The following highlights were included in the press release from GQ announcing the Halle Berry story:
On Growing Up Bi-Racial: "Nobody knew I had a white mother until the day she came to school - for an open house, a parent day, or some such - and I had that defining moment where I realized my cover was blown and everyone knew I was different. I didn't even know it was a cover until they had a problem with it."
On Discovering Estranged Husband Eric Benet's "Sex Addiction": "I was on the biggest high of my life, I mean, my feet weren't even on the ground. I had reached that success, I had a great marriage, I had a beautiful daughter... I was thinking, Wow, I think this is what having it all must be... And then ten days later I got hit with Eric's sex addiction... And that started this whole discovery of what really was going on in my marriage that I had no idea about. None whatsoever. So after that great high, I hit one of the greatest lows I've ever experienced. I plummeted right back into the depths of this valley that I'm just now sort of resurfacing from."
On Whether She Entertained Serious Thoughts of Suicide, as She Had After Splitting with Her First Husband, David Justice: "I would never, ever, ever think of doing that again."
On Why She'll Never Marry Again: "That's what I expect [from men], because that's all I've known. My energy draws me to that, and draws that to me. There are flags along the way, but it's really hard, when you want to be loved so badly, to see the flags. So I found ways not to see the flags. But after two failed marriages, I think I've finally got it: It's all about the flags."
On her role in "Catwoman:" "I was going through a time in my life where I needed to make some really hard decisions for myself-be able to say I don't deserve to be treated like this, and I'm going to stand up and fight. And as Catwoman, it was very empowering, putting on that suit every day and having no rules and being in touch with my sexuality, my strength; say what I wanted to say, do what I wanted to do. And because I got to do that, I was able to do that in some areas in my real life: I made some changes in the people that worked for me, my marriage, my friends ... I cleaned house when I did 'Catwoman'."
On Her Deceased Father's Selling a Story to the Star for Some Cigarettes and Beer About Her Not Reaching Out to Him While He was Dying: "A six-pack of beer and a pack of cigarettes. I'm like 'if you're going to do that, Dad, at least get what everybody else gets when they do this sh*t.'"
Kaylin's article will appear in the August 2004 issue of GQ.
Source: GQ
