Halle Berry is back in the headlines, and not because of a Kendrick Lamar lyric. On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, we break down Olivier Martinez’s October 1, 2026 court filing accusing the Oscar winner of physically abusing their 12-year-old son, Maceo, during a September 26 incident at her home. Martinez alleges Berry pushed Maceo during a VR game, called him “so stupid” and “such an idiot,” then jumped on him, put her hands around his neck, and choked him while shouting, “Who’s dominant now? Who’s dominant?” He says their son called him in a panic and asked to be picked up, and that Berry’s fiancé, musician Van Hunt, helped Maceo get his bags to the car. Martinez also claims this was not the first time, alleging Berry, who has MMA training, has repeatedly put Maceo in a chokehold until he tapped out and has slapped him at least twice. He is asking for sole legal and physical custody, a stay-away order, and sobriety testing. A judge issued a temporary order limiting Berry to daytime visits with no overnights ahead of an October 16 hearing. Berry has not given a personal interview. Her attorney, Marina Beck, told the Los Angeles Times and People the filing is entirely meritless and deliberately misleading, and accused Martinez of a documented history of erratic, possessive, and violent behavior. We also get into the long divorce, the $8,000-a-month child support deal plus 4.3% of income above $2 million, the texts Berry allegedly sent the next day, and why both sides look messy.
Then it’s salty Bravo news. Real Housewives of Dallas and Real Housewives of DC were left off Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th, the 20-year anniversary trip. Bravo is now reportedly paying Housewives $30,000 to $40,000 to stay off social media while their seasons air so nothing gets spoiled. We talk Future Housewives with Ariana Madix, the Milania Giudice airport meltdown and the claim it was filmed on a counselor’s Meta Glasses, Captain Lee saying a week on a Below Deck Mediterranean mega yacht usually runs about half a million dollars, and Andy Cohen paying a babysitter $30 an hour for two kids in New York.
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