Well, learning French is hard so — upside?

Although she had hoped the words of a celebrity friend may sway a judge in her favor, Halle Berry will just have to deal with meddling paparazzi when it comes to her daughter, Nahla — she was denied her request to move the young girl to France with fiance, Olivier Martinez.

Halle’s reasoning was that the Los Angeles paps were a bit too invasive and she feared for her young daughter’s safety (going as far as to bring friend Salma Hayek to speak on the safety measures in another country), but the judge sided with Nahla’s father, Gabriel Aubry and told Halle that the child must remain in America.

According to the actress, she never wanted to remove Aubry from his daughter’s life.

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