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Halle Berryhad some explaining to do.
TheBruisedactress and director caused a stir on Saturday when she intentionally sparked rumors she married her boyfriendVan Hunt.
Berry, 55, shared a pair of pictures of her tropical vacation with Hunt on New Year’s Day, captioning the images, “well…IT’S OFFICIAL!” The first snapshot featured the couple sharing a kiss at an altar overlooking the water below.
However, she quickly set the record straight on Sunday after many fans and followers mistook her New Year’s post to be a marriage announcement.
“We were just having some New Year’s Day fun! People clearly don’t swipe as much as we thought they did. Thank you for the well wishes, tho', it really touched our hearts,” Berry clarified. “Now it’s OFFICIAL, the internet is no longer undefeated.”
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She paired the follow-up post with the hashtags, “nomoreswipes4me” and “Januaryfoolsday.”
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The bait-and-switch came a week after Berry and Huntcelebrated Christmas together. “Merry Christmas from our home to yours,” she captioned a festive picture.
Earlier in December, the Oscar winnerpraised her musician boyfriendat the 4th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television while accepting her Career Achievement Award.
“You know I finally found love this year everybody. Even though you all have been on this painful journey with me,” Berry joked. “You watched me fail and fail and fail. And besides directing my first movie, I also found the love of my life and I know it’s true and this is how I know it’s true.”
“Because you fail so many you know what wrong looks like. Because I failed so many times I now know what [love] really looks like,” she continued. “And so my partner is here tonight, Van, and you have supported me.”
Berry was previously married to Olivier Martinez before the two split in 2015. Prior to her relationship with Martinez, she was married to former MLB player David Justice and to singer/actor Eric Benét.
She shares daughter Nahla, 13, with her ex, Gabriel Aubry, and son Maceo, 8, with Martinez.
source: people.com
