1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: Hey Vestie's Hello Sunshine. 2 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 2: Today on the bright Side, we're talking to Hollywood icon 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 2: Halle Berry. Her new horror film Never Let Go is 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 2: out tomorrow, and our conversation is pretty incredible. She gives 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: me some love advice, and she reveals the shocking way 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: her menopause symptoms were misdiagnosed as herpies. She even shares 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 2: what she hopes her legacy will be. It's Thursday, September nineteenth. 8 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: I'm Danielle Robe. 9 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 3: And I'm Simone Boyce and this is the bright Side 10 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 3: from Hello Sunshine, a daily show where we come together 11 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 3: to share women's stories, laugh, learn and brighten your day. 12 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 3: It's a big day today on the bright Side. Danielle, 13 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,200 Speaker 3: Big day, Big day, y'all. Halle Berry doesn't get bigger 14 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 3: than that, Noah, doesn't you know. Halle Berry is a 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 3: name that I heard a lot in my house when 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 3: I was growing up, because my mom was an actor 17 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 3: and she deeply admired Halle for a couple of reasons. First, 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 3: Halle totally flipped the script on what it meant to 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 3: be an actor of color in Hollywood and redefined the 20 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 3: roles that could be offered to people of color. 21 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 4: Oh wow. 22 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 3: And my mom when she was a black actor in 23 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 3: the eighties, the roles that were available to her were 24 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 3: like prostitute, domestic labor, you know, house cleaner. But then 25 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 3: Halle with Monster's Ball, with winning the Oscar, I think 26 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 3: really blew open the possibilities. 27 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: And the potential for people of color in Hollywood. 28 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 4: Yeah. 29 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 3: But the second reason why I heard so much about 30 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 3: Halle is because my mom really celebrated Halle as a 31 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 3: mixed race woman. And I think it was my mom's 32 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 3: way for her to show me that there were other 33 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 3: women out there who looked like me and who were 34 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 3: proudly showcasing their talents for the world to see. And 35 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 3: I've heard Halle talk about what it was like growing 36 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 3: up for her as a mixed race girl. And you 37 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 3: know what happened when she moved to the white suburbs 38 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 3: and she was one of three token black girls in 39 00:01:59,200 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 3: her class. 40 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: The names that she was called, all of that is 41 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: so relatable, HM, and I just appreciate her honesty around 42 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: this topic. Danielle, what do you think of when you 43 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: think of Halle Berry. 44 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 2: When I think of Halle Berry, I think of how 45 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 2: women evolve in their lifetimes. She's had this hugely illustrious 46 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: acting career and then all of a sudden she became 47 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 2: a fierce advocate for women experiencing menopause. I mean, she 48 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 2: literally joined senators on Capitol Hill to announce new menopause legislation. 49 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 3: She really lights up when she talks about this issue too. 50 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 3: You can tell that this is this is really going 51 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 3: to be her next chapter, that she pours all of 52 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 3: her heart and effort into. 53 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, and that gumption didn't start on the steps of 54 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 2: Capitol Hill right like, it was sparked long before. I 55 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: didn't know this previously, but Halle was the first black 56 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 2: woman to represent the US in the Miss World competition 57 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 2: in nineteen eighty six, and I think that determination and 58 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 2: drive are just among the qualities that led her to 59 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 2: become the first blackman to win the Oscar for Best Actress. 60 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: And you know, we can throw out these accolades, but 61 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: we often underestimate just how challenging it is to be 62 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 2: the first in anything. And what I love about her 63 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 2: is that she embodies the belief that while she may 64 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 2: be the first, she won't be the last. So, just 65 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 2: like so many of the interesting people that we've gotten 66 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 2: to interview. I think the people that have been through 67 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 2: the most have the most to give or to share. 68 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 2: And you know, she's had these public triumphs and personal battles, 69 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: and her resilience, combined with her advocacy for domestic violence 70 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 2: survivors and menopause, makes her story all the more powerful 71 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 2: and inspiring. 72 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: Talk about inspiring. 