Topics: Halle Berry, Celebrity, Sex and Relationships
Halle Berry has detailed the one thing she refuses to do during sex nowadays amid a steamy relationship with fiancé Van Hunt.
The actor started dating Hunt when she was 54, and in June last year, Hunt announced he'd popped the question to Berry, but she took a while to give him a response.
The Catwoman star has been candid about her personal life, including a misdiagnosed sexually transmitted disease (STD) scare after she reported pain during sexual intercourse.
Sharing details at the 'A Day of Unreasonable Conversation' summit in 2024, Berry said: "I feel like I have razor blades in my vagina. I run to my gynecologist and I say, 'Oh my God, what's happening?' It was terrible. [My doctor] said, 'You have the worst case of herpes I've ever seen.' I'm like, 'Herpes? I don't have herpes!'"
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Both Hunt and Berry later received negative herpes tests, with the 59-year-old being told she had been experiencing a symptom of perimenopause, which affects two million women in the US each year.
Speaking during a recent episode of the Sex With Emily podcast, she revealed that this experience had kick-started her journey into raising awareness around perimenopause, as well as changing her attitude around sex.
She said that while their sex life was 'back on and popping', she is more vocal about what feels good and what doesn't, meaning that she no longer fakes an orgasm.
Pointing out to the audience, Berry went on to say that 'everybody has faked it because you just want it to be done', adding: "Sometimes you just want the pounding to stop."
She continued: "I don't do that anymore. We had to get there so that he felt good about bringing us to orgasm. We had to say that we did it so that he would feel good about himself. Because what is that doing? That's putting his needs before our own.
"I'm like, 'No, I come first like you come first to you.' We both deserve to have this be a mutually enjoyable experience, so we both can roll over and go to sleep because we feel good—not one snoring and the other one looking at the ceiling, going, 'What the hell?'"
Berry, who first connected with Hunt in 2020, announced earlier this month on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that she and her partner were engaged.
"There's some confusion that he asked to marry me and I said no," Berry began. "No, that's not the case. I did not say 'no,' we just don't have a date. Of course, I said 'yes, I would marry him.'"
Hunt revealed in a June 2025 interview with Today that he had proposed to Berry but hadn't received a firm yes after the actor had been married and divorced three times prior.
"I put out the proposal, and it’s still on hold as you can see," Hunt stated. "It’s just out there floating. You know, maybe you can encourage her."
