I am very happy for Eric and his daughter India. They seem to have a strong and close relationship especially when it comes to their love for music. Check out their duet of his single “You’re the Only One”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CQH_FHSRYc

She’s so adorable.. I love how Eric Benet has such a good relationship with his daughter through all the divorces and heartbreaks he’s been through. And on top of that he still makes really good music. I love his new single “your the only one” Its the perfect love song. Soul music is back

http://www.myspace.com/ericbenet

Sheba, good observations. I happen to agree with all of them. Unfortunately, the article intro put halle at the forefront rather than as a footnote, which is where she belonged in this regard, at most. Consequently, focus was on her relationship with him and not his relationship with the daughter. Also, I would say that a lot of celebrities get a pass. Nobody takes issue with Chris Rock cheating on his wife, or Will Smith with his first wife. Seems to me those two got a pass b/c they are high profile. And, Heath, well, you know how it is: don’t speak ill of the dead. Etc.

Halle has nothing to do with this post, but her name is in the title. She’s with another man and had his baby. She did not have a child with Eric and depending on who you believe, has no contact with India. But look, she’s the first name in the post. As far as I’m concerned she totally unrelated to a post about Eric and his beautiful daughter’s music ability.

Why not mention Billy Bob in an Angelina post. He did almost adopt Maddox and was married to Angelina.

Halle’s name was simply mentioned because it stirs up controversy.

I say leave her name out of any of Eric’s sightings and leave his name out of an Halle sightings. Until that happens, NOT, I will mention what I feel is related to the topic and discuss race if I believe it’s warranted. Don’t want to read anything about race…keep it moving. It’s what I do when I’m not interested in a particular comment. Skip right over it.

anonymous, Eric is a black father, conseqeuntly the topic is open to discussion.

Seriously, how did this turn into a race issue? Totally unrelated to the post…

SweetDiva. I’m not saying Eric should get a medal. I’m saying the media should portray loving Black fathers more often and here is an example of a loving Black father who made some mistakes in his marriage. It doesn’t matter no one was talking about Heath. I’m talking about Heath and can make a comparison to what I read on this site. If you disagree fine, but I will continue to state my respectful opinion. I will always defend loving Black fathers and I happen to Black woman who has never met her Black father ever. But still I think it’s important for me to point out when I see a Black father doing well by his children. This whole sites commends parents for “doing what they are suppose to be doing” so I’m not stating something out of the ordinary.

Nobody’s even talking about Heath Ledger – the situations are apples and oranges.
As a Black woman raised lovingly by a Black mom and dad, I think one of their greatest gifts to me was the example of their marriage. I saw teamwork, I saw compromise, I saw fidelity, I saw love.
Yes it is wonderful that Eric has such an active role in his child’s life, but he doesn’t get a medal for being a responsible and loving parent. That’s what a man is supposed to be. He had the opportunity to show his daughter a loving committed relationship and he chose otherwise.
I’m sure Halle Berry shares some responsibility for the demise of her marriage, but honestly she really took it on the chin with Eric.

People tend to bash Eric for his affairs, but I say Heath Ledger made bigger mistakes, but because he’s White and dead he gets a pass. The man chose doing drugs over his woman and his child and all I ever read on this site is nothing but praise which I find ridiculous. Heath’s drug use when he moved to Soho was out of control which is what caused the break up between him and Michelle. He chose his drugs over his daughter.

Eric chose to cheat on Halle and paid with a very public bitter divorce. But Halle & Eric have very much moved on and I say good for both of them.

Message to India: Audition for American Idol…they’ll love you.