Halle Berry reignites feud with Gavin Newsom as she says he never got back to her about women's issues

Halle Berry said she's still waiting for a call from California Gov. Gavin Newsom - two months after he promised - in an effort to discuss legislation on helping women experiencing menopause.

The Academy Award-winning actress, 59, speaking with The Cut, said she felt the politician did not make good on a previous vow to reconcile the issue with her.

'It's disturbing when people say they're going to do things and then they don't,' Berry said. 'But he heard what I said.'

The Monster's Ball star, who was initially critical of Newsom for vetoing the Menopause Care Act, said that the California governor's Oval Office ambitions will be in jeopardy if he doesn't pay closer attention to women's issues.

'If he is going to run to be our next president, he can't sleep on women,' Berry said. 'Wake up, Gavin.'

Daily Mail has reached out to Berry's representatives and Newsom's office for further comment on this story.  

Newsom said Monday in a news release (after Berry's most recent remarks were published) that 'the new budget proposal will expand access to essential, evidence-based care in a way that’s affordable and fiscally responsible for the state. 

'At a time when Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is driving up health care costs nationwide, California is doing the opposite: lowering barriers and putting women’s health first.'

First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom added in a statement that 'women deserve access to affordable health care that meets them where they are' at any age.'

She said 'menopause conditions that have long been under-recognized in our healthcare system.

'California always has and will continue to invest in women, and I’m proud that we are advancing awareness and expanding access to critical menopause-related care.'

Newsom's office on Wednesday told People, 'Ms. Berry's remarks are very unfortunate given the Governor's proposal put forward to support menopause care through the state budget, just as he said he would do in his veto message on AB 432.'

The issue between the A-lister and prominent Democrat began last fall, when Berry penned a Time opinion piece that was critical of Newsom's handling of the Menopause Care Act.

The bill, which was bipartisan, had been focused on procuring insurance for treatments that have been proven effective.

On December 3, Berry again took issue with Newsom while appearing at an event in New York called the DealBook summit.

In the appearance, the Cleveland-born star cast doubt on Newsom's ability to win the presidency - prior to him speaking at the event.

Berry said of Newsom, 'Back in my great state of California, my very own governor, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row.

'But that’s okay, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and with the way he has overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either - just saying.'

Newsom subsequently told reporters when asked about Berry and her complaints about his leadership on women's issues: 'We have the ability to reconcile that, so we're reconciling. 

'I've included it in next year's budget. We already were in the process of fixing it.'

Berry told The Cut she was 'going to be louder than I have ever been' in using her platform for women's health advocacy.

'Fighting for women's health feels like a formidable cause for my second act,' Berry said. 'You get to this age where you feel like you're being marginalized, devalued.

'You feel it at work. You feel it from society. But I have adamantly decided I am not going to allow myself to be erased.'

Berry added, 'That's why I'm on my menopause mission.'