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Halle Berry Opens Up About Her 'Abusive And Alcoholic' Father And A Deeply Disturbing Childhood

In a candid interview, the 'Catwoman' star opened up about how her father's alcoholism "robbed" them of the relationship they were meant to have.

Halle Berry Opens Up About Her 'Abusive And Alcoholic' Father And A Deeply Disturbing Childhood
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Hollywood star Halle Berry recently discussed her difficult childhood. During a visit on NPR's Fresh Air podcast, the Oscar winner discussed her painful experience with abusive relationships, similar to those shown in her latest film 'Bruised'. 

바카라There바카라s lots of abuse in my childhood. I grew up with an alcoholic father that was very abusive, both verbally, emotionally, physically.바카라 she said. 

The actress previously explained how her father바카라s alcoholism 바카라robbed us of the relationship we were meant to have바카라 in an emotional Father바카라s Day post two years ago. 

 
 
 
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Berry finally came to terms with the fact that her father abandoned her and her mother when she was only three years old. The actress reflected on her father's death in 2003 by saying, 바카라When he died, I was given a gift of talking to a spiritual healer and someone that took me through some spiritual exercises to sort of heal my wound with my dad, largely because of the love and the guidance he didn바카라t receive as a child. He wasn바카라t born into the world an abusive, alcoholic man who was out of control. He became that by what he was and was not given; what he was exposed to and by what he wasn바카라t exposed to.바카라

바카라Going back another generation, they came from slavery, where my great-great-grandmother saw her daughters ripped away from her and the trauma that caused. When I keep tracing it back, you realize that this was just generational trauma. That my father was just trying to survive. He was trying to find himself, find his manhood. And he was doing the best he could, and while he failed me and my family miserably, he really was only working with the tools he had been given.바카라 Berry added.

The 55-year-old Oscar winner both starred in and directed 'Bruised', which premiered on Netflix last month.

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