Why Halle Berry Says She's Never Had a Birthday Party

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Run-Through with Vogue

Episode: Why Halle Berry Says She's Never Had a Birthday Party
Date: February 6, 2026
Hosts: Chloe Malle and Chioma Nnadi
Guests: Halle Berry, Margot Ambuba (Vogue Beauty Editor), Kiana Murden (Vogue Beauty Editor)

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Overview

This episode of The Run-Through with Vogue welcomes legendary actress Halle Berry to discuss her new film "Crime 101," the realities of aging in Hollywood, her wellness and beauty philosophies, and her advocacy for menopause awareness. The conversation is candid, empowering, and lighthearted, revealing Halle’s personal experiences and thoughts on subjects ranging from sleep routines to star-studded fashion moments—with insights into her new venture, Re-Spin, aiming to change the dialogue around women’s health.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Halle Berry’s New Film: "Crime 101"

[12:37–15:10]

• Halle describes the film, a heist drama based on a Don Winslow novella, and her connection with director Bart Layton and co-stars Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth.
• The film features layered characters: a high-class thief, a world-weary cop, and Sharon Colvin—a middle-aged insurance broker played by Halle.
• The conversation highlights the double meaning of "101" both as an introduction and a literal reference to L.A.’s 101 freeway.

Notable Moment:
"There was a moment where I think all the women in the audience kind of cheered a little bit. And so that let me know that this is a message that this movie delivers to women that I think is overdue." — Halle Berry [13:12]

2. The Realities of Aging as a Woman in Hollywood

[17:41–21:03]

• Halle candidly discusses how her character, age 53 and deemed "no longer valuable" by her company, mirrors her own experiences as an older actress.
• She describes increasing ageism—losing roles or being pushed into grandmotherly or side character roles despite not feeling or looking especially old.
• The panel reflects on how women's ages are referenced differently vs. men:
  "Every time I read my name, it has my age before it... I was sitting with my co-stars, Chris Hemsworth and Mark, and I'm like, I don't even know how old you dudes are... But they know how old I am." — Halle Berry [20:14]

Memorable Quote:
"So I do understand what this character felt like... and it was just a heartbreaking moment that I know so many women have felt, whether they want to admit it or not. I know we all have felt marginalized, unseen." — Halle Berry [19:14]

3. Wellness, Sleep, and Technology Practices

[15:14–17:32]

• Halle shares how menopause symptoms led her to seek out sleep technology, like the "Eight Sleep" mattress, helping with hot flashes and sleep deprivation.
• She advocates for wearable tech (like the Oura ring) to track wellness, emphasizing solutions tailored specifically for peri/menopausal women.

Memorable Exchange:
"When you can't sleep... sleep deprivation is legit a form of torture. So imagine how if you're not sleeping night after night, you just become aggro and just your days get really hard." — Halle Berry [16:39]

4. The Evolution of Beauty Routines

[24:48–25:24]

• Halle’s beauty non-negotiable is sunscreen:
  "I'm a stickler for sunscreen... When I'm not working, I don't wear makeup. So it's really just about some kind of living lip mask or lip balm and sunscreen." — Halle Berry [25:05]
• She believes, with age, less is more in beauty.

5. The Red Carpet and Iconic Fashion

[26:48–31:12]

• Halle reminisces about her favorite looks: her Oscar-winning Elie Saab dress (which she keeps displayed at home), her recent Met Gala LaQuan Smith gown, and her fondness for designers like Chanel, Versace, and Dior.
• She prefers not to have custom-made dresses for big events, instead opting for options she can try on and select based on her mood on the day.

Fashion Wisdom:
"You want to feel. You have to feel good so that you can actually wear the dress and not have the dress wear you and not feel awkward in it." — Halle Berry [29:00]

6. Menopause: Breaking Taboos & Founding "Re-Spin"

[39:29–48:06]

• Halle details the misdiagnoses that led to founding Re-Spin: she experienced severe symptoms she later learned were menopausal but was first misdiagnosed with STIs and autoimmune diseases.
• She realized widespread ignorance in the medical community about menopause, noting doctors receive minimal training on the subject.
• Her goal is building a science-backed, supportive community for women before and during menopause.

Notable Story & Quote:
"A doctor before tried to tell me that I had Sjögren's disease because my mouth was dry... he’s about to put me on steroids for the rest of my life with an autoimmune disease when it was just dry mouth from perimenopause." — Halle Berry [43:45]
"Women need women. We need other women to talk to, to hold our hands, to share our stories... that's what works." — Halle Berry [47:49]

7. Aging, Astrology, and Personal Rituals

[49:39–52:27]

• Halle, a Leo, discusses her astrological side and her fierce loyalty.
• Reveals she has never had a birthday party, but wishes to celebrate her “shiesta”—a menopause milestone similar to a bat mitzvah or sweet sixteen—to honor this chapter of her life.

Notable Quote:
"I've never had a birthday party... But I am looking forward to my shiesta. That’ll be my first party." — Halle Berry [51:14]

8. Upcoming Projects & Self-Discovery

[52:30–54:17]

• Discusses the much-anticipated "Maude vs. Maude" with Angelina Jolie, and her upcoming film "Fleur," which explores a woman’s journey to reclaiming her identity after years of marriage and motherhood.

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Intro/About the Grammys & Fashion (skip to main content): [00:00–11:56]
• Crime 101 and Halle’s Entrance: [12:37–15:10]
• Ageism & Hollywood: [17:41–21:03]
• Wellness & Sleep Tech: [15:14–17:32]
• Red Carpet Experiences: [26:48–31:12]
• Menopause and Re-Spin: [39:29–48:06]
• Leo Identity & the "Shiesta" Celebration: [49:39–52:27]
• Upcoming Projects: [52:30–54:17]

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Notable Quotes

• "Every time I read my name, it has my age before it... I was sitting with my co-stars Chris Hemsworth and Mark, and I'm like, I don't even know how old you dudes are... But they know how old I am." — Halle Berry [20:14]
• "When you can't sleep... sleep deprivation is legit a form of torture." — Halle Berry [16:39]
• "There are so many therapies that we don't know yet or that have yet to be discovered... What works is hearing from other women. What are you experiencing and what's working for you? Like help me, girl." — Halle Berry [47:49]
• "I've never had a birthday party... But I am looking forward to my shiesta. That’ll be my first party." — Halle Berry [51:14]

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Tone & Overall Vibe

The episode is candid, affirming, peppered with humor and lived-in wisdom. Halle Berry’s presence brings a blend of Hollywood glamour, vulnerability, and advocacy, making for a conversation that is both deeply personal and universally resonant for women navigating aging, wellness, and reinvention.

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Transcript

[Arden Fanning Andrews]

Hi, I'm Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue's beauty editor at large. My husband and I talk a lot of ebay strategy together because it is something that we have bonded over since the beginning of our relationship. We've known each other for 20 years and we've been using ebay for even longer than that, both of us. He's very proud of his five star review, which I have the same. We're pretty popular. We have a really good reputation on ebay.

[Chloe Mel]

This is the run through. I'm Chloe Mel.

[Chairman Adi]

And I'm Chairman Adi.

