David Justice is opening up about the โissuesโ that led to his split from ex-wife Halle Berry.
During an Aug. 7 interview on Matt Barnesโ โAll the Smokeโ podcast, the former pro baseball star, 59, said that a few months after he and Berry tied the knot in January 1993, he began considering the idea of starting family โ which is when his doubts about the coupleโs future kicked in.
โMy knowledge and my understanding, my wisdom around relationships just wasnโt vast,โ Justice said. โSo, Iโm looking at my mom โ and Iโm a Midwest guy โ so, in my mind, Iโm thinking a wife, at that time, should cook, clean โย traditional, you know?โ
Justice said, at the time, he also had doubts about Berry being the right kind of mom for his children.
โThen Iโm thinking, โOK, if we have kids, is this the woman I want to have kids with and build a family with?โโ Justice continued. โAt that time, as a young guy โ she donโt cook, donโt clean, donโt really seem, like, motherly. And then we start having issues.โ
Justice recalled that Berry, who turns 59 on Aug. 14, proposed to him about five months after their first date. โI said OK, but I donโt know if my heart was really into it. But I didnโt want to make her feel bad and say no,โ he said.
โI was just in the moment. It caught me off guard,โ he added. โBut I was like, โCool. We get along. We vibing.โโ
The former Atlanta Braves outfielder said he and the โX-Menโ franchise star ultimately parted ways in 1996 because they spent too much โtime apart.โ They finalized their divorce the following year.
โShe was doing movies in this country, that country. And we honestly probably could have made it if I knew about therapy,โ he explained.
Justice went on to marry his second wife, Rebecca Villalobos. The couple walked down the aisle in 2001 and share three children.
Berry tied the knot two more times โ first to musician Eric Benรฉt, to whom she was married from 2001 to 2005, and later to actor Oliver Martinez. Her third marriage lasted from 2013 to 2016. The mom of two shares a son, Maceo, 11, with Martinez and a daughter, Nahla, 17, with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry.
In September 2020, Berry went public with her romance with musician Van Hunt.
โI think everybodyโs been really happy, at least for me personally, people have been like, โYou finally found … !โ Iโve always wanted what we have,โ Berry said in June 2025 during a joint appearance with Hunt on TODAY with Jenna & Friends.
She added, โI always saw myself in a committed, loving relationship with like my best friend, someone that I respect and I love.โ
Backstage, Hunt told TODAY.com he’d popped the question to Berry in the past and was still waiting on an answer.
โItโs just out there floating. You know, maybe you can encourage her,” the musician joked.
On her end, Berry said she was in no hurry to rush back up the aisle.
โWell, Iโve been married three times. Van has been married once, and so no, we donโt feel like we have to get married to validate our love in any way. We donโt,โ she explained.
โBut I think we will get married just because, out of the people Iโve been married to, this is the person I should have married,โ she added.