73 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 3: She's got a new movie out and she's producing it 74 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 3: through her own production company called Hallie Holly. The movie 75 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 3: is called Never Let Go. It's a horror film. It's 76 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 3: out tomorrow, just in time for spooky season this fall. Okay, 77 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 3: let's go ahead and bring her in. Halle Berry, Welcome 78 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 3: to the bright Side. 79 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 2: Thank you. 80 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 4: I like the bright side. 81 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 3: You have inspired so many women to hold the door 82 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 3: open for others to follow through. I remember you saying 83 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 3: that when you accepted your oscar, and you've inspired us 84 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 3: on our show to hold the door open for candid 85 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 3: conversations about a topic that we don't often talk about, menopause. 86 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 3: You are honored by Time one hundred Health as you've 87 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 3: lobbied for more extensive menopause research and treatment options, and 88 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 3: you publish a lot of these discussions on your platform. 89 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 1: Respin i'd love to know. 90 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 3: What makes you hopeful about the future of policy in 91 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 3: this space, I think because. 92 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 4: The time is now. You know, I'm hopeful because we're 93 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 4: at a place where I think women are starting to 94 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 4: come together. It's like a movement that I'm trying to 95 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 4: spearhead because women, I feel like, are coming together and 96 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 4: we're realizing the importance of education in the space of 97 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 4: women's longevity. Right when women start understanding how much they 98 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 4: don't know, but how much they need to know, I 99 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 4: think they're starting to stand up and say, hey, I 100 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 4: demand more, I need more, I deserve more. Right. And 101 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 4: so the more we can do that and join forces, 102 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 4: I think the collective we is going to change what 103 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 4: the past has been and we will get that those 104 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 4: dollars spent, we will get those clinical trials done, we 105 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 4: will you know, learn more about our bodies. We will 106 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 4: be studied in ways that we were never studied before. Right, 107 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 4: And so I feel that shift happening, and it's the 108 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 4: reason I wake up in the morning, It's the reason 109 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 4: I stay up at night. It's become my second life 110 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 4: passion to make a difference for women in midlife. 111 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: Hallie. 112 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 2: One of the things that I personally admire about you 113 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 2: is you're always innovating and pushing forward, and I think 114 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 2: RESPIN is such a great example of that. It advocates 115 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 2: for more education and research on paramenopause and menopause. I 116 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 2: really am so curious as to what's been the biggest 117 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 2: surprise to you as you've looked into the research and 118 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 2: discovered where those dollars that you mentioned are being allocated 119 00:05:58,440 --> 00:05:59,239 Speaker 2: for women's health. 120 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 4: Well, you know the NRH, we often get money for, 121 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 4: you know, women's health, but menopause or menopausal issues or 122 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 4: women going through midlife those issues that gets the least 123 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 4: amount of money. And when I realized that, that's when 124 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 4: I realized, oh, I've got to stand up, I've got 125 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 4: to put a microphone on this subject. Because that leveled 126 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 4: me when I found that out, And what leveled me 127 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 4: about it was every woman, if we're blessed, if we're 128 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 4: lucky enough to live to our midlife, will go through 129 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 4: perimenopause and menopause, and then we've got all those years after. 130 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 4: So half the population spends half of their life because 131 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 4: we're now living until we're eighty, and menopause starts in 132 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 4: your late thirties early forties. Another misconception when I found 133 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 4: that out. I've been in Perrie menopause probably for ten 134 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 4: years before I even knew that I was there. When 135 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 4: people realize these statistics, they go, oh my god, Yes, 136 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 4: we've got to do something about it. You know, women 137 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 4: were only allowed in clinical stuff UDI in nineteen ninety three. 138 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,919 Speaker 4: Up until then, only men were studied in clinical studies. 139 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 4: So you wonder why we know nothing about us, Well, 140 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 4: this is why. So that's what was shocking to me 141 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 4: when I started to realize how much a part of 142 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 4: the conversation we have not been, but how much we 143 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 4: deserve to be. 144 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 2: It's still shocking when I hear those numbers, it's pretty unbelievable. 145 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, and only thirteen percent of doctors in the United 146 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 4: States have studied the menopausal, midlife woman body. And for 147 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 4: all of them who have studied it, it's usually a 148 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:39,119 Speaker 4: chapter in medical school. A chapter, yeah, in medical school. 