Halle Berry marked her 59th birthday with beachside photographs and a pointed social-media caption that appeared to rebut recent remarks by her first husband, retired Major League Baseball outfielder David Justice. Justice, speaking on the Aug. 7 episode of the “All the Smoke” podcast, said he ended the couple’s 1993-97 marriage because Berry 'didn’t cook, clean or seem motherly' and questioned whether she would be the right partner to raise children. The comments circulated widely online and in celebrity outlets. Berry responded on 14 Aug. with an Instagram post from her birthday vacation alongside musician Van Hunt, writing 'Phew…! cooking, cleaning and mothering' beneath a series of bikini and celebration photos. The light-hearted message was widely interpreted as a direct, if tacit, dismissal of Justice’s characterization. The Oscar-winning actor, who has two children from later relationships, did not address Justice by name and has not commented further.