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Halle Berry's intimate video with boyfriend Van Hunt causes controversy: 'This is a family page'

The star's openness about her relationship with her boyfriend has been a consistent theme.


Daniel Neira
Senior Writer
MAY 13, 2025 4:08 PM EDT

Halle Berry concluded her Mother's Day celebrations by sharing a playful and intimate video with her boyfriend, musician Van Hunt. The couple, who have been together since 2020 and continue to go strong, posted the video from their bed in Cannes, France, where the actress is serving on the jury for the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. 

In the video, Halle, appearing topless under white sheets, holds up a bottle of "Let's Spin," an intimacy gel from her menopause care brand, Respin. "Happy Mother's Day once again everybody. I hope all of you are somewhere spinning," she said, while Hunt playfully urges her to "hurry up." 

Halle Berry and Van Hunt on May 13, 2025 in Cannes, France.© Samir Hussein
Halle Berry and Van Hunt on May 13, 2025 in Cannes, France.

“I showed y’all how my Mother’s Day started, and now I’m gonna tell you about – I’m not gonna show you – I’m gonna tell you about how my Mother’s Day is gonna end,” she says in the video. "Ain’t that right, baby?” she asks her boyfriend, to which he agrees.

Van Hunt and Halle Berry attend the 95th Annual Academy Awards© VALERIE MACON
Van Hunt and Halle Berry attend the 95th Annual Academy Awards

The post quickly went viral, with millions of views on Twitter/X, and sparked a range of reactions from fans. Some expressed amusement, with one commenter writing, "Miss Berry living her best life and we love that for you!!"  Others joked about feeling like intruders, "ummmm are we interrupting something," and "We in grown folks business," while someone added, "This is a family page."

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The star's openness about her relationship with her boyfriend has been a consistent theme. In a September 2024 interview with Marie Claire, she described their relationship as "magical," noting it was the first time she had fallen "madly in love before [she] had sex."  

Van Hunt and Halle Berry attend the 4th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema and Television© Robin L Marshall
Van Hunt and Halle Berry attend the 4th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema and Television

“I have this new amazing love in my life,” she told AARP in 2022. “Because of COVID, we spent four months talking on the phone. We were forced to let only our brains connect and discover if we had a connection before our bodies decided to get involved," Halle said at the time. 

Halle Berry and Van Hunt attend the 2021 AFI Fest© Araya Doheny
Halle Berry and Van Hunt attend the 2021 AFI Fest

In 2021, she also said that she felt "fulfilled." "I feel happy in my life romantically, as a mother, as an artist,” she told Women's Health. “I’m a much better mother in this circumstance than I would have been had I stayed in a romantic relationship that didn’t serve me and didn’t make me feel the way I need to feel as a woman.”

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