149 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 4: So the ones who really are learned about it have 150 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 4: had to go back and get higher education on their own. 151 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 4: It's not because it was required of them in any 152 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 4: way for their medical degrees. 153 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 3: I can't thank you enough for being vocal about this, 154 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 3: because I feel like you really have been instrumental in 155 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 3: normalizing these conversations. And you know, one of our producers 156 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 3: on our staff actually saw you speak about this alongside 157 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 3: doctor Joe Biden at this conference called a Day of 158 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 3: Unreasonable Conversation, and you shared this wild story. 159 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, I thought Joe Biden was gonna was I think 160 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 4: she left her body. 161 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 3: Okay, we have to tell them why though, Hollie, because 162 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 3: you tell this wild, stranger than fiction story about how 163 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 3: you went about getting your menopause symptoms trying to get 164 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 3: a diagnosis and they were actually tragically misdiagnosed by your doctor. 165 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: Can you share this story one more time with us? 166 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 4: If you really want me to, we do. Okay, Well, 167 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,959 Speaker 4: I was fifty four. Just want you to know at 168 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 4: fifty four, nobody had talked to me about menopause at 169 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 4: fifty four and now, and we know we started going 170 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 4: into menopause at forty like that's like a tragedy right there. 171 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 4: Then nobody had really sat me down and told me anyway. 172 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 4: So at fifty four, I had been in a relationship 173 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,719 Speaker 4: with my person. You know, it took me a long 174 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 4: time to find my person, but I found him and 175 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 4: so we were enjoying like the first year of our relationship, 176 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 4: everything was amazing. And one morning I woke up after 177 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 4: sex and I went to go to the bathroom and 178 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 4: it was excruciatingly hard to just urinate. I had no 179 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 4: idea why. I had never felt this feeling before. And 180 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 4: as the day went on, it got worse and worse 181 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 4: and worse. So I went to see my doctor and 182 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 4: I said, hey, I don't know what, like what's happening, 183 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 4: but like I feel like I have razor blades in 184 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 4: my vagina, like I've never felt this before. I can't 185 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 4: go in to the bathroom. I can't shut my legs, 186 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 4: like I said. My boyfriend had to drive me here 187 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 4: because I'm just in a lot of pain. So he, 188 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 4: you know, does his exam. He looks up there and 189 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 4: he says, oh, I know exactly what this is. I said, great, Great. 190 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 4: What he said, I hate to tell you this, but 191 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 4: this looks like a really bad case of herpes. Oh, 192 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 4: my heart, berees what I I said. 193 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 3: Wow. 194 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 4: He goes, I'm going to do the test and I'll 195 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 4: send it out. You'll get the results back in three days. 196 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 4: But I've been doing this a long time. I've seen 197 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 4: this enough. This is a really bad case of herpes, 198 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 4: and he's like, you got a new guy. I'm like yeah. 199 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 4: He's like, well I think this is what this is. Sorry, 200 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 4: So I go down. Of course my new guy is 201 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,479 Speaker 4: down there in the car. So I'm like, hey, you 202 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:24,319 Speaker 4: you got herpes. It's like, oh, I have herpes. I said, well, 203 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 4: you clearly do have herpes, because now I have herpes. 204 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 4: And I didn't have herpes before I knew you. I've 205 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 4: never been told I have herpes. I said, well, let 206 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 4: me be the first to tell you have herpes. You 207 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 4: just gave it to me. 208 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: Now two people got diagnosed with herpes. 209 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 4: And so it caused a big, you know, friction between 210 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 4: us because I would have thought that would be a 211 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 4: conversation we would have had if he had herpes. None 212 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 4: of these things are ever doing breakers, but like, there's 213 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 4: a conversation should have. So he's I said, emn you 214 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 4: need to go get a test because I've gotten a test, 215 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 4: and then we're going to see like who's got the 216 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 4: herpes here. So we both went and got a test. 217 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 4: Sure enough, this test came back first and he comes 218 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 4: to me and he says, well, I don't have herpees. 219 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 4: So it looks like you're the one who has herpes, 220 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,319 Speaker 4: and thank god you didn't give it to me because 221 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 4: I don't have it. So now of course I'm like, 222 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 4: oh god, I have herpees? How did I get herpes? 