I mean seriously. She’s (physically) damn close to perfection. So why did David Justice leave her? And more importantly, why did Eric Benet cheat on her? This just boggles my mind.
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Good flippin’ question. While you’re at it, can you tell me why I have so much trouble with guys?
Call me crazy, but I don’t find Halle Berry that attractive. Don’t get me wrong; I’d have no qualms with banging her, but I have seen much hotter women.
HB is almost perfect, as you noted… but maybe she just has bad luck. Or maybe she’s attracted to losers. Or maybe a billion other things.
Could also be her. As the old saying goes: “She may look good; but someone, somewhere is sick of putting up with her Sh**!”
I’d still do her though. 
Perhaps she spoils her relationships by screaming at intimate moments:
“Oh, YES! Oh baby, this moment is so much bigger than me! This is for Dorothy DANDRIDGE! And Lena HORNE, and Diahann CARROLL! It’s for every nameless, faceless woman who now has a CHANCE, baby, because the door has been opened! Oh, YES! YESSS! I am the VESSEL, baby, from which this BLESSING might FLOW . . .”
etc.
Just a thought.
I know, I know! Pick me!
This is actually a phenomenon I have observed in real life, since I have a couple of truly stunning friends, one in particular, who have had a lifetime of rotten luck with men.
My most gorgeous friend had a succession of severe assholes throughout her life, starting in early adolesence. She just got married last year to the most perfectly wonderful man you could ever meet, someone just MADE for her, and a truly good, honorable, and exceptional person to boot.
Here is the key: they fell in love by phone and email, and were already crazy about each other before either ever laid eyes on the other. Not even a picture. They never even described themselves. They met doing some business via phone, cross country, and ended up talking for hours and exchanging endless emails. He had to leave the country but asked to come visit for a few days before he had to go. When they finally did meet, it was combustion of the most delicious sort, but the two good souls were already well matched.
All this to explain my theory: if they had met in person initially, he probably never would even have asked her out, thinking her to be way out of his league. (On top of being insanely beautiful, she’s also taller than he is, with an Amazon bone structure, whereas he’s a kinda wiry guy). The guys who had the nerve to ask her out tended to be the sort of fuckheads who were extremely interested in her beauty and in fucking her, because that’s what they value most above all else. Being that sort of fellow, they are easily distracted by the next beautiful woman to come along, and often have no problem dumping Beauty A for Beauty B, and of course, there is always someone even more beautiful coming later.
It boils down to value systems. Guys who place an extremely high premium on beauty tend to be, well, shallow and fickle. And also very ballsy. So they ask out the pretty girls, bed them, then treat them like shit. Whereas the good guys, the honorable guys with something a little more on their minds than fucking the hottest babe they can find, are usually a little intimidated by great beautys and don’t often ask them out.
So the pretty girls end up with the assholes, and the less pretty girls score the good guys.
Hey, I’ve been fighting obesity all my life, and I’ve had plenty of lovers. The serious ones were all really wonderful men, and not a single one ever cheated on me. The one that ended up being my true love is the best man I ever knew, smart as hell, cracks me up, more trustworthy and honorable than pretty much anyone I ever knew. (And way cute to boot) I’ve come to the conclusion that being fat is an incredibly effective jerk filter.
And that’s why Halle Berry has shitty luck with men.
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She is incredibly beautiful, but perhaps personality-wise she is a bit of a cow? She is an actress, so you can’t believe hwo she reacts on talk shows represents her true personality.
As my mother said, you have to live with someone to really know them.
There’s more to romance than beauty. Perhaps she’s not very bright, or maybe she’s annoying as hell. Perhaps she likes bad boys and they all dick her around.
Sometimes I wish I was one of the beautiful people.
Most of the time I’m glad I’m not, as they seem to have crap relationships.
Interesting. I made just the same point as the OP in a Pit thread not long ago.
Halle Berry: chuck the turd out and GET A F_____ LIFE
[title censored for Cafe Society consumption ;)]
Because she hasn’t me me yet.
No-no-no.
You got it wrong. Johnny.
It’s because she hasn’t met me yet.
Now, here’s $10. Go to the movies, kid.
I don’t think she has bad luck at all. She was born with talent and physical beauty that some of us can only dream about.
For whatever reason which are unimportant, she has a penchant for making some really bad choices. Starting out with David Justice and continuing on with her infamous hit-and-run accident.
If Halle Berry were my girlfriend, she’d get lucky every night, sometimes twice a night, I promise you that.
She’s dumb & has a horrible personality. She’s a hit & run driver, for Pete’s sake. Where’s the enigma here?
Dude.
Swordfish.
Monster’s Ball.
'Nuff said.
Yeah, right. She’d get lucky every night!
Aside from the “beauty is only skin deep” answers, you have to consider that many, many celebs have screwed up personal lives. Even if you start out as a wonderful person, the kind of ego stroking that goes on with superstardom will convince you that you’re the creator’s gift to a thankful mankind. You spend much of your life either on a movie set or on the talk show circuit, both of which are mind-numbingly dull, so you don’t exactly have a chance to nurture your intellectual or spiritual side, but have plenty of opportunities to nurture your hedonistic substance-abusing side. And you tend to meet people who move in the same circles and form relationships that are unlikely to last based on conflicting egos, schedules, and lack of true commonality.
So why should HB be any different?
And as for “physical perfection” – that’s just Hollywood image plus much airbrushing and cosmetics. I’m sure few Hollywood stars are actually ogres, but what you see if you pass them in the supermarket is hardly what you see on the big screen.
She’s stuck up.