[Chloe Mel]

And to today's episode is a real treat Choma. Because we have the one and only Halle Berry stopping by the Vogue office and she chatted with Vogue beauty editors Margot Ambuba and Kiana Murden about her new film Crime 101. And honestly, this was just a moment for us where I feel like she is such a og beloved fixture in the Vogue offices. It's just we're all in awe of Halle and how she looks so fab. How she is so fab. And so this was a great to check in with her and hear all about the secrets to being Halle Berry.

[Chairman Adi]

Gosh, I can't wait. I mean she just looks better and better. I mean she's incredible.

[Chloe Mel]

She really does. Crime 101, it's a heist, thief, insurance broker drama. And I also appreciated that Margo explained to everyone that 101 is a double entendre with 101 being intro level to something but also the very important free will. In Los Angeles when I moved to New York, everyone was like, what is a freeway? And I realized that in on the east coast you call them highways and on the west coast you call them freeways.

[Chairman Adi]

And in the UK we call them motorways.

[Chloe Mel]

There you go. We're all different and yet the same.

[Margot Ambuba]

Oh my gosh.

[Chloe Mel]

But Chelma, before we hear from Hallie, we are taping this episode on midday Tuesday and everyone is still talking about the Grammys from Sunday Choma. I love hearing about what makes it into Choma's Daily Digest the morning after a US awards show.

[Chairman Adi]

I'm just glad that the music world really acknowledged the state of the world. Yes, totally, really political. Moving speeches from Billie Eilish to Bad Bunny. You can pack a lot into a speech. And I think especially when it comes from and it feels. I don't know, I just think it's what's on every see elephant in the room. It's what everyone's thinking about. So I just felt that people really did that in an elegant way. And as far as the fashion, I mean, there were, you know, I think the Grammys red carpet is always a fun one. And a few of my faves did show up in amazing looks, like Twigs, who I thought looked Twigs, who I thought looked amazing in a. In a. In a young British designer called Paolo Carzana. And he. He has dressed the likes of Michaela Cole. He has these really meaningful relationships with the women who he dresses and he makes.

[Chloe Mel]

That's interesting. I was wondering who that one of.

[Chairman Adi]

A kind piece is.

[Chloe Mel]

I learned so much from Chaminadi.

[Chairman Adi]

Oh, yeah, Well, I think. I mean, my colleagues know much more about him because they've been like, slowly campaigning for us to do more on Paolo for a while. And he's gaining a name for himself. And I think this was a really good. A good example of that. And his work is sustainable. I think a lot of it's natural dyes, as you could tell from the look she was wearing. I love that she was carrying a book.

[Chloe Mel]

We are all desperate to know what.

[Chairman Adi]

Was Twigs book, what she's rating.

[Chloe Mel]

I almost. I said to Hannah, I was like, is it too niche to do what is Twigs? What is Twigs book? And Hannah was like, I believe it is, yes.

[Chairman Adi]

But that was on my mind too. And I think given that there have been those. Jonathan Anderson did those book bags for Dior, you sort of were like, huh. She took it back to the. Yes, to the original, which was very cool. I thought Sabrina Carpenter, as far as like, you know, unabashed glamour and just supremely pretty. I thought that Valentino look was. Was really great on her and pretty stunning. I thought Olivia, Olivia Dean looked great in Chanel. She looked fab.

[Chloe Mel]

She really did. It was a very glamorous old world, old Hollywood, but she was, you know, felt very fresh, new, you know, best new artist. So I thought that really worked. Bad Bunny really felt like the winner of the night. And I was very excited to have had our Best Dressed cover story with him. And we're also running some of those images and Laia's profile in our March issue. So it all feels very timely. And our colleague at Vanity Fair, Jose Crialos Unzueta, pointed out that the last three winners of the. Of best album of the year have been wearing Schiaparelli by Daniel Roseberry. So it's.

[Chairman Adi]

That's a good omen.

[Chloe Mel]

Secret charm. Jose said it's the Armani of the Grammys. But it was Taylor Swift three years ago, Beyonce, Remember, she wore the sort of western inspired Schiaparelli dress last year for Cowboy Carter. And then obviously, Benito was debuting Schiaparelli menswear, which I thought he looked so fabulous. So that was very exciting.

[Chairman Adi]

That sounds super exciting. I mean, the other thing that sort of took. Took over my feed was actually that A dollar AP Rocky Vogue intern video.

[Kiana Murden]

Oh, my God.

[Chloe Mel]

It was. He spent so much time.

[Chairman Adi]

So much time when he was filming there.

[Halle Berry]

Oh, yeah, you were.

[Chairman Adi]

I heard. I heard. I was there. I was, like, trying to avoid the cameras. The cameras were everywhere.

[Chloe Mel]

I know. He really was in the office for, like, eight hours. He was very committed to the cause. And I got so much positive feedback on that video from very, you know, random corners of my contact list. It was interesting, the reach that that had. And we have a very exciting video which is very close to my heart, which is life and looks with Miss Piggy. And she.

[Chairman Adi]

Oh, my God, I can't wait to see that.

[Chloe Mel]

It was a real. Like, I rarely go down.

[Chairman Adi]

What's the news peg? I need to know.

[Chloe Mel]

She's on a press Tour. It's her 50th anniversary, and she had this special with Sabrina Carpenter. And you know what? Peggy doesn't need a news peg. But, yes, we are very excited that. And she. So that'll be launching. And I actually just was saying to Sam Sussman that we today have on the schedule feline, porcine, and canine coverage. So it's. It's a real megafauna [e-mail] because we have a story I'm very excited about on this tiktoker, Michelle Adana, who finds and interviews different bodega cats around New York City. And we did a shoot with her and our favorite bodega playing with some of the spring's best pendant necklaces. And then it's the Westminster dog show, which is very exciting over here. And best in show is tonight. And we had Poupe photographing all of the most glamorous hounds.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah.

[Chloe Mel]

I mean, speaking of best in show, I have to say, [e-mail] was very sad about Catherine Oharas passing. She was a real favorite of ours, and her stylist, Andrew Gelwicks, wrote a really touching tribute to working with her and what that experience was like. And it's. It's a very sweet reveal of what the stylist client relationship can be. Um, but, yeah, Choma. I mean, I think everyone's coming back from couture and Sundance and Grammys, and it's just a weird moment in America right now. And we've Been all watching everything that's happening in Minnesota and trying to find ways to support people there. Margot did a really thoughtful, well reported piece on how different mom chats in Minnesota and elsewhere have become politicized and activated to become sort of ice protection engines. And that was really powerful and felt important. We actually did a profile, Michelle Ruiz did a profile five years ago on Mayor Jacob Fry of Minneapolis. And so she got back on the phone with him last week and interviewed him and he was really candid with her about his conversations with Trump this week and what it's like to parent during this. So that's definitely something that's been top of mind.

[Chairman Adi]

Um, soon the awards will be. The awards circuit will be moving towards London as BAFTA is very much on the horizon. So we're deep into planning. But we also happen to have many amazing award season contenders in London, one of whom I'm very excited. Big clue. She is heavily pregnant and fabulous. So if that doesn't give it away, then I don't know what does. But anyway, I'm very excited to meet her. So that's coming this week. That's what I'm excited about.

