Halle Berry denounces her ex-husband Eric Benét’s sexual addiction

Halle Berry is not yet ready to forgive her ex Eric Benét.

“I had a husband who said he was a sex addict,” the 58-year-old actress said on Monday’s episode of Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast. “But I don’t believe in that.”

Although the Oscar winner didn’t mention the singer-songwriter by name, it was widely reported that he went to rehab for sex addiction in 2002.

The couple married in 2001 after two years of dating. However, they broke up in 2003.

“Eric and I have been having marital problems for some time now and have tried to work things out together,” Berry said in a statement to “Entertainment Weekly” at the time. “However, at this point, I think we need separate time to re-evaluate our union. We ask that you respect our privacy as we navigate this emotional time.

Rumors abounded that Benét cheated on Berry throughout their marriage due to his alleged sex addiction.

However, Benét, now 57, responded to the reports in a 2004 interview.

“I’m not a sex addict,” he told ABC News. “I am a person who…through a series of emotional events, problems, challenges, made some really, really stupid, painful mistakes.”

Benét, who had a daughter from a previous relationship, married Manuela Testolini in July 2011. The couple share two daughters Lucia Bella, 12, and Amoura Luna, 10.

The “Die Another Day” star dated model Gabriel Aubry from 2005 to 2010, with whom she shares daughter Nahla, now 16. The two had a long and contentious legal battle for custody and in 2014, a Los Angeles Superior Court ruled. for Berry to pay Aubry $16,000 per month in child support.

She then began dating French actor Olivier Martinez, married him in July 2013, and together they welcomed their son Maceo later that year. They finalized their divorce in 2016.

Last month, Berry claimed in court documents that she had to pay more than $200,000 in legal fees to fight for custody of their son, including $80,000 that was used to “voluntarily” pay her own costs. Martinez Legal.

“I have made every effort to work with Olivier, communicate with him and involve him in the decision-making process regarding our son amicably,” she wrote in court documents.

The “Catwoman” star has been dating Van Hunt since 2020 after meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At an event in December 20121, she called Hunt “the love of her life.”