Halle Berry: I Tried to Kill Myself

Halle Berry once tried to commit suicide when her marriage to former baseball star David Justice fell apart.
Halle Berry
In an incredibly revealing interview with Parade magazine, Berry claimed that she tried to use exhaust fumes to take her own life, but thanks to a powerful vision, stopped at the last minute. "I was sitting in my car, and I knew the gas was coming, when I had an image of my mother finding me," Berry said. "She sacrificed so much for her children, and to end my life would be an incredibly selfish thing to do. It was all about a relationship. My sense of worth was so low. I promised myself I would never be a coward again."

During the interview, Berry also admitted that she underwent sex therapy with ex-husband #2 Eric Benet, an experience that she wishes she never had. "I was putting everyone's needs before mine." She kicked Benet to the curb in 2005.

Now, however, Halle's focus is clear -- the Oscar winner, who's currently dating 31-year-old model Gabriel Aubry, says she wants to be a mom, telling the magazine, "my sights are set on a different chapter of my life, which is motherhood. That's the goal I have very clearly set for myself."

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1. I like Halle. I am glad she figured out that no man is worth killing yourself over.

Posted at 2:18PM on Mar 29th 2007 by All American Girl

2. This news about Berry is old. Does she have a movie getting ready to come out?

Posted at 2:56PM on Mar 29th 2007 by blair

3. YAWN!!!!

Posted at 2:21PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Dottie

4. I wonder what she thinks she was accomplishing by sharing this with the public? Too much information! I would have kept all of that to myself. Celebrities usually complain about the paparazzi and not having any privacy. Now we have Halle Berry telling us she went to sex therapy! What is the world coming to? First she confesses to a suicide attempt and then sex therapy. If she cannot handle relationships with men then how is she going to raise children? I think she desperately needs psychotherapy not children. After confessing this it is scary to wonder what has she kept to herself? She sounds like a real nutjob!

Posted at 2:23PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Andrea

5. WAY TO GO HALLE.....

Okay, maybe I need to phrase that better....I'm not happy she tried to kill herself....that alone, is a horrible thought.....but, I an HAPPY to see her speaking openly about feeling that way, I think it's IMPORTANT for teens, young women....people that are in BAD relationships to see.....that other people, even BEUTIFUL perfect Oscar owning people.....have low points....they aren't always PERFECT.....you cut them, and they too bleed.....I think it's a great way to heighten awareness about suicide in gerenral....and for that, I give Halle props......she was in a very ABUSIVE relationship....and that was followed by other horrible experiences....and her speaking about it now....PROVES, she's not only learned and grown...she's gotten to a place in her life where it's OKAY to not have everything be perfect.....

No man, no woman, no situation is worthy of a person taking their own life.....

Posted at 3:03PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Great Dane

6. WAY TO GO HALLE.....

Okay, maybe I need to phrase that better....I'm not happy she tried to kill herself....that alone, is a horrible thought.....but, I an HAPPY to see her speaking openly about feeling that way, I think it's IMPORTANT for teens, young women....people that are in BAD relationships to see.....that other people, even BEAUTIFUL perfect Oscar owning people.....have low points....they aren't always PERFECT.....you cut them, and they too bleed.....I think it's a great way to heighten awareness about suicide in gerenral....and for that, I give Halle props......she was in a very ABUSIVE relationship....and that was followed by other horrible experiences....and her speaking about it now....PROVES, she's not only learned and grown...she's gotten to a place in her life where it's OKAY to not have everything be perfect.....

No man, no woman, no situation is worthy of a person taking their own life.....

Posted at 2:21PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Great Dane

7. I'LL give her a baby... Oooooo pick me ! pick me !

Posted at 3:18PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Long Dong Silver

8. I admire the fact that she is being open & honest regarding this very serious and real issue. I bet a lot of people have different types of issues that might lead them to believe ending their life is the answer.

Posted at 3:10PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Kristina

9. Remember the hit and run accident? Lmao I don't care what anyone says... she is CRAZY!

Posted at 2:29PM on Mar 29th 2007 by hello

10. # 3 perfectly said.

Posted at 2:27PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Kristina

11. This story is at least 10 years old. She wanted to kill herself before. After an ex-boyfriend beat her so bad that she lost the hearing in one ear. She chooses the wrong men. What woman hasn't done that at one point in her life.

Posted at 3:02PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Dottie

12. by "Andrea & try it again"

have you thought maybe her message could help somebody????????????????????

so shut the F!@K UP

Posted at 2:31PM on Mar 29th 2007 by u said what

13. Waaaah. I'm famous for being a bad actress!!!

she's ridiculous.

Posted at 3:23PM on Mar 29th 2007 by sl

14. #3. VERY WELL SAID!!

Posted at 3:25PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Moi

15. I love her. It sucks she did that, however it just goes to show you that she is just human just like the rest of us, no better.

Posted at 2:42PM on Mar 29th 2007 by AMN

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