Berry: I tried to commit suicide

Halle Berry has revealed she attempted to kill herself over the failure of her first marriage.

The actress told how she came close to suffocating herself with gas after her split from professional baseballer David Justice.

However, she told Parade magazine that she decided against it at the last minute when she thought of her mother Judith.

"I was sitting in my car, and I knew the gas was coming when I had an image of my mother finding me," she confessed. "She sacrificed so much for her children, and to end my life would be an incredibly selfish thing to do."

She recalled her pain at the time: "It was all about a relationship. My sense of worth was so low. I had to reprogramme myself to see the good in me.

"Because someone didn't love me didn't mean I was unlovable. I promised myself I would never be a coward again."