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Oscar-winning actress, Halle Berry’s boyfriend of five years, Van Hunt , has revealed that he has already popped the question to the actress, but she put the proposal on hold.
“I put out the proposal, and it’s still on hold as you can see,” he told Today.com after having his first joint interview with Berry on the June 4 episode of Today with Jenna & Friends. “It’s just out there floating. You know, maybe you can encourage her.”
As for why Berry hasn’t accepted the proposal, the actress noted both of their past marriages have influenced her and they don’t have to get married to validate their love.
“Well, I’ve been married three times. Van has been married once, and so no, we don’t feel like we have to get married to validate our love in any way. We don’t,” Berry said.
Berry was previously married to Oliver Martinez, former MLB player David Justice, and Eric Benét, and she shares a son with Martinez and a daughter with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry.
Despite her current stand, Berry still has plans to tie the knot with Hunt.
“I think we will get married just because, out of the people I’ve been married to, this is the person I should have married,” Berry noted. “And I feel like I should, we should get married, but it’s not because we feel like we have to. I think it’s something that we would like to do just because we want that expression.”
As for when that would be, she simply replied “soon.”
Berry and Hunt went official with their relationship in September 2020.
At the time, a source told PEOPLE they had been seeing each other for “several months” and that he had met Berry’s two children: daughter Nahla, 17, and son Maceo, 11.
In a Sept. 10, cover story interview with Marie Claire, the Oscar winner opened up about Hunt, telling the publication: “It was the first time I was madly in love before I had sex,” she revealed.
“That has never happened to me, ever,” she added. “Talk about one of those life-changing, beautiful experiences. It was magical, just magical.”