223 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 4: So then an hour or two later, my doctor calls 224 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 4: me and he says, this is the craziest thing, Hallie, 225 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 4: you do not have herpes. So I'm just like, thank 226 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 4: you God, I don't have herpes. But I said, why 227 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 4: did you tell me I had herpes? Like what is this? 228 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 4: And he said, I don't really know what this is, 229 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 4: but this is not herpes, so you have nothing to 230 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 4: worry about. Well I left there full of worry because 231 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 4: one he wasn't able to tell me what it was, 232 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 4: and it was one of the most painful things I 233 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 4: ever experienced I had ever gone through. So that got 234 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 4: me on this investigative journey of what is going on 235 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 4: with my body and why did this happen? And it 236 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 4: didn't take me that long to figure out that this 237 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 4: was a symptom of menopause, or in my case, perimenopause, 238 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 4: when your estrogen starts to bottom out and many of 239 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 4: your orifice become dry, your vagina, your eyes, and your mouth. 240 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 4: I had the dry mouth. Also, one of another doctor 241 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 4: tried to diagnose me with Chogren's disease, wanted to put 242 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,559 Speaker 4: me on steroids and take me down the path of 243 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 4: having an autoimmune disease. Nope, it's just dry mouth. Your 244 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 4: mouth gets dry. I realized I needed to take Omega 245 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 4: sevens with Buckhorn oils, stop red wine because the tannins 246 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 4: and red wine can dry you out and up my vitamins, 247 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 4: and boom, I got better. So this is the kind 248 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,319 Speaker 4: of research that I'm fighting for so that women can 249 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 4: understand what is happening to their bodies. And don't let 250 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 4: doctors who haven't even studied your body, who really knows 251 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 4: nothing about what happens to us when that estrogen leaves 252 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 4: our bodies. Don't let them start telling you what's wrong. 253 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 4: Start investigating on your own. That's what I did. That's 254 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 4: how I got on this path, and I've been on 255 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 4: that path ever since of self investigation, educating myself, talking 256 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 4: to the doctors that do understand our bodies, who have 257 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 4: studied I'm talking to other women who are in the 258 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 4: same place. I am listening to things that they've tried 259 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,480 Speaker 4: that have helped them, sharing my stories. That's what we 260 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 4: have to do right now as women while we sit 261 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 4: here waiting for the studies to be done, we have 262 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 4: to start talking with each other about it because we 263 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,719 Speaker 4: are all in this together, every single one of us. 264 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 2: Okay, we have to take a quick break, but we'll 265 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 2: be right back with more from Halle Berry. Stay with us, 266 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 2: and we're back with Halle Berry. 267 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 3: Halle, congratulations on your new horror film. It's called Never 268 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 3: Let Go. In it, you play the mother of two 269 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 3: young boys, and y'all are isolated in a post apocalyptic world. 270 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 3: But Halle, this is such a big deal because this 271 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 3: is the first film that you've released with your new company, 272 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 3: Halle Holly, So what did you see in this script 273 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 3: that made it worthy of becoming your first release? 274 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 4: Well, first, I love this genre, you know, psychological thriller 275 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 4: or slash horror. I love it. And when I read 276 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 4: the script, it presented a world that I had never 277 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 4: seen before, and certainly I haven't seen it with a 278 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 4: black family, right, a black mother with her two black children. 279 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 4: So the idea of as a mother giving birth to 280 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 4: two children and for ten years, you never get to 281 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 4: leave that house, you never get to leave those woods, 282 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 4: and you are tethered to it by a rope in 283 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 4: order for your survival. Just exploded all the things for me, 284 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 4: and I thought, Wow, I really need to get inside 285 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 4: this story. I really need to unpack this. I really 286 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 4: need to understand why this happened, what's happening, how would 287 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 4: they survive? And the idea of it just wildly intrigued me, 288 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 4: wildly intrigued me. And because it also deals with elements 289 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 4: of generational trauma, it also had something that I felt 290 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 4: was very complicated and deep at its core. And I 291 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 4: always like movies that leave me thinking deeply about something 292 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 4: while I've had a great time and maybe I left, 293 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 4: or I cried, or I was scared shitless. I love 