Halle Berry clapped back at her ex David Justice on Thursday.

She was getting her say after the 59-year-old baseball star slammed her for not cooking or cleaning when they were wed in the 1990s.

In her new Instagram post she added the caption, ‘Phew…! cooking, cleaning and mothering.’ 

The acclaimed actress celebrated her 59th birthday in a tropical paradise, flaunting a tiny gold string bikini from Monday Swimwear. The former Bond girl looked stunning, showcasing her slender waist, toned legs, and defined arms.

Accessorizing her look, she wore silver-framed sunglasses that harmonized with her two silver necklaces. She was joined by her boyfriend Van Hunt, and the couple shared a cozy moment in their beachside hut.

And she shared a look at a letter one of her two children gave to her during the summer break abroad.

Julianne Moore wrote, ‘Happy birthday beautiful,’ while Berry’s Catwoman costar hit the like button. 

Halle Berry posed in a skimpy gold string bikini in a new post shared to Instagram on Thursday.

The 58-year-old former Bond girl looked sensational with a small waistline, lean legs and sculpted arms as she enjoyed a tropical vacation

Justice was trying to explain why he ‘decided to leave’ her after being married in the nineties.

Berry was wed to David Justice for four years, from 1993 to 1997. 

Justice, a former baseball outfielder, said that he ended their marriage because she was not as ‘motherly’ as he had expected. 

The MLB star opened up on the All the Smoke podcast, co-hosted by Matt Barnes, discussing how his high-profile relationship with the Catwoman star thrust his private life into the public eye.

During the podcast, he confessed his youthful thoughts, pondering who he wanted to start a family with, admitting, ‘Is this the person I envision having children with and creating a home? Back then, she didn’t cook, didn’t clean, and didn’t give off a motherly vibe.’

He eventually ‘came to the realization that she wasn’t who he wanted to spend his life with,’ although he later acknowledged that understanding therapy might have saved their marriage.

His remarks ignited a backlash, with many of Berry’s supporters expressing outrage over his past desire for her to assume a traditional domestic role while her acting career was on the rise.

‘It’s just that I, because I was young, had only been in honestly one real relationship before her. My knowledge and my understanding and my wisdom around relationships just wasn’t vast.’

Many fans slammed Justice, a three-time MLB All-Star and two-time World Series winner who played with the Atlanta Braves and the New York Yankees during his 14 seasons in the league, for the ‘audacity’ of wanting the Oscar-winning actress to ‘cook and clean.’

The looker added silver-framed sunglasses that matched her two silver necklaces

In this image she looks out at the horizon while on a netted platform

Red wine was also part of the equation as she balanced a glass in her toes

This arty image showed her with a yellow flower in her mouth

‘Motherly? She was his partner, not his mom,’ one social media user wrote on X as a slew of fans came to Berry’s defense when Justice’s comments went viral online. 

‘Imagine expecting Halle Berry, the first Black actress to earn $20m for a movie, the #1 most desirable woman in the world for decades, the first Black woman to win an Oscar, to stay home to cook and clean. Men and audacity,’ another person tweeted. 

‘David Justice tryna make HALLE BERRY cook & clean is CRAZY work. TF was he thinkin,’ a fan added alongside a GIF expressing their dismay.

‘Halle Berry, a household name, was supposed to take time away from her breadwinning career to ‘cook and clean’ for a man I’ve never heard of?! LMAOOOO! 

‘According to their net worths, he needed to be the one throwing the apron on and cleaning the house too,’ one person wrote about the MLB star and the famed actress. 

Another person tweeted: ‘David really expected THEE Halle Berry in her prime to be a stay at home housewife. Talk about an all-time fumble for Mr. Justice.’ 

She was also with her boyfriend Van Hunt as they cuddled while in their seaside hut

Here she was likely holding on to her daughter Nahla, 17

There was also a photograph of a dark chocolate cake with a gold candle

Justice, a former baseball outfielder, said that he ended their marriage because she was not as ‘motherly’ as he had expected; pictured May 1994 in New York City

One person tweeted a laughing emoji and wrote: ‘David Justice dead a** married Halle Berry and wanted her to fold clothes. Catwoman pushing a vacuum?’

Another fan tweeted: ‘David’s Justice comment about Halle Berry says more about his preferences than her worth. Plenty of great moms don’t fit the “cook, clean, motherly” stereotype. Sometimes it’s just a mismatch, not a measure of value.’  

At the time of publication, Berry has not yet responded to his public comments from the recent podcast appearance.

In the same episode, Justice also said that he was upset with his ex-wife for not clarifying that he was not the ex she had that once physically abused her.

He also conceded that he deeply hurt her by leaving her suddenly rather than ‘massaging’ it or seeking ‘therapy’ in an attempt to mend their relationship.

Back in 1996, Berry told People that she had an abusive, unnamed ex, who once struck her in the head and ended up puncturing her eardrum, causing her to suffer from hearing loss.

‘She let the world think it was me,’ Justice said in the podcast episode. ‘I thought she was dead wrong for that.’ 

He later added about their marriage, reflecting on their split decades later: ‘I look back on that situation, and I’m like, that girl really did love me.’

‘And I can see why she would be so mad at me. Because imagine if you really love somebody and they tell you they want to break up, and there’s nothing you can say to get them back. That had to have been tough on her. 

‘I didn’t ease out,’ he added before explaining that he was just ‘gone’ and ‘could have massaged that better.’

Justice has been married to wife Rebecca Justice for 24 years and shares two children with her; meanwhile, Berry has been in a long-term relationship with Van Hunt for five years. 

She was previously married to Oliver Martinez from 2013 to 2016 and also to her first husband Eric Benet from 2001 to 2005. 

She is a mother to two children — daughter Nahla, 17, whose dad is Gabriel Aubry, and son Maceo, 11, with Martinez.