[Chloe Mel]

In our spring issue, we have this wonderful Maya Singer profile of Gavin Newsom. And I thought it was such an interesting insight into this man that I do feel is going to be more and more in the national conversation. His memoir is coming out, Young man in a Hurry. And so that was the news peg for this, but really I think he's launching his presidential campaign and so he's doing a few big profiles around this and Maya really got some of that first access and it's very revealing and I think very deftly handled. So excited for everyone to read that.

[Chairman Adi]

I love it. Maya Singer piece. I'm really excited for this.

[Chloe Mel]

And Choma, I don't know if you've been reading along with Wuthering Heights, but everyone should be finishing the book this week for our event this weekend.

[Arden Fanning Andrews]

It's exciting.

[Chloe Mel]

It's been such a delight to see different people's reactions to this book, mostly the way people feel about rereading it. Joseph Altazara is one person who we went out to to write an article Time to the book club because he had put copies of Wuthering Heights on the seats at his show two years ago and that's actually the copy I'm reading. And he.

[Chairman Adi]

Oh, wow.

[Chloe Mel]

He wrote a really wonderfully written and very cheeky piece that's going up this week called Was Wuthering the heated rivalry of the Victorian era. And he talks about having it read to him in French growing up in Paris by his nanny, one chapter a night. So that's been really charming. And Fashion Week technically starts on the 11th, but Mark Jacobs always beats to his own drummer. And he is showing.

[Arden Fanning Andrews]

I believe, at.

[Chloe Mel]

The Park Avenue Armory on Monday evening, and then Ralph Lauren is showing on Tuesday. So there's a real snowball buildup until everything kicks off on Wednesday. And then it goes straight through a holiday weekend, which is lovely for all of us parents with children not in school. Thank you, cfda. That's it for the headlines today. The run through will be back in a moment.

[Arden Fanning Andrews]

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[Chloe Mel]

And we're back with Halle Berry.

[Kiana Murden]

Hi, Halle. Thank you so much for joining us. We're really excited to have you here on the podcast.

[Halle Berry]

Thank you for having.

[Kiana Murden]

We just finished watching crime 101.

[Halle Berry]

Oh, you did?

[Kiana Murden]

Yes. Oh, I loved it. I thought it was so fun, and I loved. I don't want to ruin anything, and I don't think I am. The sort of, like, double meaning of 101 I thought was quite interesting. So you had the premiere last week. How was the energy in the room?

[Halle Berry]

You know, it was great, you know, and a London crowd cannot always be that effusive. You know, London, you know, it's posh, but they were really into it. And there was. I felt there was a moment where I think all the women in the audience kind of cheered a little bit. And so that let me know that this is a message that this movie delivers to women that I think is overdue. And women really like seeing themselves portrayed this way.

[Margot Ambuba]

That is beautiful. Carmel 101 is based on a novella by Don Winslow. Had you read the script before?

[Halle Berry]

I hadn't. I hadn't read the book. No, I hadn't read that. And I really didn't know much about it. When the director, Bart Layton, reached out to me, all I knew Was that Chris Hemsworth was attached. Mark Ruffalo, two actors I love. And he. We had a. Was supposed to be like a 30 minute, 45 minute coffee. Ended up being four hours later. We were talking and he was telling me all about it and we just riffed right and left and we just really connected and we both realized that, oh, I think I should do this film.

[Kiana Murden]

That's amazing. Did you guys try to stay true to the novella or it sounds like you were sort of able to give your own personality and point of view to your character who by the way is named Sharon Colvin.

[Halle Berry]

Yes, I think, I think he, you know, stuck to the story, you know, but I do think Bart, I didn't read the novella so I might be like talking on the side of my face right now. But I do feel like he diverged a little bit, you know, to incorporate, you know, his version of the story. But it all takes place on the 101 freeway and that's right. It's about this high class thief who has a heart of gold. So all of these things are really true. And it's about an insurance broker which is me and a cop who also is, you know, salt of the earth characters. Those were all part of the novella that I know.

[Kiana Murden]

Amazing. Okay, your character, I noticed from the get go bad sleeper, you're being introduced to her at different points throughout the story and she is both checking her sleep score which I don't think ever got above 30.

[Halle Berry]

Yes, that's bad.

[Kiana Murden]

That's so bad.

[Halle Berry]

She was not doing well.

[Margot Ambuba]

She was not rested.

[Halle Berry]

The girl is having rough. She's having a rough life.

[Kiana Murden]

And you're also your app or your alarm I noticed was like a meditation app being like you are going to be okay today. Do you have any of these wellness practices in your real life? Are you. I have my Oura ring on right now. We're both obsessed with tracking our sleep. Are you doing any of this?

[Halle Berry]

I normally wear my aura ring but I took it off for this for this tour. But yes, my aura ring. I have an eight sleep. I have one too. I do love this. I know.

[Kiana Murden]

Does the snoring thing. Okay. I'm sorry to my partner. He doesn't saw a log. He is like chopping down an entire forest. He is the loudest snore on the planet. The way it adjusts the bed when the person is snoring next to you.

[Halle Berry]

Has changed my life to wake them a little bit. Well, I do have that problem. My guy also can like, you know, chop some Dogs. But I'm deaf in one ear. So all I do is I roll over on my good ear and he can snore his butt off.

[Kiana Murden]

Okay, that's a great fit.

[Halle Berry]

We are made for each other. I just roll over night and night.

[Kiana Murden]

I mean, also, another thing that I think is really special about the eight sleep, and this goes back to another project that you're working on, your brand, is that it's amazing for people that have hot flashes when women are going through menopause, for those that don't know they are experiencing terrible hot flashes. A lot of it is while you're sleeping. And that has been something that I have heard from other people. Is really like life changing.

[Halle Berry]

Yes. That's the reason I got the mattress in the first place is because I was dealing with menopausal symptoms. And when you can't sleep, you know, slee sleep deprivation is legit a form of torture. So imagine how if you're not sleeping night after night, you just become aggro and just your days get really hard. So I got this mattress as a trial and it really changed my ability to get. At least now I get seven hours of sleep, sometimes eight. I was down to like three. And so this really helped me a lot. And what it does is in the middle of the night, it senses your body temperature. And when you need it to cool down because you're overheating, it cools the mattress down. And so it help regulate your temperature. And that's been amazing.

[Margot Ambuba]

That correction is phenomenal. I feel like I need one desperately.

[Halle Berry]

This is when I love technology. Sometimes it scares me and I wonder, okay, where are we going with all this? But it's products like that that I think is a good use of technology.

[Kiana Murden]

I totally agree and I do wanna talk about re spin later, but let's get Back to crime 101 first. Kiana has a question.

[Margot Ambuba]

Thank you, Margo. So the big plot line is that Your character is 53 and is no longer valuable, quote unquote, to her company. Did you draw any par between the character and her age versus how older actresses are perceived in Hollywood?