294 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 4: movies that leave me thinking, thinking about what I just saw, 295 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 4: and sometimes even questioning what I just saw. And this, 296 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 4: to me, did all of that. After I read the. 297 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 2: Script, I saw something that you posted on Instagram. So, 298 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 2: thirty three years ago, Spike Lee gave you a breakout 299 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 2: role in Jungle Fever as Viv and you said it 300 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 2: basically gave you an opportunity to break out from the 301 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 2: gorgeous girl roles. And you wrote that he looked past 302 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 2: your exterior, and I was thinking about how you were 303 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 2: the it girl before we even started using the term 304 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 2: it girl. Now it's all over the place, and I'm 305 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 2: curious what the blessing and the curse has been of 306 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 2: being an it girl. 307 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 4: I do know that that stigma I felt like plagued 308 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 4: me right and my first television role was playing a 309 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 4: model in television, so I knew that I had work 310 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 4: to do to sort of destigmatize myself and to get 311 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 4: people to see me more clearly as an actor who 312 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 4: I'd been studying, who was really wanting to not be 313 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 4: put in that box. And the thing about Spike was 314 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 4: he really first wanted me to play his wife you 315 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 4: know that girl part. And I went to the audition 316 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 4: because I wanted to meet Spike, always knowing that once 317 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 4: I got in the room, I was going to flip 318 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 4: the script and try to fight for myself to have 319 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 4: an opportunity to play the role that I really wanted 320 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 4: to play. And so luckily, to his credit, he allowed 321 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 4: me to do that and got to see a deeper 322 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 4: side of who I was, where I got to rely 323 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 4: on something than the exterior. And it was a wonderful 324 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 4: opportunity and it was a wonderful way to start my 325 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 4: film career. And I'll never forget him for being able 326 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 4: to see past that and to give me that chance, 327 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 4: because it set me off down the right path. 328 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 2: When you think about all the sets you've been on, 329 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 2: all the productions you've been a part of, what's the 330 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 2: most fun you've ever had in entertainment? 331 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 4: You know that's hard because I always try to find 332 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 4: the fun and everything that I'm doing, even on the 333 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 4: sets that are less than perfect, shall we say yeah. 334 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 4: I always try to find the people that are about 335 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 4: the fun, the people that are about the joy, who 336 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:14,159 Speaker 4: realize that we're all blessed to be making movies, doing 337 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 4: make believe as a career and getting paid to do it. 338 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 4: I always try to align myself with those people and 339 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 4: try to stay away from the drama of at all 340 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 4: the best I can, because I've also learned, once you 341 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 4: do a movie, how that movie turns out and how 342 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 4: people receive it has nothing to do with me. That's 343 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 4: out of my control. What I can control is that 344 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 4: experience of making the movie. So I try to control 345 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 4: that as much as I possibly can, And I say, 346 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 4: this experience is all I have today. When this movie 347 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 4: comes and goes, who knows what will happen, but this 348 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 4: memory of this will be mine forever, right and this 349 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 4: is making me me. This is the fabric of my life. 350 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 4: It's happening right here. So let me make that the 351 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 4: best possible version of itself I possibly can. And that's 352 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,199 Speaker 4: worked for me over the years. 353 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 2: That you find the fun, I actually find that to 354 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 2: be very rare in entertainment because people take their jobs 355 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 2: so seriously. 356 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: So I think that's really cool. 357 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 4: I know, and I don't. You have to laugh at 358 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 4: yourself first, to be able to laugh at any situation 359 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 4: and find, you know, the good in it. It's also silly. 360 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 4: One day we're not going to be here. We're going 361 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 4: to be in a blip, you know. And I really 362 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 4: believe three months after we die, and then six months 363 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 4: after we die, a year after we die, does anybody 364 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 4: really care in any real way? You know, we just 365 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:32,959 Speaker 4: become someone who was but life goes on, and I 366 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,439 Speaker 4: have a real clear knowing of that. 367 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 2: So I'm thirty three, I'm very single, very single. And 368 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 2: so you mentioned you found your person, and I feel 369 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 2: like you've always been able to stay aligned for what's 370 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 2: best for you throughout the highs and the lows. I'm 371 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 2: wondering if you have any love advice for me at 372 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 2: my big age of thirty three. 