Halle Berry slams reporters over one sexist question that 'comes up every time'
Topics: News, US News, Celebrity, Halle Berry, Health
Kit Roberts
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Topics: News, US News, Celebrity, Halle Berry, Health
Halle Berry hit out over a sexist question which repeatedly comes up during her interviews with the press.
When it comes to interviews, female celebrities can often be subjected to questions that aren't directed at their male counterparts.
Whether it's unsolicited comments about their looks, or questions about their family life or being a mom, the tone and content is still too often different from what the men get.
Berry had been speaking to Heart radio to promote her latest film, Crime 101, and the interview touched on whether there was one question in particular which gets under her skin.
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Host Dev Griffin put the question to her, asking: "Halle, I would love to know, do you have a ‘please stop asking me?’”
And the James Bond star did not hold back on her answer, so if you are ever lucky enough to meet Halle Berry, take note.
“I know what I would wish to stop being asked," she replied. "Stop asking me about my f**king age, man!”
She added: “It comes up every time someone talks about me.”
In particular she seemed to be frustrated by people repeatedly not believing that she is as old as she is.
“I just hate that it’s, ‘Oh my God, how are you 59?’," she said.
Explaining why this gets under her skin in particular, Berry added: “Yeah, you just, you know, as a woman that precedes us more than it does men. So, like, that's always a thing with everybody I meet.
"Whatever age I am at the time that seems to come up. And it's like, man, can we ever outrun, can we ever, like, get outside of that?
"Does that always have to define us as women?"
Berry has frequently used her platform to stand up for women's health, in particular pushing for more visibility and resources around the menopause.
She previously told The Cut: "Fighting for women's health feels like a formidable cause for my second act... Women are as confused as I am on this midlife journey and I felt like I had to do something."
Berry has also publicly criticized California governor Gavin Newson over his lack of support of the Menopause Care Equity Act in the state, which was vetoed by the governor.
The bill would increase education and healthcare coverage for women who are experiencing symptoms of menopause.
Newsom revealed in a letter addressed to legislators in California that he did not sign the bill, as well as a previous similar proposal, because it was 'too far-reaching'.
A statement from Newsom's representatives to UK newspaper The Independent said: “He vetoed the bill because, as written, it would have unintentionally raised health care costs for millions of working women and working families already stretched thin - something he’s determined to avoid."