California Gov. Gavin Newsom may want to rethink that 2028 presidential fantasy. Hollywood legend Halle Berry just publicly eviscerated him—on his home turf—while blasting the way American culture devalues women as they age.

The Oscar winner stunned the DealBook Summit crowd Wednesday when she dropped the polite Hollywood facade and went full truth-teller. “At this stage in my life, I have zero f—- left to give,” Berry declared, drawing gasps from a room filled with Silicon Valley and Wall Street elites.

Then she went for the jugular.

Back in California, Berry said, her own governor has twice stood in the way of a bill designed to improve care for women in menopause—an issue she has been outspoken about and even founded a company, Respin, to address. “My very own governor, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row,” she said. And then came the line that ricocheted across the auditorium: “He probably should not be our next president either. Just saying.”

The bill she referenced—AB 432, introduced by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan—would have expanded menopause treatment guidance and required providers to get proper training. But Newsom vetoed it again in October, even as he continues to flirt with a White House run. He had the nerve to show up at the very same summit where Berry dropped the bomb.

Berry wasn’t done.

At nearly 60, she says America still treats women of her age as disposable. “In 2025… women of my age are simply devalued in this country,” she said. “Our culture thinks that, at 59 years old, I am past my prime.” She blasted the obsession with agelessness, saying women are expected to look “forever 35” and praised only when they appear to be “defying gravity.”

And yes—she even admitted she feels the constant pressure to go under the knife in an industry that worships youth. “We’re encouraged to contort our bodies… to chase this elusive fountain of youth,” she said. “I too feel this pressure every single day.”

But Berry’s backbone didn’t appear overnight. She recalled a harrowing story from her childhood in Cleveland, when bullies beat her up and left her shirtless in the gutter. Instead of breaking her, the humiliation forged her resolve. She remembered telling herself, “I’m never going to allow this to happen to me again… I’ll never allow myself to be misused or abused or mistreated in any way.”

And on Wednesday, she kept that promise—standing up not just for herself, but for millions of women overlooked by the political class.

While Newsom plots his presidential runway, it seems one of Hollywood’s most respected women just fired the first warning flare: voters—especially women—are paying attention.