Former MLB star David Justice has opened up about his short-lived marriage to Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry, sharing what he believes could have kept them together.
Justice and Berry tied the knot in 1993 after a whirlwind romance, but divorced in 1997.
Speaking on Thursday’s episode of the All The Smoke podcast, Justice revealed that while their relationship began in a “honeymoon state,” doubts soon emerged about their compatibility—especially when it came to starting a family.
Coming from a Midwest upbringing, Justice said he entered marriage with traditional expectations.
“In my mind, I’m thinking a wife at that time should cook, clean, [be] traditional,” he explained.
“Then I’m thinking, ‘Okay, if we have kids, is this the woman I want to have kids with?’”
He recalled that Berry “didn’t cook, didn’t clean, didn’t really seem motherly,” which created early tensions.
Justice also revealed that Berry proposed to him after just five months of dating, and although he said yes, he admitted he wasn’t entirely sure his heart was in it.
Their demanding careers further strained the marriage, with Berry travelling frequently for film shoots while Justice was constantly on the road for baseball.
“We spent a lot of time apart… she was doing movies in this country, that country,” he said.
Looking back, Justice believes things might have turned out differently if they had sought professional help.
“We honestly probably could have made it if I knew about therapy. If we knew about therapy, we probably could have made it,” he reflected.
The pair first met in 1992 after Berry spotted Justice in an MTV celebrity baseball game and passed her number to him through a mutual acquaintance.
