Halle Berry has taken her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry to court for trying to change the appearance of their daughter and make her look “white.”
Oscar-winning actress Berry, 48, claims her former partner straightened their six-year-old daughter’s hair and highlighted it to make her look less African-American.
Berry and Aubry were in a relationship from 2005 to 2010 and both parents have joint legal custody of Nahla, following a bitter custody dispute.
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Yes, because Halle's own hair looks so African-American - not!
I recall a hairdresser once telling me that a child should never have their hair dyed because it can irreparably damage their hair. I can't recall the cut off date but I think it was even young teens. I don't think she was talking about those wash out dyes but the more permanent ones.
I don't know if she was correct but I always recall her saying most reputable hairdressers won't do it.
Re hair straightening I know nothing of it, but I do recall seeing an Oprah special where they said it was a rather long and torturous process, I missed part if the report but I heard them say something like it took an entire day to do! I'm not sure if I misheard that though. Also it didn't seem to last long .
So assuming I am right about all this (and I admit be wrong) it sounds like dying and straightening hair is a really bad thing to do to a child, and if this is the case I can understand why she took action. It does look to me as if the child has abnormally pale and straighter hair for her race, but then I haven't seen other shots of her to compare before and after, and I'm also aware she is mixed race, so I guess my hair may look a bit different.