempted to resolve these custody issues amicably with her daughter’s father, Gabriel Aubry, directly, but given his lack of cooperation, Halle has no choice but to seek swift judicial intervention,”
Translation – she wants to film a movie in NY, and in order to see their child, she wants him to have to live in/travel to NY while she films the movie – I bet he has said no, hence his lack of cooperation…
I am sure this has been going on for some time, but kept quite because of her hopes to get nominated for an Oscar. Now that it didn’t happened, it is full steam ahead to a war in the press.
Either way, doesn’t seem like a big sacrifice to give up a role on the movie “New Years Eve”. If it is anything like “Valentine’s Day”, god help us all!
For me, the issue is the timing of this. Halle didn’t have any problem with Gabe as a father before, when she had all the control. She had all the power before and could have denied him access to his child. But now that he’s filed to have his parental rights established – thereby giving him equal control over the situation – now all of a sudden he’s an unfit father. That’s a little too convenient.
imbd has “new years eve” as one of those kitchen sink movies. Halle was lucky to get the part. Kathy can seemingly have no problem filling the same role.
So! pulling out of one of those movies where you’re paid a million dollars per second on screen (a la Julia Roberts) was just silly. No way it was more than a couple hours work.
I’m just putting it out there. No need to pull out of a film that requires you to be here tuesday from 2pm.-4p.m or friday 10-2 if that works better for your schedule Ms. Berry or Monday night after you put Nahla to bed, Ms. Berry.
Halle has a VERY experienced spin team. I hope (but doubt) she will think things through before sending her version public. With Halle is it always what you don’t hear that speaks most loudly
poor little Nahla — I feel for her given she’s caught between this. such a little beauty. i wish her happiness in her family life.
Halle had best be careful with what she puts out there as it could all backfire if she isn’t careful. Her team should make sure her ego doesn’t get in the way or else she could end up with less than she wants.
Gabriel should fight like hell for his daughter. There has been absolutely nothing out there regarding his behavior as a partner or father and I can’t believe Halle wouldn’t have thrown a crumb or two out in preparation for this if she had any. A couple of dates with Kim Kardashian is it? Wow.
I bet it’s because she wants to travel to make movies and be with Olivier Whatzisname and having Gabriel as a spoiler is pissing her off and cramping her style.
I’m sorry to read this, I really am. It looked like they might actually have done a few things right, but I guess not. I hope they are both keeping quiet around their daughter.
I find it compelling that Gabriel’s name was never put on the child’s birth certificate, hence his need to “formally” establish paternity. An acknowledgement of paternity can be filled out at the hospital at the time of the child’s birth or with the office of vital stats at any time afterwards (both parents must agree to sign this doc before a notary). That this was never done leads me to question Gabriel’s real role. Did Halle just want him as a sperm donor? If they had no formal agreement about this, he has every right to petition for both paternity and custody. I think the only reasons she is upset now is A. Gabriel’s asking for shared custody will control Halle’s ability to fly off to movie sets or to be with her lover at a moment’s notice and B. He may ask for financial (child) support along with custody. Since Halle makes more money, even a 50/50 custody arrangement will most likely show that she should be paying the father of the child some kind of support for Nahla. I agree with the posters that think Halle is controlling. I am a fan (Gothika is one of my favorite films and I think Halle is one of the most beautiful women on earth) but am disaapointed that her rep but out such an inflammatory statement that in my opinion, borders on slander. Why isn’t Halle thinking of Nahla first, instead of herself? I am definitley team Nahla/Gabrielle on this one. Halle needs to accept that the father of her child deserves to be a part of his child’s life and that their child needs support while with him. Gabriel can prob give the child more structure than Halle who does seem to string the child along like a doll exposing her to bad boy lovers, similar to Kate Hudson. Let the child have a positive relationship with her father- since Halle is a poor example.
Halle’s not hanging in France with Oliver since this got dirty, maybe that was part of it.
Nahla is gorgeus. She’s gonna be stunning when she grow up
@Grace… I agree. The timing seems VERY suspect.
Halle is a crazy bitch. Not a fan and this just confirms things for me about her.
@Grace, bluhare and Estella: ITA 100%
Hope this turns out well for all concerned, especially Nahla
Really, really hard to say what’s really going on here away from the publicity wars. There are men who are expert at seeming like the nicest, most fabulous, calm men who will be there for you no matter what and who wouldn’t hurt a fly, but trust me as an in-the-trenches veteran on this one–some of these men are control freaks in sheep’s clothing. Don’t know whether that’s true of Aubry or not, but he could well be so pretty and so kind-looking that people find it hard to believe he’s a dirtbag when challenged. And she may be bad in her own, complementary way. Nobody knows who isn’t inside their homes.
Some women are absurd. First off, they make a kid just because their biological clock is ticking. Then when their affection change all of a sadden the father isn’t even able to change a diaper. whatever.
Ok So Halle Berry was dating some loser dude who looks like he does drugs who knows?? and she would be ok with having her daugther near this other man who is not her dad, then be ok with Gabe being the real dad to lil Na. I hate her case closed! She sucks in my book and I will not go and watch any of her movies!! I never did and I dont even thing shes a good actress.. oh well
No one wins here and the one that really loses is the child.
Either Halle is lying (very bad) or Gabriel is an unfit parent (also very bad).
If Halle really thinks he is unfit then i commend her for looking out for Nahla and if Gabriel is not an unfit parent i commend him for fighting for his rights as a father.
Bottom line all the love for their daughter is causing the opposite effect – alot of hatred.
Either way it doesnt look good. I hope these 2 are being honest and put their differences aside for best interests of Nahla.
I just noticed how many Kims are posting on here that arent me. Popular name i guess.
I think they are both good parents who love that little girl (gorgeous baby, by the way)- whatever the court decides, I hope both parents remain active parts of little Nahla’s life.
She deserves both her mom and her dad, regardless of what they think about each other.
My parents had a very bitter custody fight over me when I was one, and their relationship with each other has been hostile and nonexistent my entire life. But they have both been excellent parents to me, and I would have missed out on an important part of my life if the court had decided to keep either of them out of my life.
Halle is the one showing her true character. Her priority seems to be her love life. She already has a new boyfriend, right after her split. She must have known what Gabriel was like before she had a baby with him. She is obligated to stick it out with Gabriel for her daughter’s sake, unless there was infidelity or violence. She is self-centered and full of herself. She’s not that great of an actress. She has so much drama in her life, that it probably spills into her acting.
Just to comment on what another poster said:
Yes, once you’ve been with a very abusive/controlling man, IF you’re lucky enough to get away from him for a decent-enough amount of time, it is VERY EASY to become a control freak yourself, due to the paranoia instilled in you and the control you were not allowed in the abusive relationship. Also, it’s very easy to fall into a relationship with another abusive man; they can sense vulnerability. Trust; I know of which I speak.
That doesn’t mean I think what she’s doing is right; I believe there’s more to this story than we know.