Halle Berry slammed California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) at a Wednesday event, calling his approach to women’s issues proof he’s unfit to be president.
The actor and menopause advocate didn’t hold back during The New York Times Dealbook Summit, where The Hollywood Reporter said she told audiences, “At this stage in my life, I have zero fucks left to give.”
Calling out the governor for repeatedly squashing the bipartisan-backed Menopause Care Equity Act, Berry said, “Back in my great state of California, my very own governor, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row.”
California’s Menopause Care Equity Act would have ensured evidence-based menopause treatments were covered by insurance, but Newsom vetoed the law, citing the limits it would put on providers.
She wasn’t sweating it, however, telling the audience, “That’s OK, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and the way he has overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us, he probably should not be our next president either. Just saying.”
