The actress lashed out at her ex, Gabriel Aubry, father of her daughter Nahla, and Olivier Martínez, father of her son Maceo.
Halle Berry has always tried to maintain the privacy of the troubles she faces with her ex, Gabriel Aubry, father of daughter Nahla, and Olivier Martínez, father of son Maceo.
But this week, the actress broke the silence, calling her child support payments ‘extortion’ in an apparent ‘jab’ against the French-Canadian model.
The 54-year-old actress was ordered to pay 44-year-old Aubry $ 16,000 a month in 2014 to help with her 12-year-old daughter Nahla, and suggested that she does not consider the payments “reasonable.” and they ask in court that both parents assume financial responsibility for their children.
Earlier this week, Halle shared a meme on Instagram saying ‘women don’t owe you anything’, which resulted in a lot of responses from her followers.
And in response, the actress – who didn’t mention Gabriel by name – wrote, “It takes a lot of strength every day to pay it off. Besides, it is wrong and it is extortion! I’ve been paying for ten years. I feel like if a woman or man has to make a living, which is way more than they need to SUPPORT the child, I think this is wrong! I understand that some parents (male or female) may need help, but I also feel that in the modern age, both men and women, we have a responsibility to provide for their children financially and to work hard and do their best to do to do that. “
Halle, who has also had Maceo with ex-husband Olivier Martinez for seven years, believes the law allows some parents to abuse the system to get more money for themselves.
She wrote, “Since many laws have been enacted, people can USE children to receive money to live a lifestyle that is not only undeserved but that is far beyond the child’s reasonable needs and is ‘WRONG’ and where I see abuse, ” added, criticizing the fact that maintenance laws in the United States are “outdated” and insisting that they “no longer reflect the modern world.”
Halle added, “I can say that I experience this every day and I can say that it is difficult. I fully understand the feelings of those men who think the system has benefited them and them.