It’s only been a few days since we learned about Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry’s breakup. It was last Friday, to be exact – that’s when Radar became the first outlet to report that Halle and Gabriel had already split, and had already worked out their financial, property and custodial issues. It all seemed so mature and adult, I was proud of both of them, even though the Radar report had a nasty little aside about Gabriel thinking Halle was too old, and wanting to be with other, younger women. It took less than a day for everything “adult” and “mature” to fall apart.
Friday night, Halle stepped out with a new man, even holding the dude’s hand in public. On Saturday, Gabriel released a statement where he basically claimed that yes, they had broken up, but no, it wasn’t because he wanted to bone younger chicks. The same day, Halle appeared at the Walk/Run for the Cure, and was photographed with another dude, Trey Songz. Sunday came along and “a source close to Halle” told People Magazine that Halle kicked Gabriel out because he was a deadbeat and because she wanted to get some new pieces. Then, on Monday afternoon/evening, Radar reported that Gabriel is totally pissed at the way he’s come out of this, and he’s so pissed he might even go to court to get a new custody agreement for Nahla. Yikes:
Halle Berry’s baby daddy, Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, is unhappy at the media furor that is surrounding his beautiful daughter, Nahla, following her parents’ high profile breakup.
In fact, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that Aubry is so unhappy that he is even considering lawyering up and launching a custody battle, with the sole aim of taking his precious 2-year-old to Canada to live away from the Hollywood spotlight.
As RadarOnline.com was the first to report, Halle and Gabriel split a few months back and have, so far, managed to keep things reasonably amicable. The two hashed out a property and custody agreement with Gabriel taking ownership of their house in Canada and sharing custody of their daughter 50/50. But, Aubrey has been concerned with the media attention that has been stirred since the news of their breakup became public,and is worried how it will affect their daughter and her future wellbeing.
In addition, RadarOnline.com has learned that he is also unhappy with the stories he believes are being generated from Halle’s camp, where he has been painted as a man unable to support his child, and as someone that was unable to “pull their weight” in the relationship – something, a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com, is far from the truth.
“Gabriel has always been there 100% for his daughter, he would do absolutely anything for her. He may not earn what Halle does but he still makes a great living as a model, pulling in around $700,000 a year.”
“Until the news of their split broke things were OK between him and Halle, but now he believes Halle’s team are putting all these stories out there that are just not true. Gabriel is not happy at how he is being portrayed, as some kind of dead beat dad that was living off of Halle and her celebrity. It couldn’t be any further from the truth.”
“Gabriel is currently weighing up his options, and is seriously considering challenging the custody agreement that he has with Halle, splitting the care giving of Nahla 50/50. Gabriel is concerned about the craziness surrounding their breakup and he’s concerned about the effect it is having on Nahla. He’s also concerned that he’s being bad mouthed by Halle’s people, when he’s done nothing to deserve that. If things don’t calm down soon, Gabriel is going to really consider his options, and one of those is to fight to take Nahla to Canada to live with him as the primary care giver.”
“He loves that little girl more than anything, and he will fight tooth and nail to give her a decent, balanced, normal life away from the craziness of Hollywood.”
[From Radar]
Over the weekend, CB and I were debating who was coming out ahead in the breakup war. CB thought the People Magazine article – which was so obviously influenced by Team Halle – actually made Halle seem petty and immature. I agree, although my first thought was more generous towards Halle – it seemed like she was trying to make herself look bad to make Gabriel look better. Unfortunately, I don’t think that was her goal. Perhaps she really is that petty. But now I’m starting to wonder if Gabriel is too, what with all of his whining – pardon me, “a source’s whining” – to Radar and Access Hollywood. I really hope these two figure out something better, because right now I’m not siding with either of them. Bitches.
Halle, Gabriel & Nahla on July 8, 2009. Credit: INFphoto.com.
Bring her to Canada. Best place in the world to grow up. 🙂
Relationship and Hollywood…two mutually exclusive things.
Supposedly they broke up awhile ago but it just came out now. So I’m wondering why it turned nasty all of a sudden.