373 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 4: Well, I'm usually not the one to give any love advice. 374 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 4: Like you know, that's a hot take that you're asking 375 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 4: me for that. But what I will tell you is 376 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 4: I have been able to stay true. And I think 377 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 4: as women, what I think I would say to you, 378 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 4: You're gonna make mistakes, You're gonna choose someone not right 379 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 4: for you. But that's how we grow, That's how we 380 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 4: learn what is right for us. That's how we become 381 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 4: better versions of ourselves. And what I would say is, 382 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 4: if you find yourself in a situation that's not right 383 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 4: for you, get out. Don't stays longer then you know 384 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 4: in your heart you need to stay there. And I 385 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 4: think as women, we have a hard time getting out 386 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 4: of things because we fear the judgment. Oh how many 387 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 4: is she gonna have? How many marriages? How many divorces? 388 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:43,199 Speaker 4: Like I don't care how many you have. Have the 389 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 4: courage to get out, Have the courage to get out. 390 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 4: Never stay stuck. Don't stay for the children. No, children 391 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 4: don't need to see a miserable mom who is settled 392 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 4: in life. Children need to see an empowered, logged on 393 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 4: boss mom that dares to put her feelings first so 394 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 4: that she can be the best version of herself for 395 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 4: her children. So whatever you do, don't stay stuck anywhere 396 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 4: you don't want to be. Have the courage to do first, 397 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 4: and you will find it. If it's meant for you right, 398 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 4: and it will be found, You'll find it. I don't 399 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 4: think a relationship is then do'll be all. When I 400 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 4: found man, I was so happy to be by myself. 401 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 4: I said, I'm done with that. I'm just going to 402 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 4: be solo and raised my children and have my career. 403 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 4: And when I least expected it, when I finally was 404 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 4: clear about who I was and what I would and 405 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 4: wouldn't put up with in life and the path I 406 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 4: was going down, that person showed up. But it's because 407 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,879 Speaker 4: I was not ready for that person to show up. 408 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 4: Thank you for that. 409 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,959 Speaker 2: I also, I asked you because you've lived, and I 410 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 2: love a woman who's lived. 411 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 4: Oh yes, girl, I've lived and I'm still living. I 412 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,719 Speaker 4: have a whole act to do. Ies so excited about 413 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 4: so excited to live that act? Yeah, what is that act? 414 00:20:57,760 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 3: Is it what you're already doing with Respin or is 415 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 3: it something a dream that you haven't talked about yet. 416 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 4: Now it's my dream of Reespin. It's about, you know, 417 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 4: empowering women through the second act of their lives, because 418 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 4: that's where I'm at. So that's something that I know 419 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 4: I can speak to authentically. I can fight for them 420 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 4: because I'm fighting for myself and I think we've been 421 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 4: so overlooked during this time of our lives. And I 422 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 4: know that I'm just gearing up for the second act, 423 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 4: and I want to walk through that in good health 424 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,159 Speaker 4: the best I can. I want to be around to 425 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 4: see my grandchildren, if my children so you know, desire 426 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 4: to have children. I want to be here for all 427 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 4: of it. But I don't want to be a burden 428 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 4: to them. I want to be as healthy as I 429 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 4: possibly can be. So that's my act, my second act. 430 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 3: We need to take another short break. We'll be right back. 431 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 3: We're back with Halle Berry. Okay, Halle, you did say 432 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 3: that you don't take things too seriously, so I'm going 433 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 3: to ask you an unseerious question. This is the most 434 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 3: unserious question you'll get all day. So you are an 435 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 3: Oscar winner, of course, but you also deserve an Award 436 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 3: for most number of shout outs and rap songs, because 437 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 3: by my count, it's at least thirteen, Like I think 438 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 3: it's actually way over that. I think that's an underestimate. 439 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 3: But I'm dying to know. How you learn about these references? 