Halle and Gabriel: A Look Back

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Oct. 22, 2006

When they met, "he was disarmingly sweet and caring and different," she once told InStyle. "In the past I've been attracted to big personalities. Gabriel was shy. He hardly talked to me at first."

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Nov. 14, 2006

She has said she and Aubry are "equally matched."

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Apr. 3, 2007

In 2007, she announced she and Aubry were expecting. "Gabriel and I are beyond excited and I've waited a long time for this moment in my life," she said at the time.

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Apr. 16, 2007

"He's always his authentic self, never worried about being judged," she once told Oprah Winfrey of Aubry.

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May 3, 2007

"We view life the same way," she has said of her relationship with the model.

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Jan. 9, 2008

Before meeting Aubry, "I had resigned myself to, 'I'm going to be single until I'm 50, at least, and I'll have a child on my own,' " she has said. "I was really okay with that."

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Sept. 7, 2008

"I know he has ability to love me, love our children, and he will do that," she once said of her model-beau.

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Oct. 6, 2008

"He's a wonderful person, and I happened to find someone really special to have a baby with," she has said.

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Feb. 22, 2009

Even though they never wed during their four years together, "I feel more married now than I did in any of my actual marriages," she said in 2009.

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May 24, 2009

After welcoming her baby Nahla, she told Essence: "I thought I knew love before, but I've never felt anything like this."

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July 8, 2009

Last year, she told Essence she didn't know if she and Aubry would be together forever. Said the actress, "All I know is that at this moment, it feels fantastic."

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Oct. 15, 2009

Berry, who's been married two times, told Jay Leno last year that Aubry is "the longest relationship I've ever had. Yes, yes the longest one. For me, that's good!"