[Halle Berry]

Oh my God, yes. And this is one of the reasons when I was talking with our director Bart Layton about it, I connected to this character. 1. It's exactly where I'm at in my life. I am down that path of life. I'm a little bit older than this character. But I definitely have felt within my industry. As I turned 40 ish, I started to feel my industry reflecting back to me that there weren't you know, maybe parts available to me or I had to figure out how to jump to playing a grandmother. So I had to age myself even further than I was if I wanted to keep working, like, I started to feel that way, or I had to have grown children or I had to. There were parts that just were no longer available anymore. Even if I didn't feel like I looked that old, they still said, but you are that old. And so this is what you. So I do understand what this character felt like, you know, working so hard because she, you know, grew up in meager means. She worked very hard to get to the top of her insurance company and should be a partner, but yet she was told pretty much straight to her face, you are too old. You know, and we all understand, right, Sharon, what that means for you. And it was just a heartbreaking moment that I know so many women.

[Arden Fanning Andrews]

Have.

[Halle Berry]

Felt, whether they want to admit it or not. I know we all have felt marginalized, unseen, and made it feel like when we get down the path of life, we're just supposed to go out to pasture, that society no longer values us. And many women my age say they just feel like nobody looks at them anymore. You know, they just become invisible. And that's heartbreaking. And I love to sit in the skin of this character and take real life and portray that through art. You know, I think women need to see of this time of life, need to see themselves reflected and their fight and their struggle.

[Kiana Murden]

One thing that I really appreciated, though, is that age was spoken on and said. I feel like so many people are hesitant to either say, like, I am 53, I am whatever age, they don't want the number attached to it, but it really, when the number is spoken, it reframes the idea of what that person can look like and how they can function in the world.

[Halle Berry]

Yeah, well, I'm 60 this year, and I have no trepidation about saying that. The only thing that frustrates me is that it's sexist because we don't attach numbers to men right, in their ages, and they're not expected to carry that, but we have to be expected to. Every time I read my name, it has my age before it. I was sitting with my co stars Chris Hemsworth and Mark, and I'm like, I don't even know how old you dudes are because it's not synonymous with your name. But they know how old I am. And so that's what I don't like about it, the disparity. I don't Think any of us should be ashamed of our ages. And if we're gonna talk about age with women, we should talk about let's talk about age or let's not talk about age. But it feels very one sided and that's what makes us as women feel like there's something wrong with it or we have to stay eternally 35 or, you know, we're going to age out of our respective positions or jobs.

[Margot Ambuba]

So I think being upfront about it and just being able to have these open conversations around it is so freeing.

[Halle Berry]

Yeah.

[Margot Ambuba]

Because I think that it's a beauty to age and it's a beauty to like.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah, it's a gift.

[Margot Ambuba]

Exactly.

[Chloe Mel]

It's a gift.

[Margot Ambuba]

And it's a privilege. It's a privilege.

[Halle Berry]

It's a privilege.

[Kiana Murden]

Maybe we should do some feminism journalism and only list the age of men when we're doing stories.

[Margot Ambuba]

No, I think that's a brilliant idea, actually, because it's such a good point.

[Arden Fanning Andrews]

Okay.

[Margot Ambuba]

But I did see interviews where like, you, all the cast, like, especially like Chris Hemsworth was like starstruck by you and Alpha once we're getting his lines. Is that true? It's almost. You guys had a great time on set.

[Halle Berry]

I don't think that's true.

[Kiana Murden]

I think it's true. I'm a little starstruck right now. No, I felt very nervous before you came in here. In the moment that you started talking, I felt a sigh of relief. But I'm starstruck.

[Chairman Adi]

Good, good.

[Halle Berry]

No, I don't think. I think what we all, Chris, Mark and I and Barry, even in Monica, I think we were all starstruck of Nick Nolte. But no, I think we just all have such respect for each other and I think it's just fun to meet your peers. And I'd never worked with any of them before and I was just pinching myself because when you work with really good actors, everybody's game just gets leveled up, you know, and it's really fun to play with actors that are logged on, they're serious, they're on time. There was none of this nonsense about people not coming out of their trailers like, you know, and all this kind of stuff can happen. And none of that was happening. It was just we were all in it together and professional, ready to go for the day. And it made it one of the best experiences, I think, of my 30 years.

[Kiana Murden]

I love that.

[Margot Ambuba]

That's incredible.

[Kiana Murden]

Honestly, you're feeding off of each other's energy.

[Margot Ambuba]

Iron sharpens iron. Isn't that the Same.

[Halle Berry]

Yes, that's what it is.

[Kiana Murden]

Oh, ye.

[Halle Berry]

Iron sharpens iron.

[Kiana Murden]

I love that. Okay, so one of your co stars, Barry Keoghan, had a very specific hair look. I honestly was shocked the moment I saw him.

[Margot Ambuba]

When he came on the screen.

[Kiana Murden]

Yes, when he came on the screen. Cause I was like, oh, it's like a bleached mullet almost. And then he also, at the premiere, gave us another hair debut with his Ringo hair. I am curious if he's told you anything about the role. What did. Like, I'm sure you've seen him with so many different hairstyles now at this point.

[Halle Berry]

I mean, told me about his ringle robe.

[Kiana Murden]

Yes.

[Halle Berry]

No, Barry almost didn't. He was shooting. Oh, wow. And so we were all hoping and hoping he was gonna actually make it in time. So he, like, whizzed in the last five minutes of the red carpet, then he whizzed out because he had a very early call time, I think the next day. So I didn't talk to Barry about anything about his hair, his role, his nothing.

[Kiana Murden]

I loved the hair reveal. I was. I didn't even recognize him. So it's fun when guys are out there experimenting with beauty stuff.

[Chloe Mel]

Love it.

[Margot Ambuba]

It doesn't happen that frequently.

[Kiana Murden]

I know women, we're the ones that.

[Margot Ambuba]

Are always changing our look and it's written about, you know, And I love.

[Halle Berry]

That we can, as women, we can wear one hair today and another hair tomorrow. Exactly. Like, it's become such an accessory now, and it's okay. And I really love that. I love that for us.

[Margot Ambuba]

Me too. I get a lot of inspiration from, like, Margo and stuff. I'm like, what are the girls in the office doing?

[Halle Berry]

What?

[Kiana Murden]

I get inspiration from you. I want to say something about Kiana, which is she can put lip liner on without looking in the mirror. And it's the most impressive thing.

[Margot Ambuba]

Oh, my God.

[Arden Fanning Andrews]

Thank you so much.

[Margot Ambuba]

It's my number one talent.

[Kiana Murden]

No, you have many. You have other talents. Like your brain. Please, please.

[Margot Ambuba]

Yeah, but like, talents aesthetically, makeup wise.

[Halle Berry]

Number one, you can do lip liner. Not lipstick, but lip liner.

[Kiana Murden]

I've seen her do it so many times.

[Margot Ambuba]

Just do it.

[Halle Berry]

And it's all right. Yes, right on the edge of your lips.

[Margot Ambuba]

It's like my number one thing. Like, I cannot barely leave the house without lip liner on. If I put anything on, it needs to be the lip liner. And so I've mastered. So I can touch it up if I feel like it's doled out throughout the day.

[Chairman Adi]

Wow.

[Kiana Murden]

Okay. Well, do you have a thing that you always, like, want to do before you leave the house? A beauty thing? Mine's, I guess, put my contacts in. I don't know if I don't have one. I'm married to.

[Halle Berry]

Yeah.

[Chairman Adi]

I.

[Halle Berry]

What would mine be? I think I'm just. Sunscreen.