There is just sooo much PRETTY in the pictures. I doubt he’s going to seek full custody. Whatever issues Halle has with men, you can tell she loves that beautiful little girl. 50/50 custody is more than fair.
It’s almost a shame they didn’t have another child before they broke up.
I’m going to have to side with Gabriel on this one. That people magazine article was just so rude. Gabriel was never going to make as much as Halle and it never seemed to bother her before. That said, that little girl needs both her parents and 50/50 custody seems fair.
In the first break-up thread that was posted, there were a lot of people coming out to say what a horrible, manipulative egocentric bitch she’s reported to be.
Not that that’s unusual in Hollyweird, but if he’s the better parent and can prove he has a more stable home, then he should be awarded placement with her having a generous visitation schedule, regardless of where he lives (ditto, Elin!) or what he makes.
I hate it when this crap gets played out in public, but you have to at least admit that Halle has a better publicity machine that Gabriel does. She knows how to work it, she’s the one who’s been pumping out the pictures and stories, he’s only had a couple and they’ve been little releases just to respond to hers.
Mm, Mistral, I might take issue. 😉
**Having been through this –
There’s a difference between 50/50 custody and placement. Placement can mean the child lives with one parent more than 50% of the time, even though each parent has equal custody. My ex and I had equal custody, but I had placement and my son lived with me probably 65-70% of the time, depending on the time of the year. There’s a difference, I suppose it can depend on jurisdiction, but that’s how it worked for us.
Is it necessary to talk trash about each other publicly. No one wins and makes both parties look stupid. Eventually Nahla will be able to read about her parents breakup. My concern is only for her and dont give a rats-azz about Halle or Gabriel. Both seem selfish.
Uh, maybe I’m just blinded by his yumminess…but this reeks of an actress that has ALWAYS made it her business to trash her exes! It’s never her fault, and all this “Sources” sh*t is pretty ridiculous. When I saw the “doesn’t pull his weight”, my first thought wasn’t the money, it was more like- maybe he golfs too much, or travels for work- AND I also thought, “Sorry Toots, you went out and handpicked the prettiest baby daddy you could find- I guess you should have included a salary requirement in the job description.” So who knows if any of this is true; I tend to judge people on their past actions and I think Halle is a typical actress that gets off on being the victim. I’m sure we’ll see her on Oprah soon, crying about the big bad man who’s trying to take her baby. Does she have a movie coming out soon, by any chance….?
I’ve always thought that Halle was too self-absorbed and not a very good actress.
Team Gabriel – He is so Hot!!
actually,i cannot believe how this stuff works…’halle’s team’ or people-how lame for her to be w/this man for 5 yrs,have a child,and then still feel the need to do ‘damage control’. Her image is more important than her relationships?
I don’t think he seems selfish or petty or anything-i think he is naturally bummed,possibly shocked and betrayed,too. I don’t blame him for being pissed.
At first,i just thought the stories were coming from wherever;of course i forgot that hollywood does not work that way-it’s more of a PR machine at work24/7. That made me dislike Halle a bit. I think her image is just that-an image. sigh.
And how rude and lame to bring money into it….as though you suck as a human if you dont make as much as your partner/spouse.
And one more thing- why do we believe anything that originates from “Radaronline”? They sound cheesy to me. Do they get things legitimately?
That little girl is just beautiful.
I don’t know if I believe this articles but when something like this comes out there is/there can be badmouthing from both sides, so it is not unsual of the he said/she said stories. However, all things said and done about both people, in the end it is almost always the woman who comes out of it the worst no matter what, she ends up as the unfair b*tch and the man is sympathized as the misunderstood one. It is sad really.
to clarify-for the PR people to use this money/deadbeat thing-very rude and low in taste,IMO. we have no idea what their arrangement is/was. maybe gabriel stayed home with nahla full time in the beginning,being support boy. but he does work….we cannot all be mega celebs making millions annually. geez. i dont know why i am defending this guy-but i just find the whole thing distasteful,and i dont blame him for putting out short statements to clarify,which i think have been in good taste and with integrity thus far.
