Halle Berry isn’t happy with her former flame and daughter’s father, Gabriel Aubry. She took the Canadian model to court Monday because she was livid that Aubry was straightening and lightening daughter Nahla‘s long, naturally curly and golden brown hair, according to TMZ. Berry suspects Aubry is trying to make Nahla look more white.
Berry was apparently absent from the court hearing, but her lawyer showed, and so did Aubry. A judge determined that neither Aubry nor Berry are allowed to alter the 6-year-old’s natural hair.
This news may not come as much of a shock to those who remember Berry and Aubry’s 2011 custody battle. During the ugly fight for Nahla, TMZ reported that whenever Aubrey read an article where his daughter was labeled as Black, he would throw a tantrum and insist the child was white.
Berry once spoke with Ebony and said she disagrees with Aubry about the child’s race and considers Nahla to be a Black girl.
“I feel like she’s Black. I’m Black and I’m her mother and I believe in the one-drop theory, ” said Berry. “I had to decide for myself and that’s what she’s going to have to decide— how she identifies herself in the world … But I feel like she’s black.”