Former World Series champion David Justice, a former Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees star, opened up about his past relationship with Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry. The couple, who married in 1993, divorced in 1997 after four years of marriage. Justice reflected on the challenges of their relationship during an interview on the ‘All the Smoke’ podcast.
Berry filed for divorce in April 1996, citing irreconcilable differences, and Justice followed up with his own divorce papers two weeks later. The divorce was finalized in June 1997. During the podcast interview, Justice discussed the issues that led to their split, acknowledging his lack of relationship experience and traditional expectations about a wife’s role at the time.
Justice, who was at the height of his career in the mid-1990s, noted that his expectations for a traditional role of a wife were part of the growing tension in their relationship. He admitted to not fully understanding the complexities of a long-term partnership at that stage in his life. The pair, who were in the spotlight as major figures in their respective fields, ultimately decided to part ways, with Justice expressing that they could have potentially made it with the help of relationship counseling.
Berry, who was involved in numerous projects during the 1990s including her Revlon contract and film roles like ‘Boomerang,’ ‘Jungle Fever,’ and ‘The Last Boy Scout,’ remained a prominent figure. Justice, who earned his first All-Star nod in 1993, was an All-Star again in 1994 before the baseball players’ strike. He later joined the Cleveland Indians in 1997 and was traded to the Yankees in 2000.
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