[Kiana Murden]

Yes.

[Halle Berry]

I'm a stickler for sunscreen. I'm not even.

[Margot Ambuba]

You said that.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah. Thank you.

[Halle Berry]

Sunscreen.

[Kiana Murden]

Well, you live on the west coast, right? So it's really the sun exposure.

[Halle Berry]

And when I'm not working, I don't wear makeup. So it's really just about some kind of living lip mask or lip balm and sunscreen.

[Kiana Murden]

I love it.

[Halle Berry]

Yeah.

[Kiana Murden]

I feel like that is the wisdom.

[Halle Berry]

Yeah. One, as you age, I think less is more. Like, the more makeup I put on like this, the older I get. So I have learned to be okay with, you know, my real self. Yeah.

[Margot Ambuba]

I'm so curious. Thinking back to the movie, I'm curious what part of promoting a movie gets you excited? Is it going on the carpet? Is it the premiere? Is it getting a new cast? Is it the dressing?

[Halle Berry]

It's like everything you just said, it's. You know, one would argue it's the work of the job because as an actor, you love to be on the set and being in that character. So this does feel like the work, you know, but if you love fashion, which I do, you get to get dressed up and have your glam squad and have different interpretations of yourself each time out, which is fun. I love going to screenings and seeing movies with an audience because it can't really go to the movie theater and, like, watch it for real. So that's often our only to get to see it with an audience. And I love, you know, seeing a movie with other people, like, in the dark room when the sound comes up and it's like an experience. I love that. And I love getting together with my co stars as their real selves. You spend so much time with them on the. On the set being these characters, and it's nice to just be with them as who they really are, you know, and there's always a difference than how people show up to work than how they are when we're doing the press junket.

[Kiana Murden]

Speaking of red carpet, you have some of the most iconic looks of all time. I loved what you wore to the Met most recently. Yes. The Laquan. You have that Elie Saab dress that I feel like has been recreated. Everyone's always referencing what are some of your favorite looks that you've ever worn. And. And what's the experience like of knowing something is the right thing for the moment?

[Halle Berry]

Yeah, I really loved my Laquan. Laquan. That was. You know, that was Laquan's. I had two dresses. Oh, this was Laquan's favorite. I was sort of gunning for the other one. They're both gorgeous. They're both gorgeous. But because I was there as his muse, I thought he should win the day, and that's what he wanted. And I said, whatever you want. But the other one was also really beautiful. It was feathers and it was white, and it was. It felt.

[Chairman Adi]

Felt.

[Halle Berry]

I don't know, more dandy to me, but it's his interpretation of dandy. So I said, you know, over to you, Sirloquan. That Oscar dress is something I have. It sits inside my home salon at home. I have this room where I do glam and get ready, and it sits on a mannequin, and I love it. You know, that reminds me of a really beautiful time in my life when I won an Academy Award, and so it brings back memories. I've got some really good Versace that I've, over the years, some Chanels. I just wore Christian Dior at Cannes Film Festival.

[Kiana Murden]

I loved your looks and also so fab.

[Halle Berry]

But I really loved my closing ceremony dress. It was white and very frilly, very romantic. And cover, like, high neck, and it was just absolutely gorgeous. One of my favorites.

[Kiana Murden]

So chic. And I love that you have that dress sort of there reminding you of all your power and everything in that moment.

[Halle Berry]

It meant so much in my life. And my Siriano that I wore for Oscars last year, the mirrors.

[Chairman Adi]

That one was that one, too.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah.

[Halle Berry]

He's so talented.

[Margot Ambuba]

How do you approach, like, getting dressed for the red carpet, though? Like, do you ever have, like, a theme in mind? Do you want to feel something? Do you try to connect it to a moment in time?

[Halle Berry]

No, I kind of just, you know, play it, you know, year by year, event by event. I see what's out there, what's available. One thing I never do is I never want a designer to design something for me for those big moments like that, because I had a bad experience once and I allowed someone to do that, and I didn't feel good in the dress. It just didn't come together in the right way. You know, all the. The hopes were high. It was beautiful. It looked beautiful on paper, but it didn't look right on my body. But yet I felt like I had to wear it because I agreed to. So that taught me that. No, I think I want to be able to try things on and see how I feel. You know, how do they fit my body? And then have, like, two or three and reserve the right for the day of. To pick. What am I feeling today? We wake up feeling different ways every day. And especially when you're going to, like a red carpet, you. You want to feel. You have to feel good so that you can actually wear the dress and not have the dress wear you and not feel awkward in it. Or maybe you had a, you know, some ribs the night before and it's just not working today.

[Kiana Murden]

Yes, exactly.

[Halle Berry]

You know, the bellies is not flat enough.

[Kiana Murden]

I want to go back to this Laquan backup dress that you loved, the feathered dress. Where are you? Have you been able to save it for something else?

[Halle Berry]

No, because I ended up. I wore it that day, you know, later for another event, another party, and I photographed it. So.

[Arden Fanning Andrews]

No.

[Kiana Murden]

Okay.

[Halle Berry]

Because they were just both so beautiful.

[Chairman Adi]

Yeah.

[Halle Berry]

She saw that. You know, we couldn't decide.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah, good. I'm glad that she got to be part of her world too.

[Halle Berry]

She had a moment.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah.

[Halle Berry]

But I loved the one he chose, too. I did.

[Kiana Murden]

It was fab, I have to say. I was, like, so impressed with the body prep that had to go into it. Probably exfoliating, lotioning, whatever was involved. The moment you stepped on the carpet.

[Halle Berry]

I was like, ooh, yeah.

[Kiana Murden]

It's the prep that we have to do for these things.

[Halle Berry]

And that's the part where you think, is this going a little too far? Should I do this? But, you know, it's the Met, and it's the get to, like, we dress.

[Kiana Murden]

Up and we're working, so we're sitting in the basement. Yes. We can't give away all the secrets of how the sausage gets made. Teyana Place.

[Halle Berry]

But now. Okay, I just gotta give it up to now with my girl, Teyana Taylor. Like, she has reimagined what anybody can wear on the red carpet.

[Arden Fanning Andrews]

Cause I'm like, she makes me speechless.

[Halle Berry]

Oh, my God.

[Kiana Murden]

I loved one battle after another, but also the fact that I was supposed to belong. Believe that this person that was Tiana, who is so incredible, is just, like, out there in the. I know she is out there in the world, but, like, she's in the world. She's away.

[Halle Berry]

She's real. She's a real woman.

[Kiana Murden]

Just so I was like, Hank, I loved looking at her on my screen, and she's so fun. I've had the privilege of Interviewing her before.

[Halle Berry]

I love her so much.

[Kiana Murden]

Oh, my gosh.

[Halle Berry]

I was a fan of hers back when she was dancing and she was like, you know that video?

[Kiana Murden]

I was like, yes.

[Halle Berry]

Do I girl?

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah.

[Halle Berry]

So I'm so happy for her and her success and, you know, where she's headed.

[Margot Ambuba]

Couture season has recently ended. Was there anything from the shows that you're seeing envisioning yourself wearing anything?

