The Academy Award-winning actor isn’t just Mother to insufferable fans of B.A.P.S., Storm from X-Men, and distressed wigs like me — she’s an actual mother to two children: Nahla, 17, and Maceo-Robert, 11.
So, it makes perfect sense that Halle celebrated Mother’s Day last month, but when she posted an intimate video in bed with her boyfriend, Van Hunt, in honor of the holiday, some people were in their feelings about it.
Halle said people were asking, “‘Was it right for her to be in her bed talking about spinning with her man?’ Yes. And they were saying, ‘Should she be talking about that on Mother’s Day? Shouldn’t she be with her kids somewhere?'”
When an Instagram user said, “That’s not what Mothers Day is all about 🤷🏻♀️ more like Valentine’s Day or your birthday,” Halle defended her choice to post the video.
“it’s allowed to be interpreted how ever we want. We are all different and that’s ok. I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day !❤️” Halle wrote in response.
Halle reiterated her position on Today. “First of all, it’s not Kid’s Day. It’s called Mother’s Day.”
“Kid’s Day is every day of the year. That’s my day. And if I wanna be in bed and spin with my man, then that’s what I’m gonna do.”
“It’s the most natural thing that we do as women, as men, and for people to be offended by that, saying Instagram is a family channel, yeah, and we should be allowed to talk about this in our families,” Halle continued. “We have sex. It’s the most natural thing we do. Men do it. Women do it.”
Halle further explained that people “saw nothing” in the video anyway because they were under bedsheets.
“It should be okay to celebrate that and not be criticized for talking about love. In a time like this, in a world like this today, I’m sorry, we should talk more about loving each other and not fighting.”
“So whoever didn’t like it, so what,” Halle finished.
Halle received praise for her bold stance on sexuality and how she chose to celebrate motherhood.
One user wrote, “I love an unapologetic queen! Go Halle!”
“Agreed! The US over sexualizes everything. They are happy in love, and have a beautiful family. That should be celebrated and children honestly need to see what a happy relationship looks like because a lot of people never got that growing up and it shows,” another user wrote.
This person said, “Let’s just call it what it is. Hating. It’s very common, just like the people doing it. Live your life unapologetically ladies. The rest of the world is!”
“This isn’t Lucy and Desi folks it’s 2025! The clutching of the pearls, the outrage 🤦🏾♀️. Same folks that don’t want their kids exposed to certain books, s*x education, but really get to clutching when 🤰🤰🤰🤰🍼🍼👶👶🏾,” someone else added.
Finally, someone said, “Girl you spoke truth to power!!! It’s natural it’s beautiful and it’s how we became mothers!!! I went and took a spin with my husband after seeing this clip. lol”
What do you think about Halle Berry’s choice to show the racy video on Mother’s Day? Let’s discuss in the comments.
