Halle Berry has earned a reputation among her three ex-husbands as the partner from hell.

"Halle has a pattern," a source told The National Enquirer of the 49-year-old Best Actress Academy Award winner. "What starts out as fairytale love ends with the guy terrified of her rages and outbursts."

Earlier this month, Berry and Olivier Martinez announced they were calling it quits on their union, adding his name to a list of spouses that also includes David Justice and Eric Benét. Berry also once lived with model boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, the father of one of her children, before they too split.

"There's a side to Halle the public doesn't see," a source added. "But her husbands and lovers certainly do."

Berry recently spoke with reporters for the first time since she and Martinez went public with their breakup.

"I'm doing okay, I really am. I, I keep pushing and I'm really happy to be here," she said of the charity event she was attending. "Whenever you're going through anything in life, when you step outside yourself and focus on others, that's always the best remedy for any situation that you'd rather not be dealing with."

Berry also recently spoke out on the issue of domestic abuse at a Jenesse Center Inc. national event, recalling her own experiences with the problem. She insisted she feels part of her life's work is to help others overcome similar struggles.

"I saw my mother battered and beaten many years of my life and I felt helpless," she said. ""And that's what connects me to this organization. I have an understanding, a knowing. I feel like I have something that I can impart to these women."