When a Man Has Standards…
David Justice — former MLB World Series champ — says he left Halle Berry because:
“She don’t cook, clean, don’t really seem motherly.”
He even admitted he was naive back then, thinking marriage worked that way.
Fast forward to 2025:
Justice has been with his current wife Rebecca since 2001.
Berry? Multiple marriages and divorces, custody battles with more than one ex, and still in court last year fighting for sole custody of her son.
But when he said his truth, the same women who post “know your worth, king” memes called him every name in the book.
Notice the double standard?
If a woman says she left a man because “he’s broke, lazy, and can’t lead,” she’s “empowered.”
If a man says he left a woman because she doesn’t have qualities he wants in a wife and mother… he’s “trash.”
Also wild how a man can win championships, hit home runs in the World Series, and still get reduced to “Halle Berry’s ex” like he never existed outside her shadow.
When women set boundaries, it’s called self-respect.
When men do it, it’s called audacity.
Checked Out the David Justice x Matt Barnes Interview — Here’s the Truth
I checked out the David Justice interview with Matt Barnes.
Did I watch all 1 hour and 53 minutes? No. They had timestamps, and I went straight to the part where Halle Berry came up — a total of maybe 10 minutes.
Yet somehow, people act like she’s “living rent-free” in his head. Newsflash:
He’s been married to someone else for over 20 years. This was a life interview. When a major chapter comes up, you talk about it. That’s not obsession — that’s context.
What he said was simple:
They were 5 months in when she proposed — still honeymoon phase.
She didn’t cook, didn’t clean, didn’t seem motherly if they had kids.
In the 90s, that was a red flag.
He once watched her kiss another actor on the mouth at lunch. She called it “how we do in LA.” But when he hugged an attractive woman? She iced her with a cold handshake. Jealousy didn’t cut both ways.
When they split, she dragged his name in the media. His mother told him to “take the high road.” That backfired — the media ran wild. The worst part? She never corrected the false rumor that he was the one who abused her, even though she admitted the abuse happened before they met.
This wasn’t him pining for her. It was him reflecting on a relationship that happened early in his career, shaped parts of his life, and ended on lies that hurt his name.
If you think 10 minutes out of 113 is “rent-free,” maybe she’s living in your head rent-free — because clearly, he’s moved on.
The more I learned about Halle Berry, the more I get why men say “a pretty face doesn’t mean she’s worth it.”
David Justice wasn’t some random dude clout-chasing her. He was already a world series champ, had endorsements, money, and status. Meanwhile, she was coming off an abusive relationship, had no stable family example of marriage, and had been married before without learning anything from it.
She’d been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes years earlier, so diet and fitness were crucial — yet she couldn’t even cook for herself beyond Hamburger Helper. That’s not “traditional gender roles” talk, that’s survival. For an athlete like Justice, having a partner who could support his lifestyle and diet would’ve been a win-win… but she didn’t bring that.
People act like he “wanted her to serve him,” but she didn’t even serve herself in the areas that mattered. If anything, that marriage probably extended her life — steady money for meds, treatment, and even the pancreas transplant she later got.
And judging by how her later marriage to Eric Benét went… maybe beauty really was the best thing she brought to the table.