440 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 3: Do you get a text from your friends like who 441 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 3: are like, Hey, you got to listen to this new song? 442 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 3: Do google yourself every now and then? How do you 443 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 3: find out about these zeitgeist references? 444 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:36,360 Speaker 4: Never googling myself? Okay, I don't know what might come up, 445 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 4: and I don't want to even know. But sometimes people 446 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 4: tell me. Sometimes I hear them on the radio or 447 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 4: hear them and I go, oh my god, they just what. 448 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 4: It's always so flattering and so amazing that, especially the 449 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 4: younger generation, that they still consider me a part of 450 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 4: their culture. You know what I mean in some way 451 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 4: because sometimes I feel so far past it. But it's 452 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 4: nice to know that they still include me, and my 453 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 4: kids still think I'm cool because they get to hear 454 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 4: my names and song. 455 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: Do they really? 456 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 3: I feel like that's the ultimate feather in your cap 457 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 3: when you get that head tip from the younger generation. 458 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 4: You know, my kids have no idea why they don't 459 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 4: know why I'm cool. They don't know why I'm like why, 460 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 4: like why they rap it? Why are they got you 461 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 4: in the songs? Like they don't really understand that because 462 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 4: they just see me like they don't get it. And 463 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 4: that's like a big joke in our house because they're 464 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,159 Speaker 4: just like clueless. Oh my gosh, this is killing me. 465 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: This is so funny. 466 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 3: And then have you ever interacted with any of the 467 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,439 Speaker 3: artists who have included you in their songs? If you have, 468 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,360 Speaker 3: what have those interactions been? 469 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 4: Like, this isn't a rap song, But I had a 470 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 4: really sweet one with Bruno Mars. He had me in 471 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,199 Speaker 4: one of his songs and he asked me to do 472 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 4: a recording, like a telephone recording for one of his songs. 473 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 4: And I was a big fan of his, so when 474 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 4: he asked me to do that, I was really honored 475 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 4: by that. 476 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: So wait, that's amazing. 477 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 2: Like Bruno Hallie, I think oftentimes our careers grow and 478 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 2: evolve as we do as people, and I've observed that 479 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 2: in your life for sure. I feel like we took 480 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 2: a look back today. But in thinking ahead, what do 481 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 2: you want your legacy to be? I? 482 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 4: You know, I don't know I don't often think about legacy. 483 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 4: When you're so busy just doing your work, you don't 484 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 4: really think about that. So that's an interesting question. I 485 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 4: don't know if it'll if it will be my legacy, 486 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 4: but what I hope people remember, because do know that 487 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 4: I do believe it's just a blip and a very 488 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,959 Speaker 4: short period of time. We will not remember whatever I 489 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 4: did here I think won't be that significant at all. 490 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 4: But while we're remembering, I hope that people just see 491 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,919 Speaker 4: me as someone who dared to live her life on 492 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 4: her own terms, march to be to her own drum 493 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 4: right and pave a way for herself and by doing 494 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 4: take away for others. Like that's really how I have 495 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 4: seen my career. And I've taken big risks, I've won 496 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 4: big I've lost, but I continue to stay relevant throughout 497 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 4: all the years. I hope that will be the legacy 498 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 4: that you know, that girl just kept going, she kept 499 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,479 Speaker 4: doing her thing her way, on her terms. That's what 500 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 4: I hope they say. 501 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 1: That's beautiful. 502 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 2: Thank you, We really appreciate your time. 503 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 3: Thank you so much, Hallie, You're the best. 504 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 4: Thank you, Thank you guys, having a beautiful day. 505 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 3: Halle Berry is a director and Academy Award winning actor. 506 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 3: Her new movie Never Let Go, is in theaters tomorrow, 507 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 3: September twentieth. 508 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: That's it for today's show. 509 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 2: Listen and follow The bright Side on the iHeartRadio app, 510 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 2: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you. 511 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: Get your podcasts. 512 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 2: Join the conversation using hashtag the bright Side and connect 513 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 2: with us on social media at Hello Sunshine on Instagram 514 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 2: and at the bright Side Pod on TikTok, and feel 515 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 2: free to tag us Simone Boys and Danielle Robe 516 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 3: See tomorrow, folks, Keep looking on the bright side.