You may have talked to Halle Berry

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April 14, 2007

You may have talked to Halle Berry

Film star Halle Berry has revealed she anonymously joined internet chatrooms to escape her famous persona.

The actress told the BBC:

"I have gone online before in search of anonymity and an attempt to leave celebrity out of it and just have a normal chat. I just never disclosed that I was Halle Berry."

But people she chatted with did not believe her when she revealed her true identity, she said.

Her online friends thought she was "just some kook."

"I was just trying to chat anonymously and just be another person in the chatroom having a conversation."

"When I decided to say: 'Oh by the way, the person you've been chatting with for a week is me, Halle Berry,' they thought I was just some kook.

"They were like: 'Right, sure, get out of here.' They didn't really believe me at that point. So chatting hasn't gone that well for me."

Halle Berry in Esquire Magazine, May 2007.