Halle Berry had the distinct honor of being asked out by Prince, and she recalled the moment last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, telling the late-night host that it was like meeting him in person “in a way.”
“I went to his concert here at the Key Club on Sunset Boulevard,” she told Jimmy Kimmel, “and he had somebody come out with a piece of paper, and like a little kid, he was like, ‘Do you like me? Do you like me?’ And I was like, ‘Yes!’ Because I was at his concert, right? Yeah! And then he came out again and he was like, ‘Would you like to go on a date with me?'”
“So, did you check one of the boxes?” Kimmel asked. “No,” Berry confirmed. “I didn’t send the paper back. I kept the paper,” Kimmel admitted. “I’m sure you have the best stories of guys hitting on you. I mean, I can’t imagine.”
Berry also spoke about her X-Men character Storm, and rumors that she’d be appearing in Deadpool & Wolverine alongside Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds. “I heard that too,” she said. “I was at the Michael Kors fashion show and Ryan’s wife, Blake[Lively]asked me, ‘If Ryan asked you to be in Deadpool, would you do it?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, duh.’ Yeah, of course I would, but I never heard back.”
Berry is currently starring in the survival thriller “Never Let Go,” which she also produced. Directed by Alexandre Aja, the film is currently in theaters. Berry recently took the opportunity to voice her disappointment in the Oscars during an interview with Marie Claire magazine for their latest profile related to the film.
“I’m still forever angry that no black women have won the Oscar for best actress after me, and I’m saddened by that every year,” said Berry, the only black woman to win the award for best actress for her performance in 2001’s “Monster’s Ball.” “And it’s certainly not because no one deserved it.”
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Berry has previously criticized the Academy’s lack of diversity. In the wake of the 2016 social media movement #OscarsSoWhite, Berry spoke with Elaine Welteroth, who was then the editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue. Berry recognized the historic moment at the 2002 Oscars, but said it still wasn’t enough.
“I sat there and really thought, ‘Oh man, that moment meant nothing. It didn’t mean anything. I thought it would mean something, but in the end it didn’t,” Berry said, referring to his lack of progress since winning the division. “I was deeply hurt and saddened by that.”