Is Eric Benet Throwing Shade? He Tells Mag He Likes His Women Sane

March 9th, 2012 - By Brande Victorian

 

Source: Sweet Lyrics

I don’t know why magazine’s ask married men what they like in a woman. If they’re not on the market, who cares? And if they’ve got a suspect dating past that’s just asking for trouble. Case in point: Eric Benet.

Sister 2 Sister magazine caught up with the singer this month and he told publisher Jamie Foster Brown the quality he likes most in a woman: “emotional stability.” Plus he added this:

“Crazy is attractive, but you know … it’s dangerous.”

Now the former sex addict swore up and down he wasn’t talking about his ex-wife Halle Berry in the interview but I call BS. Why mention her if you weren’t thinking about her when you made the comment? I can’t think of one man who’s ever named “emotional stability” as one of the qualities he was looking for in a woman without taking shots at his “crazy” ex in the process, and that’s pretty much what Eric is doing here. Halle Berry has been crowned Queen of the Crazies when it comes to the public’s view of her failed relationships, so as far as we’re concerned, he’s not sneaking that shade past us. Eric went on to say:

“A lot of people may have, like, this unbelievably vindictive streak in them. Because somebody else isn’t really evolved, they may have done or said something that wasn’t so cool. A more emotionally evolved person would look at that and say, ‘Ok. You got some growing up to do. I’mma walk this way and keep moving in my positive direction.’ Someone who’s emotionally [un]stable will be like, ‘I’ll destroy you’ [laughter].”

Halle and Gabriel Aubry?

I don’t know what Eric or Sister 2 Sister‘s motive was with this one, but it reeks of shadiness to us. You can check out the full interview in the April issue, but what do you think of this snippet?

Is Eric throwing shots at Halle on the low?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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  • Bran

    Eric Benet choose to enter a relationship with Halle seemingly under false pretences.  He knew she was driven and  ambitious and had been emotionally and physically abused by men in her past. He was no better  and also emotionally abusive when he choose to  enter into an  affair(s).  Benet’s behavior hurt his wife and daughter, and subsequently their relationship.  Where is his anger toward his former mistress/girlfriend who sold their affair to a tabloid?  Earth to Benet, men also bring their baggage and issues to relationships that they need to work on. Issues that ca sometimes destroy a marriage. How simple to continuously  to make Halle out as crazy and NOT address, the CRAZY insecurity, jealousy and problems that men can experience when they find themselves in a relationship  with a woman who has more status, power or income, than they do.  You can’t love a woman you are jealous of.  Benet and  David Justice both sued Halle for money as an attempt to  take away Halle’s power and lower her status, (in their minds). Both were very disrespectful to Halle and should have  stayed in their lane. I suppose if Halle keep her mouth shut and never uttered a word Benet would not have a problem with Halle. Justice and Benet better hope their daughters never run into men that treat them the way their fathers treated Halle.  Ms. Berry should  have went to a s***m bank or adopted like may women do who long for a child.  Hopefully her finance give Halle the respect, love and kindeness she deserves.

  • miche

    she’s crazy, he’s a cheater, i believe i live next door to a habitual liar, i’m pretty sure there’s a murderer a few blocks over, i know someone who once slandered someone, and a few dozen people who’ve had children out of wedlock and so on and so on, etc., etc….point? : this whole dang world is screwed up, and people are always trying to throw the next person under the bus as if they are perfect!!!…sick of it!!…please get some positive reinforcing stories on here: from time to time at least

  • Pfeiffer87

    um, who cares?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LKQE4UQRBBVNOIRAL4EB2SPCWI Jen

    See right there check out the comments…Halle is doing her whether we like it or not.  This article was not about her, it was about his opinion on what a man likes in a woman.  From his standpoint his comment should began with something that made in him fall in love with his wife!  I don’t think he got over Halle but that will probably be another article.  The best advice he could give himself is refrain from answering questions as if he is a single man and concentrate on his music and family.

  • Pivyque

    I don’t think he was throwing shade. Almost every man has a “crazy” ex. He has dated more women than Halle, so I think he is simply answering the question. 

    • guest

      A crazy ex or a woman he drove crazy?  Yeah thought so.