@marjalane:
I totally agree with you.
should have been a contract that was more specific,maybe…
Halle has said in interviews in the past that Gabriel was a no nonsense guy-that he had integrity and was true to who he was or whatever-meaning he wouldnt tell her what she wanted to hear just for that sake.
looks like she only sorta liked that quality…in the long run,it doesnt really feed your ego.
btw,i dont get the gay vibe from him,as some ‘sources’ are saying…does anyone else? i’m not feeling it,but i could be wrong.
how sucky to have image control take precedence over actual relationships.
And another thing!!!! point and wags finger….
How convenient that hallee has these photo ops out with other dudes and at an event. don’t think this wasn’t planned. it definitely was,timing wise.
distasteful. and egocentric.
I don’t really care about either of these two, but he is freakin dreaming if he thinks a judge is going to let him take that little girl away from her mother and out of the country. Not going to happen.
I will NEVA forget how Halle did poor Eric Benet and his daughter…it made me see Halle in a WAY different light…
And yes…Halle DOES have a history of trashing her exs…
Last time I checked, $700K isn’t living hand-to-mouth, no matter how much Halle is worth.
@Whatever: I agree. I doubt he is even considering it.
Poor Nahla.
Could Halle’s grand ooh lookie me poor single mom thing actually turn out and bite her in the ass??
Me thinks so.
Dear Gabriel,
Just wait for the dust to settle – and it will – before taking the next step. In the meantime, just keep a low profile. Fly under the radar. And “This too shall pass”.
Oenix
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t the nastiness start with Gaberiel’s sources claiming she was too old for him?
Let’s be real, she’s a 40+ year old woman in hollywood who was just “dumped” by her younger boyfriend. Image is everything in Hollyweird, so of course she wants to be seen with other men. Makes her seem desirable.
Thank goodness Tim Robbins understood this and let Susan Sarandon have the good press following their break up. He didn’t put out his own press releases on the matter and let her be!
Gabriel has money to provide for himself and their daughter. It doesn’t matter what the world thinks — he’s a model. He’s only relevant to the modeling world. She’s an actress and bad press can irrevocably damage her prospects for employment!
He should put his ego aside and they should release a joint statement to nip this in the bud!
What a shame the breakup is taking this tone. The announcement made it seem so civilised and I thought, well, finally, this is how grown-ups, even in Hollywood, behave. Further comment was and is totally unnecessary.
I haven’t paid much attention to either of them but my impression of this is that Gabriel’s a decent kind of guy and Halle too, but it’s her that’s driving the petty comments.
Despite the likes of Lainey fawning all over Nahla, I’ve always thought she was pretty but not baby-commercial so but the photo by herself in the sandpit. OMG there’s all sorts of gorgeousness going on there!
Man, he is so delicious. I may be very wrong but I bet Halle is a real piece of work. I think she is stunning and talented but there is something off about her.
I thought Halle was one of those that valued their privacy. Haha. She shouldn’t be photographed out with other guys right now.
I am siding with Gabriel. And, before anyone else says it, yes, she is entitled to do whatever she wants. But, those pics of her and the other men were planned. I don’t ever want to hear her talk about her lack of privacy again. Please.
she’s a fool. i woulda been popping out babies, 2, 3 AND 4 with his fine ass!
tee-hee
and uh…can someone turn that 1st pic into a slammin’ father’s day card?!
i mean, day-um!
on a 3rd note, that baby girl is a total dollface 🙂
she’s a fool. i woulda been popping out babies, 2, 3 AND 4 with his fine ass!
tee-hee
Halle has a history of dating/marrying A-holes. Maybe for the first time she was with a nice guy, had a baby and realized she got bored or fell out of love and ended it.
Right now everyone is loving the latest victims, (Sandra and Elin), and my theory is Halle wanted the same sympathy. She hasn’t been working a ton and she’s getting older and maybe the fear of being irrelevant is setting in so now was the time to act. Remember last year she grabbed Jamie Foxx’s junk? She clearly didn’t respect her partner then and I thought it was a red flag.
I’m not buying he dumped her and I bet she wanted to pay him off to take the dive. This story stinks and I’m betting Gabriel got dogged.
