Halle Berry Talks About Custody Battle for Her Daughter

Actress Halle Berry has never talked about her custody battle with ex Gabriel Aubry before but in an interview with Extra, the 43-year-old actress finally opened up and talked about the court proceedings without giving exact details.

"It's been a year full of challenges. When there's a child involved, it's a relief when you can resolve things in a good way," Berry said. "Our issues were never about fighting for her. We both know a child needs both her parents."

She continued, "But what I want to say about it is sometimes, as a couple, you reach an impasse. We need a court and a judge to help us work out some of the delicate issues, and I'm so happy we've arrived at that place -- because for her sake, this is the best way. We both love her more than life."

The Oscar winner has been in a long, and at times contentious custody battle with French-Canadian model Aubry, the father of their 3-year-old daughter, Nahla. The couple had split in April 2010.
Berry recently pulled out of her Broadway debut in the production of 'Mountaintop' and the producers had attributed it to her "custody issues."

But PEOPLE is reporting that a source close to the actress has revealed that the information is incorrect. "She didn't pull out of the play because of custody issues. She had a conflict of work," a source said.

The source also talked about the custody battle. "Halle was never going for full custody. That wasn't what it was about. Whatever the outcome, she wasn't trying for that. There were just other issues that they couldn't resolve and therefore the courts had to intervene."

Berry has been dating actor Olivier Martinez since last fall.

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Halle Berry Drops Out of Broadway Play Due to 'Custody Issues'

She was scheduled to make her Broadway debut in September, but Halle Berry has just dropped out of a highly anticipated play. In a statement, the producers of 'The Mountaintop' attribute the cast change to their former star's "custody issues."

The New York Times reports that Samuel L. Jackson is still on board to portray Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The drama -- award-winning playwright Katori Hall's imagined account of the night before Dr. King's assassination -- would have seen Berry portray a maid at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, where King and his colleagues were preparing for a demonstration before King was shot on the balcony outside his room.

Producers said Berry will "not be appearing in the role due to child-custody issues."
The Oscar winner has been in a long, at times contentious custody battle with her ex-partner, French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, the father of their 3-year-old daughter, Nahla. The couple split in April 2010; Berry has been dating actor Olivier Martinez since last fall.

Her legal drama has interfered with her career before. Berry had to drop out of Gary Marshall's ensemble film 'New Year's Eve,' before rejoining the cast in February when a judge ruled she would be allowed to travel with Nahla to the shoot in New York. She reportedly lost her original role to Katherine Heigl, who stepped in when Berry left the project, but will now portray a nurse in the movie, opening in December.


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