Halle Berry is Marie Claire’s latest cover girl!

In the cover interview, released Tuesday (Sept. 10), the “Never Let Go” star opened up about her relationship with boyfriend Van Hunt.  “It was the first time I was madly in love before I had sex,” Berry revealed. “That has never happened to me, ever. Talk about one of those life-changing, beautiful experiences. It was magical, just magical.”

Berry told the media outlet that she met the Grammy winner through his brother. "I created my career. I was intentional about that. But I had never been that intentional with my relationships. I was loosey goosey with that,” she said.

She continued, “You have to be clear with the universe [or] any old thing will find you… The minute I started to feel like I understood myself and what I had been doing wrong, Van’s brother, who I had known for many years, came to me and said, ‘You should meet my brother.’” Of navigating their relationship, Berry said that it “took me a minute to get it right,” but “the nature of the way this happened, I have a real belief that this is it. This is my person.”

The couple initially connected in 2020 and spent four months exclusively talking on the phone due to the pandemic. They publicly confirmed their relationship in September 2020 and have remained strong ever since.