Halle Berry revealed her sex life suffered after going into perimenopause — which she originally believed to be a “really bad case of herpes.” The “Catwoman” actress, 58, got candid about how the misdiagnosis impacted her sex life with boyfriend Van Hunt during a recent appearance on the “Drew Barrymore Show.

Halle Berry has revealed how being misdiagnosed with herpes majorly affected her sex life with her boyfriend Van Hunt.

Halle previously revealed that she discovered she was going through perimenopause after being left to do her own research when her doctor mistakenly told her she had “the worst case of herpes.”

"And then a couple of hours after that, my doctor called me and said, 'You do not have herpes'," she went on, describing the revelation as a 'defining moment' in her life. Since then, she has attempted to raise awareness of 'dry vagina syndrome' - a symptom of perimenopause.

Halle Berry found something special with Van Hunt and has enjoyed showing off her relationship to her fans. Berry was previously married three times: to David Justice from 1993 to 1997, to Eric Benét from 2001 to 2005 and to Olivier Martinez from 2013 to 2016.

While appearing on “The Drew Barrymore Show” on Tuesday, Halle Berry and host Drew Barrymore revealed that they both are navigating the journey of perimenopause — with Berry sharing that her diagnosis was anything but typical.

Halle Berry has shared the “defining moment” she had after h. The 58-year-old actor recalled the incident when experiencing menopausal symptoms, during Tuesday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. She shared that after one morning when it “took 10 minutes to empty her bladder,

Halle Berry has revealed she was sent into a spin after a doctor misdiagnosed her perimenopause symptoms as herpes - revealing she then spent 72 hours playing the "blame game" with her partner trying to work out how she had contracted the sexually transmitted infection (STI).