It’s no secret that 51 year old Oscar Award winner, Halle Berry, is a phenomenal actress. It’s also no secret that even though a celeb’ has accomplished a high level of greatness, they’re still human and sometimes have shortcomings in other areas of their life, just like us regular folk. For Halle, her not-so-great area has been her luck with men.

After a few failed marriages and/or public relationships, Halle had finally seemed to find ‘the one,’ when she dated her then boyfriend/model, Gabriel Aubry, in 2006. Two years after the birth of their (now 10 year old) daughter, Nahla, Halle and Gabriel parted like the Red Sea in 2010. By 2014, Halle was deservingly blasting Gabriel in court, for attempting to alter their daughter’s looks to make her more European and less African American. In her testimony, Halle- who is White and Black- also revealed that Gabriel called her a “nig*er!” Nope, that is not a typo ILOSM fam’ although we wish it was. Anywho, read on to see what transpired…

Halle: ‘My Ex Called Me A Ni&&er’

According to Mail Online, Halle provided the court with a personal note that Gabriel had written her, in which he called her a “nig*er.” She and her attorney presented the letter to the L.A. County Superior Court Judge, Mark Juhas, to further prove that Aubrey clearly has some disdain for African Americans, which is part of who their daughter is. Gabriel’s “ni&&er” letter supported the claims made by Halle- that he changed the texture and color of their daughter’s hair to blonde because he doesn’t want her to look so Black. Wow!

Via MO: [Judge Juhas] said: The racial epithet made by Petitioner [Gabriel Aubry] was and is completely and totally unacceptable. Nahla is a child of both of these parents, making this sort of comment about Respondent [Halle Berry] affect the very core and being of Nahla. And when Petitioner attacked Respondent for what she is and who she is, he was attacking Nahla because Nahla is part Respondent. And Nahla is part Petitioner. So when Petitioner did those things, that does serious damage to Nahla because he is attacking her core being, who she is.”

Halle On Ex Changing Their Daughter’s Features

Then came Halle’s testimony, where she connected Gabriel’s racial slurs to his desire to strip Nahla of her African American heritage as much as possible. She accused him of dying Nahla’s hair blonde and straightening her hair texture.:

Via DailyMail– In her testimony, Halle said: “I strongly feel that Gabriel’s same underlying attitude is at the root in the changes which only he could have been causing to our daughter’s hair.” She told how she had secured scientific evidence to prove she is not “delusional,” as Gabriel had called her, “about the extensive damage and the changes to the texture and color of Nahla’s hair that were observed by me. I was not willing to allow this to be a ‘he said-she said’ dispute.” And she noted: “I continue to worry about the potential psychological and physical damage to Nahla that can be caused by the use of chemical hair treatments and the psychological message that it conveys to Nahla, and to implore the court to put a stop to Gabriel’s attempts to alter our daughter’s appearance and most probably cause her to wonder why her natural appearance is not good enough.”

According to one source close to Halle, “Halle kept asking and asking Gabriel about Nahla’s hair and he kept denying it. … Halle then filed the court papers and Nahla’s curls came back.”

The judge ultimately ruled that neither Gabriel, nor Halle can alter the natural texture, color of their child’s hair, which is all Halle was asking for from the jump:

In the court docs, Halle stated “I want both Gabriel and I to make decisions together that affect our daughter, her growth, her development and her general welfare.”

Hopefully they’ve been able to come to more peaceful grounds now. It may be rare for someone to be successful at completely removing racial prejudices from their psyche and brainwashed mentality, but it isn’t impossible. For the sake of their biracial daughter, we sincerely hope Gabriel Aubry is putting in intense self-work to remove those deeply embedded toxic views about African American from his brain. Wishing both Halle and Gabriel the best as they continue to co-parent their beautiful little girl.