[Halle Berry]

Dior. That's my new. I've been turned into a Dior girl. Chanel. Dior. I never really, you know, sometimes I didn't think I was right for Chanel. Haven't always worn Chanel, and I just. As I've gotten a little down the path of life, it's been more of. I've been drawn more towards Chanel. So I would say anything. Chanel. Dior right now.

[Kiana Murden]

Well, the ease of the most recent couture collection for Chanel was really incredible. It felt like realistic wearable. Yes, wearable. The first model, Stephanie Cavalli, who I actually interviewed, walked the carpet with her gray hair, and it's not full gray. She has, like, salt and pepper. She is a absolute. I don't want to say doll. She's a star. She is a model. I talked to her on the phone, though, about the experience. She's so warm and that. I wish to do that. Yes, that entire. Exactly. That entire expression. Starting off the show, I felt like finally said a lot. Yes, it said a lot. It said, this is for every woman and, like, you should feel comfortable in the clothing. It can be elevated, it can be beaut, and it can be wearable.

[Margot Ambuba]

We're in this kind of, like, new era of people making things for, like, the modern, like, grown woman.

[Halle Berry]

Yes. And real bodies.

[Margot Ambuba]

Exactly.

[Halle Berry]

You know, real bodies. I love jakamus, too. Like, real bodies that can still be fashionable and fit a. You know.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah. You can still play, though. I feel like for so long, people felt like they weren't spoken to or they had to wear a certain thing because of a certain body. And now it's like, see, you know, I used to feel.

[Halle Berry]

I used to feel that some of these designers weren't really for me, but I no longer feel that way. I love the, like, opening up of it all. Yeah.

[Chloe Mel]

The run through will be back in a moment.

[Arden Fanning Andrews]

Sometimes people ask me which search terms I use whenever I'm on ebay. So I search a lot of dead stock. That's a term that I throw in there a lot. Dead stock means that no one's ever worn it before, but it Is like an archival piece or it's a vintage piece. And so that's a great thing to find on ebay. There's a ton of dead stock vintage. And it's just kind of like comforting to know that, like, you're the first person taking this like, piece on its maiden voyage, even if it's 50 years old. Ebay offers this departure from the everyday that ends up feeling totally you.

[Chloe Mel]

And we're back with Halle Berry.

[Kiana Murden]

Okay, so you have had so many different hair looks. I know we were discussing a little pre starting the role. So many incredible hair looks over the years. And your pixie is back in the conversation. Because pixies are trending. I've had so many people referencing that hairstyle in particular. Are you feeling the call, the sirens call to go back at all or like, what are some of your favorite hair moments? Or is right now your favorite hair moment? Cuz it's right now.

[Halle Berry]

And I hear I'm ahead of the curve because fringe is in right now. And even now that was happening so.

[Margot Ambuba]

I had the train.

[Halle Berry]

But I love my pixie. I mean, that was defined my life and my career for a time. Cutting my hair into a pixie actually got me my first acting job. So I have a love affair with that pixie and I will go back to the pixie when I'm ready to wear gray hair. I will go back to a short pixie and I will do that. I'm not there yet, but one day, day I will go back to my pixie when I want to wear gray hair. I want a gray pixie.

[Margot Ambuba]

This is going to be a major moment.

[Kiana Murden]

Yes.

[Margot Ambuba]

Like you're going to look.

[Kiana Murden]

Call us before please so we can.

[Chairman Adi]

It.

[Kiana Murden]

My heart and my brain just lit up.

[Margot Ambuba]

I also think about your baps hair.

[Halle Berry]

Was that like that wig?

[Margot Ambuba]

Like I need to know everything. Like, was that the most intensive, like wig situation that you've worn?

[Halle Berry]

I would say yeah. Those wigs were. Yeah. Pretty and Catwoman too. I had some wigs in there. Storm, you know that all white hair. It's hard to wear white hair and do it right. But yeah, that Niecy hair was. That was fun for the time and you know, started a thing and still that people still like, that's like those are. People dress up like that every year for Halloween. So it's like, you know, they're beloved, those two characters.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah.

[Margot Ambuba]

Do you feel like a major sense of transformation when you have to change your hair so intensely when you wear.

[Halle Berry]

A wig like that? For me, my entry into every character is the hair. That's the first thing I have to figure out, honestly, once I know the hair that's on that person's head, that tells me a lot about who they are and then what they wear based on how their hair is. For me, hair is very, very important, and it changes your look so much. It can age you up, age you down. You can have an air of sophistication. You can have a Boheme feel to you. It's like finding that hair that has an unspoken acknowledgement of who this character is, I think just makes my job a little bit easier to try to figure it out.

[Kiana Murden]

So with characters like Storm, I feel like their hair is really established. You know, obviously, Storm had such a specific look, but when with a character like Sharon, Was that something that you got to help create the hair look, if that's sort of the entry point for you? And is it a conversation? I honestly don't know if, like, it says in a script, okay, this person has a bob haircut or whatever.

[Halle Berry]

It usually doesn't say that unless that haircut really is gonna mean to the story.

[Kiana Murden]

Okay.

[Halle Berry]

You know, but I wanted to have her have a bob. I just. When I thought about this insurance agent who is kind of buttoned up and is playing a role, and, you know, I just thought she would have something smart like that. And I think she was into fashion, and I thought that just would fit.

[Kiana Murden]

Oh. I took a picture of one of the tops that you were wearing and was, like, trying to Google reverse search at the black one. I was like, I want this shirt. And I had to pause the screener.

[Margot Ambuba]

So I couldn't be the secret insurance.

[Arden Fanning Andrews]

Broker I've ever seen to anything.

[Kiana Murden]

So if you see me on social media in your exact outfit from that scene.

[Margot Ambuba]

Halloween.

[Kiana Murden]

Oh, not even Halloween. That's an everyday look. I was like, I loved it.

[Halle Berry]

Well, what I love about her was she was like a girl who loved fashion but on a budget. So it was like she was just missing real fashion, but she was trying to be fashionable because she understood that part of her job was to go in and be fabulous and close these deals. And so part of that was her look. And for so long, she was okay with doing that. But at a certain point, that character felt like, okay, I've been doing this too many years. I am not gonna be this dancing bear anymore. Just make me a partner, because I'm done, you know? And then she found out.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah. And you had done. Or she had done the work.

[Halle Berry]

She had done the work. Thinking it was leading to something, you know, realizing, oh, it was just leading to pretty much nowhere.

[Margot Ambuba]

And we can all see ourselves in her character in a way, from the age things and wanting something and knowing you worked hard for it, but then not achieving it.

[Kiana Murden]

Yes.

[Halle Berry]

Getting what you deserve. And it doesn't matter what industry it is, and especially if you're of color. You know, we often feel like we have to work twice as hard and to not be given what you deserve. I think, I hope as women, we are starting to be able to have enough confidence and we're allowed to speak up for ourselves and not accept this anymore.

[Chloe Mel]

No.

[Margot Ambuba]

100%.

[Halle Berry]

And it's hard for us to do that. I get it. But we have to start. Got to start somewhere, and we have to say no. Enough is.

[Kiana Murden]

I want to shift gears a little bit and talk about the brand that you founded. I think it was like two years ago.

[Halle Berry]

Respin.

