Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry says menopause is a milestone in a woman’s life that should be celebrated with a “shiesta.”
During an appearance on Tamsen Fadal’s new podcast, “The Tamsen Show,” Halle, 58, said she’s officially entering menopause this month.
Menopause is defined as a time in a woman’s life when menstruation permanently ends.
Halle is celebrating the milestone with a “shiesta,” she told the former PIX11 anchor-turned-menopause advocate, Tamsen Fadal.
“When a woman realizes that she’s in the menopause — you know, 365 days [without a period], and you know you’re in it — it is their duty to give that woman a ‘shiesta’ to celebrate her, like we do every other milestone in our life,” Halle said.
Halle, who also has diabetes, revealed that she controls her diabetes with diet and exercise, and she was able to wean herself off insulin and oral medication.
Halle believed healthy living would allow her to skip menopause. “I thought I would skip menopause, whatever that was,” she half-jokingly told Fadal.
“There was a feeling of, ‘Hey, I can do pretty much anything I want to do if I eat right and exercise, and prioritize my health and well-being,” she explained.
Former PIX11 anchor Tamsen Fadal gave up her coveted job to help educate women about menopause.
Fadal told Page Six last year that she quit her job after 15 years at the anchor desk at New York’s PIX11.
“It wasn’t that I couldn’t do my job anymore,” Fadal said, “but I had a bigger story to tell. I couldn’t stop talking about it. I couldn’t stop studying it. I couldn’t stop talking to women about it.”
Fadal wrote a book about her menopause experience, titled “How to Menopause: Take Charge of Your Health, Reclaim Your Life, and Feel Even Better than Before.” The book is due in stores on March 25.
Halle received an advanced copy and described the book as “the menopause Bible” in a post on Instagram.
“You will no longer feel alone by being 100% seen. It’s also full of ways to begin managing this new glorious phase of life!” Halle wrote.
