I forget where we came down on the alleged Halle Berry-Olivier Martinez engagement. Us Weekly reported that Halle and Olivier were engaged back in January, and other outlets followed suit. Halle seemed to be flashing an engagement ring – an emerald – ever since the holidays. However, someone denied something, somewhere, and I think after the first flurry of reports, the speculation kind of died down. But now Olivier is resuscitating it! Olivier was in Miami to open a restaurant he invested in – Villa Azur – and he ended up confirming the engagement. Interesting. Very interesting.

As Us Weekly exclusively reported in January, Halle Berry got engaged to Olivier Martinez over the holidays, but neither star has talked about their happy news — until now.

At the opening of his restaurant Villa Azur in Miami Saturday, Martinez, 46, confirmed his engagement to Miami.com: “Yes, of course we’re engaged!”

Berry, 45, first met French actor Martinez while working on the film Dark Tide; they stepped out as a couple in the fall of 2010.

Martinez also addressed rumors surrounding Berry’s engagement ring. “There is a jeweler taking credit for doing the ring and it’s a lie!” he said. “They have nothing to do with this.”

The bauble was actually designed by Robert Mazlo, a jeweler from Martinez’s Saint-Germain-des-Pres neighborhood in Paris. According to the actor-turned-restaurateur, Mazlo is “a real artist” whose family has been designing jewelry for “kings and queens for many centuries.”

Berry, who has a 3-year-old daughter, Nahla, with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, has been married twice before. She wed former baseball player David Justice in 1993 and divorced four years later. She then married R&B singer Eric Benet in 2001, only to separate in 2003 and finalize their divorce in 2005. Martinez dated Kylie Minogue for several years before splitting in 2007.

A source previously told Us Berry “had given up on being married, but she trusts Olivier. He makes her feel safe. He’s a keeper!”

[From Us Weekly]

First, I’m surprised Olivier was allowed out of Halle’s dungeon. Second of all, I wonder if Halle is happy that Olivier just shilled their engagement to promote his restaurant. Third, I can’t believe Olivier is willingly tying himself to Halle. Yes, I know her body is incredible, and the sex is probably insane. But there are huge sirens going off for Olivier everywhere – you’d think he would have heeded the warnings by now.

Here are some photos of Olivier at the restaurant opening:

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.