      • Lola-511

        Halle has her issues I’m sure, just as Eric does, just as we all do…but, was she so crazy when she built such a wonderful relationship with his daughter India that Halle adopted her? India seemed to love Halle and the feeling was mutual…Eric wanted to continue to do what he wanted and when that was not tolerated by Halle, well now she’s crazy! That’s not the first time some man has said that about a woman who refused to put up with his BS and won’t be the last…let’s hope Eric doesnt’t drive the new wife “crazy”…but she was married to Prince so who knows where her mind is!

        • Writerchick

          That is not true. Halle never adopted India, and they don’t have any kind of realationship now.  

      • Pivyque

        Thought so?? Did you even make a point? Lol Everyone has their own mind. If they allow someone to “drive” them crazy, it is their own fault. THEREFORE, it is a crazy ex, because no one forces that person to act crazy. They can CHOOSE to make better decisions. It’s called free will.

  • Rastaman

    So the consensus is he cannot be a philanderer and have been with crazy woman because both these things are mutually exclusive.   Plus based on the rumors, he is not the only ex who would have deemed Ms Berry a few nickels short, he will have joined a long line.  
    According to the narrative we have been fed it was only black men that apparently Ms Berry had problems with until she had problems with the white man.  I give the new guy 3 year max before that relationship goes south.  Based on her track record she may need to switch teams before some folks start to see the common denominator. 

  • Kellz

    When did crazy become attractive?

    • ariesdollface

       for real!!!!

  • Love_Sexy

    As far as I am concern thay are both just plain nuts.

  • Metoo

    Halle Berry is just as crazy as these men are bullshit…she is just not the type to turn the other cheek so if that makes her crazy I welcome her kind of crazy. Narcissist men always play the “crazy” card on a woman if she does not put up with their crap…If you all remember, Jesse James shitted on Sandra Bullock the same way – cheated then had some not so nice things to say about her in public while she moved on as a class act just like Halle. These are nothing more than two losers trying to justify why they are losers.

  • http://www.facebook.com/tipj1 Tiffany Johnson

    He could have been saying this as a lesson learned. She got her issues and he has his. His new wife doesn’t seem to have a problem with them and neither does Halle’s new boyfriend so to each their own.

  • Justme

    Of course he is…and here is the thing. He can’t decide how someone should or should not retaliate if he crosses them…please….what a hypocrite. He’s saying, “Yeah I know I did X, Y, Z and I’m going to judge how you choose to get me back. So it’s ok for the injuring party to not be evolved but the one that gets hurt should lick it up and not retaliate. yeah ok….what a narcissist.

  • Mariah

    What I can’t stand is a person who expects to be able to go around doing or saying things “that wasn’t so cool” and then expecting somebody else to be like “Ok. You got some growing up to do. I’mma walk this way and keep moving in my positive direction” That right there is a major problem in “relationships” (if you can even call them that) these days.  Too many folks (men and women) want to blame somebody else for their actions or they believe they can treat people any kind of way and that person is just supposed to “get over it” and be “the bigger person”  If you want emotionally stable people in your life, start with yourself and your own actions and reactions.

    • http://profile.yahoo.com/TYLZADF2ZT6BYIL3A26MUP66KE Jay

      Being the bigger person and walking in your positive direction has nothing to do with the other person and everything to do with honoring YOURSELF and saving your righteous mind.  What goes around comes around…let the universe take care of it.

      • Mariah

        I agree totally.  I know what being “the bigger person” and “taking the highroad” is all about. But his words sounds like, as I said earlier, that he feels he shouldn’t be held accountable when he EFFs up because the other person should be “mature” enough for the both of them.  Please. 

        • perplexed

          i feel you , totally…

        • Jay

          There’s accountability and then there’s HAM behavior. All the latter does is remind the person why they played you in the first place. I guess I’d rather spend my precious time and energy on people who really love and appreciate me. Who cares what someone of such questionable character thinks anyway?
          #goodriddance

    • Justme

      Great comment and his words really magnified his character. Dummy

  • http://twitter.com/Neccaboo D.Brooks

    It ain’t no secret Halle has issues. Anyone who ever dated her always speaks of her issues. 

  • Orangestar616

    and I’m sure alot of women prefer men who can keep it in their pants.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1209233959 Tiffanie Kinney

       i agree

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