[Kiana Murden]

Yes. Re Spin. And it came. It was born out of a misdiagnosis. Will you tell us a little bit about that experience and how it ended to something? It ended up, you know, your trouble ended up creating something that helps other women.

[Halle Berry]

Well, I. You know, nobody had ever talked to me about menopause. It's like my ego made me think I was just gonna skip it. You know, I was type 2 diabetic. I got myself off insulin and off oral medication. So I was feeling like my superpower, like, if I just exercise and eat right and stay conscious, I will miss this whole menopause thing, whatever it is. I hadn't really spent much time even thinking about it. My mother never talked about it. Nobody I knew talked about it. So when I was 54 years old, I met my now partner, Van, and we were having the best time ever, the best relationship. And I was like, finally I found my groove, you know, like, Stella got a groove. I'm like, found my person. And it was just amazing. And a year into our relationship, after a night of amazing sex, I went to go to the bathroom, and it was the. I felt like I had razor blades in my vagina. And I thought, what in the hell is is happening? I had never felt this before. So, of course, right away, I go to the doctor, and he looks up there and he goes, oh. Oh, yeah, I know what this is. I've seen this. I've seen this a lot. This is a really bad case of the herpes. And I was like, herpes? You're like, what?

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah, especially herpes. It sounds like you were so attuned to your Body.

[Margot Ambuba]

Exactly.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah, already.

[Halle Berry]

I was like, no, no, no. And he said, well, I hate to tell you, this is what it is, and I'm going to do the test and I will get the results for sure, for sure. But this is what this is. I'm sure of it. So of course I go down. Van's in the car. Because it was so painful in there. I didn't even drive myself to the doctor. I couldn't even put my legs together, it was so blown up down there. So I go to him, and he's in the car, and I'm like, yo, so look, so you got herpes? Why didn't you tell me you had herpes? And he was like, I don't have herpes. I said, oh, oh, but you do have herpes? Because I just was told I have herpes, and I didn't have herpes before I knew you, so you must have herpes. And we're in a new thing, and so we're both looking at each other like, I don't have it. I don't have it. And I'm like, you need to go get tested. We need to figure this out. So he goes and he gets tested, and we have 72 hours of both of us in a new relationship just kind of looking at each other like, you know, why wouldn't you tell me this? Like, you know, herpes isn't the worst thing in the world. There are ways you can work around having herpes to protect the other person who doesn't have herpes. Like, it's not a. It's not a deal breaker.

[Kiana Murden]

It's just.

[Halle Berry]

It's something you would think your person would tell you.

[Kiana Murden]

Yes.

[Halle Berry]

So 72 hours later, he got the call. First, his doctor said he did not have herpes. He was like, well, looks like you're the one who has herpes. And thank God you didn't give it to me. And I just was like, oh, my.

[Margot Ambuba]

God, how do I have a herpes?

[Halle Berry]

How do I have herpes? Like, you know, I would never want to give you herpes. Then my doctor calls about an hour after that and says to me, hallie, you don't have herpes. And I'm like, I don't. But my first question was, well, if it's not herpes, then what's going on?

[Margot Ambuba]

What is that exactly?

[Halle Berry]

And he said, I don't know. And it was that I don't know is what sent me into this tailspin and this reconnaissance mission to figure out, well, if you don't know what it Is then. And I've got to figure out what this is. Like. This is not the worst pain I've ever felt. Like, I'm like, this is not okay. So that got me into realizing, oh, this is a symptom of menopause. That like 60% of women suffer dry everything. I have dry eyes, dry mouth, and dry vagina. And then I realized that a doctor before tried to tell me that I had Sjogren's disease because my mouth was dry. No, not Sjogren's dish. He's about to put me on steroids for the rest of my life with an autoimmune disease when it was just dry mouth from perimenopause. Then my eye doctor told me that my glands were drying up because of menopause. Perimenopause. And if I didn't do something about it, guess what would have happened? My glands would dry up and I would have real severe issues with my eyesight. All because doctors don't really understand the menopausal body. And these are all things that you can deal with. Like, you know better, you do better. There's all things that we can deal with if we have the information, if we're educated, and if doctors go back to school and get retooled. Because I also learned in this process that only 13 of doctors understand the menopausal body. And it's only one chapter in medical school that's like half a day.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah.

[Halle Berry]

That they learn about a menopausal body. And as women, we now are understanding. We spend half our lives in our menopausal body from 40 to 80. We're living till our 80s, and it starts late 30s, early 40s. We think that. Oh, that menopause thing happens to me when I'm in my 50s or 60s. That's what I thought. Oh, no, no, ladies. It starts when our baby making years are over, which is 35, which is quite young.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah.

[Halle Berry]

We start to lose our estrogen. And what my goal is is to make sure that younger women your age, you start to understand that this is a chapter of your life that's coming. You can't do anything about it. It's nothing to be afraid of. It can be your best chapter. You. But you need to know what to do so that you can arrive at these years and not plummet, but you can just sort of sail into that and know all the things to take and the things to do so that you don't have to miss a beat. That's what I want from my daughter who turns 18 next month.

[Kiana Murden]

Was it scary to start talking about this, though? I can imagine if growing up and throughout your entire life, no one had even really said the word menopause to you or perimenopause. Were you nervous? Okay, Yeah.

[Halle Berry]

I didn't know what it meant. I was like, menopause, like, what does that mean? And then when I started to learn about what it meant, I realized, oh, my mother went through this. There was a time where I remember her having heart palpitations all the time and thinking she was going to have a heart attack. And I realized, oh, that was perimenopause and menopause gone untreated. Right. But I remember being afraid and scared for her. So, yeah, it's very scary. But I also learned with talking to some of the best doctors in the country, in the world, even, who are doing extensive research, that we don't have to be afraid. Right. There are things that we can do, and certainly there's so much more research that needs to be done, and there's certainly more therapies that need to be developed. Because every woman goes through it differently. No, to women menopause the same way, and there's over a hundred symptoms of menopause. So every woman is going to. And then what I also learned is you might be going through a few symptoms, like one month, and then the next month you got a whole new batch of other symptoms that you have.

[Margot Ambuba]

To start to deal with.

[Halle Berry]

But there's one to deal with it. Like, that's what I want every woman to know. It's nothing to be afraid of, and you are your best self at this time. We're smarter, we're wiser. You know, we know way more than we did in our 20s and 30s. You know, we're like turbo versions of ourselves. That's what I want women to know and to look forward to this time of life.

[Margot Ambuba]

I'm really inspired how you took like a miss or multiple, maybe mixed diagnoses, and. And we're using that as fuel to figure out what's really going on with your own body and use that mission, what you learn to help other people. My mom is actually going through perimenopause, and she was really excited to learn that I was talking with you because she knows that you are a proponent of it and really trying to help women. So she's very excited. To be fair, she wanted me to make sure I told you that. But thinking about my own mother or us growing up and things like that. Do you have any advice for women that are going through menopause or are looking for tools to help themselves in a similar way that you were able to transform your own story.

