Halle Berry has openly declared that she no longer fakes orgasms during sex, marking a significant change in how she approaches intimacy. The Oscar-winning actress shared this revelation in early 2024 while discussing her personal and candid views on sexual satisfaction and mutual pleasure in relationships.
Halle Berry’s Candid Admission About Sexual Honesty
In an episode of the Sex With Emily podcast that premiered on February 24, Halle Berry explained why she stopped pretending to reach orgasm during sex. She highlighted how this past habit prioritized her partner’s feelings over her own satisfaction.
“We had to get there so that he felt good about bringing us to orgasm,”
Halle admitted, emphasizing the imbalance this created.
“We had to say that we did it so that he would feel good about himself. Because what is that doing? That’s putting his needs before our own,”
she added.
Berry stressed the importance of putting mutual pleasure at the center of a sexual relationship, saying, “I’m like, ‘No, I come first like you come first to you.’ We both deserve to have this be a mutually enjoyable experience, so we both can roll over and go to sleep because we feel good—not one snoring and the other one looking at the ceiling, going, ‘What the hell?’
At 59 years old, Halle no longer worries about reaching climax, especially given her passionate relationship with fiancé Van Hunt. This relationship has brought a new level of emotional and physical fulfillment to her life.
The Impact of Love on Halle Berry’s Sexual Experience
Berry described her relationship with Van Hunt as transformative, emphasizing a connection that existed before they became physically intimate. She shared with Marie Claire in 2024,
“It was the first time I was madly in love before I had sex. That has never happened to me, ever.”
She recalled the experience as magical, saying,
“Talk about one of those life-changing, beautiful experiences. It was magical, just magical.”
Having been married three times—to David Justice, Eric Benét, and Olivier Martinez—Halle reflected on how her current partner felt like the one she was truly meant to be with. She revealed,
“Out of the people I’ve been married to, this is the person I should have married.”
Speaking on the Today show in 2023, Berry admitted that her past divorces taught her what wasn’t working in relationships, leading her to manifest a different outcome.
“Having gone through three divorces, I finally knew what wasn’t working and I realized I was always saying to the universe what I didn’t want,”
she said.
“So, guess what I did? I manifested what I didn’t want.”
The universe answered her in 2020 with Van Hunt’s arrival, changing her outlook. She expressed readiness to face life alone if necessary:
“If it didn’t come, I would have been good just to raise my kids. After three divorces, you kind of go, ‘I’m just going to be alone,’ and I was ready to do that. I was done. I knew that if the right person didn’t show up for me, I’d be better off going at it alone.”
Other Celebrities Opening Up About Their Sexual Lives
Tim Gunn on Long-Term Celibacy
Tim Gunn, known for his role as a mentor on Project Runway, revealed in February 2026 that he has remained celibate for over 40 years following a traumatic breakup. On Chelsea Handler’s podcast Dear Chelsea, he recalled,
“One of the things that he told me that night was that he’d been sleeping with just about everything that walked by.”
He spoke about his loyalty and faithfulness during the early years of the AIDS epidemic in 1982, sharing a period of great anxiety by saying,
“The self-pity then turned to completely unbridled anger because I thought he may have given me a death sentence. I was tested every six months for ten years for HIV, and thankfully, I had a clean slate.”
Despite these fears, emotional scars affected his ability to form new attachments. Gunn said,
“Whenever I was even tempted to engage in something that could become serious with someone, all this would come back like Niagara Falls, and it would just take the desire away.”
Jelly Roll’s Struggles Before Weight Loss
Country artist Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, admitted in December 2025 that his sex life with wife Bunnie Xo was unsatisfactory before he lost 200 pounds. He made it clear on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that his wife was not the issue, saying,
“Dude, I married a f–kin’ big-t-tty, blonde, beautiful woman, dawg.”
He described how his weight interfered with intimacy, adding,
“I married the kind of woman that makes you smile when you’re crying, Joe, and I couldn’t even get aroused I was so big. I was having to play Twister to have sex—left foot here, right foot in the X. ‘Are we in there yet? Tell me if you feel something.’ It was bad.”
Brooks Nader’s Behind-the-Scenes Romance
Grace Ann Nader, sister of Sports Illustrated model Brooks Nader, shed light on the rumored romantic tension between Brooks and her Dancing With the Stars partner Gleb Savchenko. On the Chicks In the Office podcast in May 2025, Grace Ann admitted,
“I can tell you firsthand, every time I visited Brooks’s trailer, the trailer was shaking every single time. I never wanted to go in there. I was always knocking.”
Brooks jokingly credited this energy for their competition results, saying,
“The trailer thing was probably why we didn’t win.”
Brooke Shields on Aging and Intimacy
Brooke Shields openly discussed her experiences with aging and its impact on her intimacy with husband Chris Henchy in her 2025 memoir Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old. She wrote about the physical changes that have complicated her sex life, including thinning hair, new belly fat, vaginal dryness, and a declining sex drive.
“I’m going through all the bodily s–t that comes with aging as a woman even in the best of times,”
she described.
“In my natural state I feel less appealing to him than I ever did before.”
Shields also acknowledged that intimacy can be painful now and described what she needs to fully enjoy sex:
“I need my lotions and potions, the right sleepwear (maybe calling it sleepwear is contributing to the problem), my special pillow, and maybe a tequila so I can relax.”