I don’t mean to talk like I know anyone but this is a gossip blog and I am a girl who has dumped my share of boyfriends so I just think actions speak louder than words. If I was grabbing a man’s dick in front of a crowd of people it would be a desperate plea for attention and a slap in my sweetheart’s face.
halle strikes me as a diva beeyotch who hasn’t made a decent movie is years.
@ Shay – Successful relationship and Hollywood are mutual exclusive. ITA.
This whole thing is a mess. When the break-up news first came out, I gave both of them the benefit of the doubt, despite being surprised by the news. Now it’s dissolved into another “he said-she said” mess in the press. Does no one know how to maintain a sense of dignity, self-respect, and mystery?
As far as custody goes: in the state of California there is Physical Custody and Legal Custody. Physical Custody (with whom the child actually physically resides) can be Sole or Joint, the division of which (i.e. percentage of time, like 50/50, 60/40) is determined by the parents and Family Court Services (if the parents cannot agree amongst themselves). Legal Custody (legal decisions regarding the child’s religious teachings; schooling; financial liability when said child crashes your car into a building at 16 years old) is usually 50/50, unless there are extremely extenuating circumstances. I don’t know what the courts in California consider “extremely extenuating circumstances” because it’s rare that a parent is granted “Sole Legal Custody.”
gabriel is fine!
gorgeous little girl!
RHONYC:
It’s not so much that she’s a fool as her age might have prevented her from popping them one.after.the.other. Hope she had TONS of fun trying…. I would!
I agree with the first post here, Gabriel should bring his little treasure to Canada. Great country.
Nahla is probably the most amazingly beautiful child I’ve seen, so sweet, so gorgeous. She took the best of both parents !
Why all of the Halle hate? Something is really wrong here. Her ex ( Eric Benet) gets caught with another women and said trashy women gives exclusive to rag but you feel bad for him and his daughter?
As far as Gabriel is concerned, why is anyone believing Radaronline? Didn’t they just come out and say that Sandra had a sex tape? Halle doesn’t have a habit of “trashing” her exes. She even admitted to trying to commit suicide over her first divorce. To many people that makes her look more bad/damaged than her ex.
Love the sweet princess
I’m siding with the parent that doesn’t have a hit and run.
That. Child. Is. Beautiful.
Honestly, half of me believed he was just a glorified sperm donor….She’d ben wanting a baby for a while and what finer specimen could you ask for?
@sassenach – why all the halle hate? Hit and run and she abandoned Eric Benet’s daughter (who she supposedly LOVED so much) after they got divorced.
What ever happened with her other daughter? Didn´t she actually adopt her partner´s child (India?)?
An American judge allowing an American child to be removed from an American mother – hmmm, sounds like it would work.
First thing I heard about the breakup is that he wanted younger girls. and he didn’t shoot it down, wasn’t that disrespectful and nasty to the mother of your daughter.
If Halle’s gonna keep running through men like the rest of us go through underwear, it would be better if the child lived with a stable parent who’s not doing that and just had lots of visits and time spent with her mom. She needs her mother…certainly not saying she doesn’t or that Halle is a bad mom. The child doesn’t need to compete with or be exposed to that behavior, though. It’s confusing and painful for a child to play second fiddle to a parent’s self-serving, needy, revolving-door love life.
@Jess: Word.
Luckily she didn’t marry him, if she had he would have had a case to petition the Courts for custody and for financial support.
In this her America no judge would take a child from even a poor mother, the law states only in cases of physical abuse. I am so surprised that women would even be praying for another woman to lose custody of her child, just because they hate Hallie.
Be careful you might one day have to fight for your own custody and then you will appreciate American law.
So which ex was she trashing? The one who beat her or the one who was a sex addict and cheated on her repeatedly? I personally don’t care for her either way but if that’s what her exes did then she sure as hell earned the right to trash them.
10 to 1 what was supposedly said by both of her and Gabriel is complete BS.
And since India isn’t her daughter by birth who knows what happened there. For all we know Eric denied her visitation or the daughter didn’t want to betray her Dad by seeing his ex or maybe they do see each other and we have no idea. Not like any of us was there when all of this went down!
