Key keywords: Halle Berry, Gabriel Aubry, awkward celebrity reunion, 2012 Thanksgiving violent fight, Olivier Martinez, Nahla Aubry custody battle, celebrity ex drama, Hollywood high-profile split A recently surfaced clip of Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry and her ex-partner Gabriel Aubry reuniting at their 15-year-old daughter Nahla’s Los Angeles school pickup has gone viral across social media platforms, sparking widespread conversation about the former couple’s well-documented violent and acrimonious past. The 17-second clip, first shared on TikTok earlier this week, has amassed over 12 million views as of press time, showing the pair standing several feet apart outside the school gates, making zero eye contact and not exchanging a single word throughout the 7-minute wait for Nahla. When their daughter exited the campus, she briefly greeted both parents before climbing into Berry’s car, while Aubry walked to his own vehicle parked across the street without acknowledging Berry at all. Fans and entertainment commentators immediately pointed out the palpable awkwardness of the interaction, which marks one of the very few public appearances the pair have made together since their explosive 2010 split after 5 years of dating. What has drawn even more attention, however, is the way the clip has resurfaced their 2012 Thanksgiving altercation that made international headlines, when Aubry got into a physical fight with Berry’s then-fiancé, French actor Olivier Martinez, outside Berry’s Los Angeles home. The brawl left Aubry with a broken rib, a bruised face, and a neck injury, while Martinez sustained a hand injury that required surgery. The fight unfolded amid a bitter, years-long custody battle over Nahla, during which Aubry attempted to block Berry’s request to move their daughter to France full-time to live with Martinez, arguing the relocation would cut him off from meaningful time with his child. Court filings from the case included mutual accusations of abuse, with Berry claiming Aubry had a history of violent outbursts and substance use, while Aubry alleged Berry was an unstable parent who would alienate him from Nahla if allowed to move abroad. The pair finally reached a joint custody agreement in 2014, with a court ruling that Nahla would remain in Los Angeles and split time evenly between both parents’ homes. In the years since, Berry and Aubry have gone to great lengths to avoid being seen in public together, often arranging separate school pickups and drop-offs to avoid interactions. The recent viral clip has left many social media users debating whether the visible tension between the pair is appropriate around their teenage daughter, while others argue that after the level of conflict they experienced, the fact that they are both showing up for Nahla at all is a win for co-parenting.