Katy Perry’s Unique Sexual Appreciation
The singer Katy Perry revealed an unconventional way she showed gratitude to her ex Orlando Bloom during their relationship. On a September 2024 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, she explained,
“If I come downstairs and the kitchen is clean, and you’ve done it all, and you’ve done all the dishes, and you’ve closed all the pantry doors, you better be ready to get your d–k sucked.”
Chelsea Handler’s Relationship Clarification
Comedian Chelsea Handler made headlines by sharing details about her past relationships and sexual experiences. Reflecting on a breakup tied to a threesome involving their masseuse, she took to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in October 2023 to clarify,
“I want to go on the record that that is not why our relationship ended.”
She further admitted,
“We did have a lot of threesomes‚ and that, while that’s private it’s already out there, so I’m gonna double down on that and just say that we didn’t break up because I left him for the masseuse. That didn’t happen.”
Heidi Klum’s Secret “Sex Closet”
America’s Got Talent judge Heidi Klum shared quirky but revealing details about a special space she calls her “sex closet.” Speaking on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Show podcast in September 2024, she said, “It’s a big closet,” filled with outfits, wigs, shoes, and boots. She recalled an amusing moment when her daughter Leni Klum accidentally found the closet. On an episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast in January 2024, Heidi recalled,
“She fully knew what it was. But, also she was with a friend and she filmed it and they were giggling, and I was like, ‘Oh my God.’”
John Cena On The Reality of Filming Sex Scenes
Wrestler-turned-actor John Cena gave an honest account of filming sex scenes in Hollywood during an August 2024 episode of Club Shay Shay. He remarked,
“There is nothing intimate about it. Nothing. So, like, it’s really embarrassing.”
Cena highlighted how unprepared he was for elaborate scenes in the 2015 movie Trainwreck with Amy Schumer. He praised her for making the environment comfortable while revealing,
“They were like, ‘Yeah, it’s a sex scene and we want you to do elaborate and crazy stunt sex, and all those lines you had? We’re probably not going to use them, we’re just going to do this stunt sex scene.’”
Shailene Woodley Critiques Porn’s Portrayal of Intimacy
Actress Shailene Woodley voiced her concerns about the unrealistic representation of sex, especially in pornography, during the She MD podcast in September 2024. Describing herself as a “very sexual person,” she lamented,
“The way that sex is presented on the surface in this country is so fabricated, and it’s such a performance instead of true intimacy, vulnerability and connection.”
Woodley stressed the importance of real pleasure, stating,
“Pleasure is so important, and we just rip each other off of it because I think we don’t necessarily even know what’s possible.”
She summed up her critique with a metaphor:
“And that’s my big beef with porn is I’m like, ‘You’re selling everybody McDonald’s when you could have like, whoa.’”
Goldie Hawn Shares Secret to Long-Lasting Love
Goldie Hawn, after years with partner Kurt Russell, revealed the foundation of their enduring relationship during a September 2024 interview with E! News. She stated,
“You have to have good sex,”
emphasizing that sex fosters connection and belonging.
“People who have healthy sexual relationships usually last a lot longer. But it’s not just because of the act, it’s because of the warmth and the intimacy that it creates,”
Hawn explained.
Ice-T Credits “Jungle Sex” for Marital Longevity
In January 2024, rapper and actor Ice-T credited the passionate intimacy he shares with wife Coco Austin as essential for their lasting marriage. Speaking to E! News, he described it bluntly as “Jungle sex,” and warned,
“That flame has to stay lit.”
He added,
“When that flame goes out and you’re not really attracted to each other anymore, you have to address that very quickly because it’s something that’s necessary.”
Demi Lovato on Confidence Through Sexuality
Singer and actor Demi Lovato expressed how being intimate uplifts her confidence in a September 2023 appearance on the LadyGang podcast. She said,
“I feel the most confident when I’m having sex, ‘Cause you’re so present that you’re not thinking about what is actually like…what clouds your judgement throughout the rest of the day, or at least that’s how it is for me. It’s not that way for everybody.”
Lisa Rinna Discusses Sexual Desire Changes with Age
Veteran actress Lisa Rinna spoke openly about how aging has affected sexual desire within her marriage to Harry Hamlin. In a January 2024 interview with Cosmopolitan, she reflected,
“I do think that desire levels change for a man. That’s just the natural evolution of life. So it’s figuring out how to coexist without taking that personally as a woman. I think that it’s almost more about companionship and about creating space for the ebb and flow of sexuality.”
She assured that their sex life remains strong despite frequency changes:
“We really have great sex together, and we always have. It’s just that maybe it doesn’t happen quite as often as it did when you’re in your 30s and in your 20s, I would say. And I think that’s normal.”
Zoe Saldaña and Marco Perego-Saldaña’s Family Code for Intimacy
Zoe Saldaña and husband Marco Perego-Saldaña devised a playful language to discuss their sexual activity around their children. Marco explained on The Drew Barrymore Show in April 2024 that they “play Legos naked,” meaning they have “sexy time.” Zoe chimed in to clarify the euphemism, but both expressed concern their older twin boys were beginning to understand the code.
Recalling their children’s curiosity, Zoe shared,
“They were like, ‘Are you guys kissing? Are you guys gonna go play naked with your Legos?’ And we’re like, ‘No, we’re not going to do that.’”