I’ll take Nahla!!! Man that kid is cute
She is the cutest Hollywood baby by far! And he is so handsome. he models alot so i dont see how a dead beat?
Abandonment is quite a strong word being used given we don’t even know the status of Halle’s relationship with ERIC’s daughter or the details or their divorce. Even when biological parents divorce, custody can be a real mess. Why should she hang around Eric’s world and not just move on? How do we know that for reasons called “life” it was impossible to maintain a relationship with India? Halle seems to have done what most people in her shoes – celebrity or not – would have done.
Nahla is so adorable! She has always had issues with men for as long as anyone can remember…but its always the guys fault? I’m not so sure about all of them. She was raised by her single mother, I wonder if she has Daddy issues? I do sometimes wonder if she did not play him to get a beautiful baby out of it, 5 years or not…i know that sounds awful,but there is something about her I have never liked.
again, this is just a feeling, but halle gives me a little of the crazy/unstable vibe.
as for gabriel, he seems like a solid person. i live in quebec, and i know you cant generalize BUT french canadian guys are pretty family oriented and down to earth.
anyway, they should stop sending all these quotes into the gossip world and just lay low for a while… no need for any of this talk.
Mistral, I fervently agree. I live in B.C. and if I wish, I can travel to all five of the world’s climate patterns without leaving the province. We have tropical, rainforest, desert, arctic and I cannot remember the last one. Victoria, our province’s capital consistently records winters where the temp never drops below freezing. My area has tropical (consistently above 80 in summer) desert, and arctic. The winters can hit minus 40 or more. (That part sucks) We have the worlds largest ocean on the west coast, and its an awesome teaching experience. Bring that little beauty here. She can have golf lessons and snowboarding lessons on the same day. Like Canada, B.C. rocks. While I seem to be on this patriotic bent, I would like to thank the States for being such great neighbours. Your country gets a lot of grief, I’ve never understood why. I like having you next door, and I love to travel in the States. So much to learn! ‘Kay I’m done.
Lets get something straight! Halle is pretty amongst Hollywood actresses but there are women who have not had the plastic surgery she has had and look way better! Secondly she is full of herself because Hollywood rants about how beautiful she is and for me she’s stunning but beautiful NO! In all reality she does need a reality check, lets face it she’s getting older, she’s seen as a black woman in Hollywood and soon her career is going to fade. Halle wanted a good looking guy to produce a beautiful child and yes Nahla is cute!
Okay I take it back, he’s totally beautiful! *drool*
And his daughter is adorable.
I am confused about something. You guys are talking about her taking pictures with men one of which was Trey Songz. The pictures I saw of them were at a Revlon Walk for women I find it hard to believe that was a date for a PR purpose. If I am not mistaken they were hosting/performing at the event. How about this lets stop speculating about things we really don’t have exact answers for? We don’t know what happened in any of her relationships and as we all know people will say just enough to get people on their side. Bottomline is regardless if they are in the public eye they are still living their lives just as you and I. Some of the people on here making statements have friends or relatives who have or is going through similar situations. Because it is a family member or friend you are not passing half as much judgement as you are on a complete stranger. Also, I think everyone bad mouthing the parents are missing the bigger picture there is a child who will be effected by this matter.
Well Halle’s definately a screwed up individual, her relaqtionship track record…say no more. Gabriel seems very down to earth, devoted and out of the spotlight. Certain he could give Nahla a more balanced life, without a doubt. 700k a year, now that’s a bloody nice living!
re: Oenix:
It’s not so much that she’s a fool as her age might have prevented her from popping them one.after.the.other. Hope she had TONS of fun trying…. I would!
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uh…homegirl should’ve taken a page from the Book of ‘Lisa Bonet a/k/a Lilakoi Moon a/k/a/ Milf-Goddess-Choppin-Down-FINE-ASS-Jason-Momoa-&-Birthin-His-Babies’
verdict: she’s a dingbat
she’ll never pull a hot piece like that again.
case over.
*singing*
“great joooob douuuche”
🙂
uhhhh, but again, seriously….
could someone turn that 1st pic into a father’s day card?!
mmmman!
🙂
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL. GORGEOUS