Halle Berry's humble begginings
Thursday,
March
15,
2007
Halle
Berry
lived
in
a
homeless
shelter
when
she
first
left
home.
The
Oscar-winning
actress
has
revealed
her
mother
refused
to
support
her
when
she
ran
out
of
money
aged
21
-
leaving
her
homeless.
Halle,
40,
told
Reader's
Digest
magazine:
"But
a
girl
had
to
do
what
a
girl
had
to
do.
You
can
do
that
when
you're
21
and
ambitious
and
your
eyes
are
this
big
and
you
don't
want
to
go
home.
I
became
a
person
who
knows
that
I
will
always
make
my
own
way.
When
I
moved
to
Chicago,
she
drove
me
there,
but
I
don't
think
she
ever
thought
it
would
pan
out.
After
a
month
or
two,
I
ran
out
of
money
and
called
her.
She added "I said, 'Mom, I hate to ask you this, but could you send me some money? I just have rent money, I can't eat this week.' And she said no. She said, 'I'm not going to start this calling home asking mom for money. No, figure it out or come home.' I was so mad. I didn't speak to her for a year-and-a-half." The Perfect Stranger star has forgiven her mother and believes the experience made her stronger. She said: "I'm actually grateful she did that, because it taught me how to take care of myself and that I could live through any situation, even if it meant going to a shelter for a small stint, or living within my means, which were meagre."
Meanwhile, friends of Halle claim her boyfriend, model Gabriel Aubry, is about to propose. A source told the New York Post newspaper: "They've moved in together in Los Angeles, and although they have separate residences in New York, they always stay in the same place and are together constantly. "I wouldn't be shocked if Aubry proposed soon."
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