[Halle Berry]

Well, we've got lots of tools at Re Spin. That's the company that. That was my impetus for putting this company in the world is because I'm trying to build something. I wish I had a place of knowledge and education, all backed by science. If you want hrt, we, we can help you get on that. If you want to go the holistic route, we can help you get on that. But it's a community of other women who are going through this. What I believe is that women need women. We need other women to talk to, to hold our hands, to, you know, la, cry with, share our stories because there's so many therapies that we don't know yet or who have that have yet to be discovered that can help us. So right now, what works is hearing from other women.

[Chairman Adi]

Okay.

[Halle Berry]

What are you experiencing and what's working for you? Like help me, girl. Like help me, girl. And what didn't work, what. What are they trying to sell you in the world as cures but really is bullshit and doesn't work? Like, we need each other to talk to each other and enlighten each other. And so that's what research.

[Kiana Murden]

Have you changed your wellness routine at all? I know we talked about how you love your eight sleep and it's really helped, but is there anything else that you feel like has really, Whether it's meditation or.

[Halle Berry]

Yep, I've upped my meditation. I've changed the way I eat. I used to be very keto and I didn't have any carbs. No pasta, no rice. I realized down this path of life I need some carbs. I need them more probably in vegetables, but I also need a little rice. Right. I lift heavier than I ever used to lift. I never lifted weights. I always did like cardio or running or something very physical. Now I just in the gym lifting weights.

[Kiana Murden]

I love that. It's so good for your bone density.

[Halle Berry]

Yes.

[Kiana Murden]

I just started this year because I'm trying to get pregnant and I want to be able to support the weight of the experience and not throw my back out.

[Halle Berry]

Yep. We have to start lifting weights to things that we thought we never would would do. Changing my diet, trying to work on my sleep. I'm taking all new set of, you know, vitamins and supplements. Magnesium. I'm taking creatine. I thought creatine. I'll never take creatine. That's Going to blow me up 100%. Girl needs that for brain fog. It helps with brain fog. You know, there's so peptides, all different kinds of peptides. So many things now that I've been learning through respin, going to all these health conferences, learning about what's really on the market, what works, what doesn't work. Like, what can help us, you know, with our longevity and staying healthy and virile, like as long as we can. So everything has changed.

[Kiana Murden]

Okay. So you mentioned you're turning 60 very soon. You're a Leo. I am too. We know you're into astrology. We chatted a little bit about it. What's the most Leo thing about you I want to know?

[Halle Berry]

Oh, Leo thing. I am fierce, loyal and I hate lying and liars. But I also like to be in control of things.

[Chloe Mel]

Yes, I do.

[Halle Berry]

Little type A. And I do like to be in control. But if I love you, I love you. And if you lie to me, you're done.

[Margot Ambuba]

This sounds like a girl named Margo sitting across from me.

[Halle Berry]

I am like that. Margo.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah.

[Halle Berry]

What are your most Leo traits?

[Kiana Murden]

I love my hair. I always feel like I'm very curious and experimenting. A good mane is good. I am very vocal. I love to be the center retention at times. I think also I am very, very loyal and I want to stick up for the people I love. That is like the most important thing to me is knowing. Making sure the people that I love know that I am on the their side.

[Halle Berry]

Yes.

[Kiana Murden]

And I care a lot about them.

[Halle Berry]

Yes, we share that.

[Kiana Murden]

Yeah. It can be a good, good person to have in your court.

[Halle Berry]

Maybe especially if you have like a rising sign or your moon is in something a bit calmer. Like my rising is cancer. So it kind of calms my Leo balance.

[Kiana Murden]

I don't have. I'm like a quadruple leo. I'm real high.

[Halle Berry]

Yeah, well, but I agree, sometimes I love being the center of attention and sometimes I. That's the last thing. Like, I've never had a birthday party.

[Kiana Murden]

For that one, so.

[Chloe Mel]

Not even this?

[Halle Berry]

No. But I am looking forward to my siesta. That's what I.

[Margot Ambuba]

Wait, what is a siesta?

[Halle Berry]

Shiesta is what we at Reespin have coined. A party for a woman when she's in the menopause. But that's when you've had one year not having a menstrual cycle, you are now technically in the menopause. And then I'm suggesting through respin that then that woman gets given a siesta Just like a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah, sweet 16 or a baby shower, wedding shower. Like, we look forward to all of those milestones. Why don't we have a sha. Why don't we celebrate it?

[Margot Ambuba]

That is beautiful, family.

[Kiana Murden]

We got to start playing your mom's sh.

[Margot Ambuba]

No. Exactly.

[Halle Berry]

So that'll be my first party. And so I feel like I have earned a shiesta.

[Margot Ambuba]

You have.

[Halle Berry]

I. I didn't earn. I didn't bring myself here. My mother did. But I have earned my siesta and all out.

[Chloe Mel]

Yeah.

[Halle Berry]

Oh, baby. They better go all out. But see, the family has to do it. You can't do it for yourself. So your family has to just like, you know, somebody throws you a baby shower. Yes, I got bat mitzvah. Like my family. I'm like hoping, like, they come, they come all out.

[Kiana Murden]

This is a hint if your family is listening.

[Margot Ambuba]

Siesta upcoming. Hallie, I'd love to pivot a little bit and talk about some upcoming projects. You have. I saw about Maude versus Mod. That seems very exciting. You and Angelina Jolie.

[Kiana Murden]

Yes.

[Halle Berry]

I'm hoping this is gonna keep happening. We announced this a few years ago and we've both been so busy doing other things. But that is still very much. I mean, I do anything with Angelina Jolie. So we have a great project where we'll be kind of adversaries and like going at it like, I would love to play with her like that.

[Kiana Murden]

That's fine. It's like crime 101 continued. You're getting into this genre?

[Halle Berry]

Sort of, but I'm about to. When I finish this press tour, I'm gonna go to France to play in a movie called fl. And she is. I'm so excited for this one.

[Kiana Murden]

Who is she? More tell us.

[Halle Berry]

Yeah, she's just a woman of a certain age. She's been married in sort of a dead end relationship, kind of loveless. Like many women do, unfortunately at this time of life, they've given up their lives for their husbands and their children and they've become mom. And nothing wrong with being a housewife or just a mother. And I won't say just a mother because it's the hardest thing. I go to work for a break because being a mother is the hardest thing I do. But some women, unfortunately, have lost their sense of self and they didn't hold on to any kind of career or any, you know, anything that kept them themselves. And that's this character. She wakes up one day, her kids are gone and she's in this loveless relationship, and she's like, well, you know, now what? Am I just supposed to go off into obscurity and just be a wife that has nothing for myself? And one day she's just missing and the whole story is realized. Realizing, what did she go do? And what happened?

[Margot Ambuba]

Ooh, wait, that sounds very exciting.

[Halle Berry]

But she goes to in search of herself.

[Kiana Murden]

Okay, amazing. Thank you so much for joining us. This has been such a fun conversation. I'm still very starstruck by meeting you, and you are everything I hoped and more.

[Halle Berry]

Thank you. Thank you for having me and thank.

[Margot Ambuba]

You, thank you for sharing everything about your journey. Like, this is amazing, genuinely.

[Chloe Mel]

That's it for the show today. The run through Vogue is produced by Chelsea Daniel, Alex DePalma and Kathryn Millsop. Our engineers are Jake Loomis and Luke Moseley. The show is mixed by Pran Bandy.

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