Halle Berry makes rare comment on ex Eric Benèt’s cheating scandal: ‘You remember every detail’

Halle Berry said she still remembers “every detail” of ex-husband Eric Benèt’s cheating ungraded that rocked her world complete 20 years ago.

As she applauded Gayle King for sharing her communicative of infidelity connected Thursday’s section of “Today pinch Jenna and Sheinelle,” nan Oscar winner, 59, reflected connected really “therapeutic” it was to talk astir nan experience.

“I’m proud of her for, you know, saying that and sharing this, that happened, because it has happened to galore of us,” Berry said.

She continued: “You retrieve each item of nan full situation, and it stays pinch you forever. So erstwhile you tin stock it somehow, that’s therapeutic.”

“It’s a catharsis, erstwhile you tin really stock it and personification other tin opportunity what their acquisition has been. So I admit her.”

Sheinelle Jones past asked Berry if she ever felt she had to “hide” from nan shame of nan ungraded that took spot earlier she felt for illustration she could reside it.

“I couldn’t hide, it was each complete nan news. I didn’t talk astir it necessarily, very publicly. But I did talk astir it. I did not transportation nan shame. I talked astir it pinch my friends. I talked astir it pinch different women,” Berry answered.

“There were children involved. So, I didn’t spell connected a nationalist rampage astir things. But I did talk astir it and it was very, very helpful,” she explained.

Berry was joined to Benèt from 2001 to 2005, during which time, Benèt confessed that he had cheated.

In 2002, he checked himself into a 35-day rehabilitation programme for activity addicts, which he later told People he did because he “wanted to prevention my matrimony and do thing basal to do that.”

Though, Berry, who has since moved connected pinch musician Van Hunt, appeared connected a 2024 section of Dax Shephard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast and called BS connected nan “Spend My Life With You” musician’s claims that he was a activity addict.

As for King, she discussed nan clip she caught her ex-husband, William Bumpus, cheating connected her pinch a adjacent friend during her quality connected nan “Call Her Daddy” podcast.

“I came location and caught him,” she told big Alex Cooper of her ex, whom she was joined to from 1982 to 1993.

She recalled telling nan unnamed woman: “’I can’t judge that you are present and that you are doing this. I can’t judge that you are doing this.’ And I moreover said, ‘I thought we were friends!’ It sounded truthful pitiful.”

The journalist first spoke retired astir nan incident successful 2016. Her ex has publicly apologized for his infidelity.