Editing Diana Ross (section)

==Personal life==
===Relationships and family===
Ross has been married twice and has five children. Ross became romantically involved with Motown CEO [[Berry Gordy]] in 1965. The relationship lasted several years, resulting in the birth of Ross's eldest child, [[Rhonda Ross Kendrick|Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein]], in August 1971. Two months into her pregnancy with Rhonda, in January 1971, Ross married music executive [[Robert Ellis Silberstein]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1232238/listen-15-songs-showcasing-diana-ross-as-she-celebrates-her-70th/ |title=LISTEN: 15 songs showcasing Diana Ross as she celebrates her 70th |publisher=Globalnews.ca |date=March 26, 2014 |access-date=July 15, 2015 |archive-date=July 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715205253/http://globalnews.ca/news/1232238/listen-15-songs-showcasing-diana-ross-as-she-celebrates-her-70th/ |url-status=live }}</ref> who raised Rhonda as his own daughter, despite knowing her true paternity. Ross told Rhonda that Gordy was her biological father when Rhonda was 13 years old. Beforehand, Rhonda referred to Gordy as "Uncle B.B."

Ross has two daughters with Silberstein, [[Tracee Ellis Ross|Tracee Joy Silberstein (Tracee Ellis Ross)]] and Chudney Lane Silberstein, born in 1972 and 1975, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20066087,00.html|title=Mr. & Mrs. Diana Ross?|access-date=September 1, 2014|date=January 26, 1976|work=People|first=Robert|last=Windeler|archive-date=September 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903121403/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20066087,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Ross and Silberstein divorced in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20072719,00.html|title=Showbiz Wiz|access-date=September 1, 2014|date=January 15, 1979|work=People|first=Kristin|last=McMurran|archive-date=September 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903121401/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20072719,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, [[Smokey Robinson]] said in an interview that he and Ross had an affair lasting approximately one year while Robinson was married to his first wife, Claudette. According to Robinson, Ross ended the affair as Robinson admitted to still being in love with Claudette, a friend of Ross's. When asked about Robinson's story, Ross's representative had no comment.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.today.com/popculture/news/smokey-robinson-affair-diana-ross-rcna82043 | title=Smokey Robinson says he had an affair with Diana Ross, and that she ended it | date=April 28, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/smokey-robinson-diana-ross-affair-1235317468/ | title=Smokey Robinson Reveals He Had a Year-Long Affair with Diana Ross: 'She's a Beautiful Lady' | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref>

Ross dated [[Gene Simmons]], bassist and co-lead singer for the band [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], from 1980 to 1983.<ref name="SimmonsMirror">{{cite web |url=http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/gene-simmons-i-horny-14-year-old-5801685 |title=Gene Simmons: 'I was a horny 14-year-old boy in the body of a man' |newspaper=Irish Mirror|date=June 1, 2015|first=Emma|last=Jones|access-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-date=April 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420045649/http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/gene-simmons-i-horny-14-year-old-5801685|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ross met her second husband, Norwegian shipping magnate [[Arne Næss Jr.]], in 1985, and married him the following year. She became stepmother to his three elder children; Katinka, Christoffer, and folk singer [[Leona Naess]]. They have two sons together: Ross Arne (born in 1987) and [[Evan Ross|Evan Olav]] (born in 1988).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Voland |first=John |last2=Valle |first2=Victor |date=1987-10-09 |title=POP/ROCK - Oct. 9, 1987 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-09-ca-8542-story.html |access-date=2024-06-18 |work=LA Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-26-mn-1172-story.html|title=Diana Ross Has Baby Boy|date=August 26, 1988|agency=[[Associated Press]]|via=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 30, 2020|archive-date=April 30, 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200430195752/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-26-mn-1172-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Ross and Næss divorced in 2000, after press reports revealed that Næss had fathered a child with another woman in Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2004/11/16/a-suburban-mom-diana-ross-at-60/|title=A 'suburban mom': Diana Ross at 60|access-date=September 1, 2014|date=November 16, 2004|work=Chicago Tribune|first=Allison|last=Stewart|archive-date=September 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903122756/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-11-16/features/0411160071_1_diana-ross-mix-of-older-fans-jail-time|url-status=live}}</ref> Ross considers Næss the love of her life.<ref name="Oprah25-93">{{Cite episode |title=Supreme Icon Diana Ross, Her 5 Children and Show-Stopping Performance |series=The Oprah Winfrey Show |date=February 25, 2011 |season=25 |number=93}}</ref> Næss fell to his death in a South African mountain climbing accident in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3395831.stm|title=Ross' ex-husband fell to his death|access-date=September 1, 2014|date=January 14, 2004|work=BBC|archive-date=November 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129134810/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3395831.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Ross remains close with her three ex-stepchildren.

Ross has seven grandchildren.<ref>[https://bibliogram.pussthecat.org/p/BGX7UkWRHhS Non-loginwalled link at bibliogram.pussthecat.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222193108/https://bibliogram.pussthecat.org/p/BGX7UkWRHhS |date=December 22, 2021 }}: {{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BGX7UkWRHhS/|title=Instagram post by @kimberly_ryan • Jun 8, 2016 at 12:45&nbsp;am UTC|website=Instagram|access-date=July 18, 2016|archive-date=September 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909235755/https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a29430157/diana-ross-kids/|title=Diana Ross has Five Children and Says She "Has So Much to Be Proud of"|access-date=December 7, 2019|date=October 16, 2019|work=Oprah Magazine|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208025400/https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a29430157/diana-ross-kids/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/pic-meet-diana-ross-just-born-granddaughter-callaway-lane-2012229m|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140901181058/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/pic-meet-diana-ross-just-born-granddaughter-callaway-lane-2012229m|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 1, 2014|title=Meet Diana Ross' Just-Born Granddaughter Callaway Lane!|access-date=September 1, 2014|date=September 22, 2012|work=Us Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/07/31/ashlee-simpson-welcomes-daughter-jagger-snow-evan-ross/|title=Evan Ross and Ashlee Simpson Welcome Daughter Jagger Snow|access-date=August 1, 2015|date=July 31, 2015|work=People|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190003/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/07/31/ashlee-simpson-welcomes-daughter-jagger-snow-evan-ross/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Religious views===
Ross was raised in the [[Baptists|Baptist]] church. According to her 1993 autobiography, ''Secrets of a Sparrow'',<ref name="Secrets1993">{{cite book |title=Secrets of a Sparrow |isbn=0679428569 }}</ref> her initial performances were in the Bessemer Baptist Church of [[Bessemer, Alabama]], led by her maternal grandfather, Pastor William Moten, who (with his wife) raised her and her siblings there during their mother's bouts with [[tuberculosis]].

===2002 arrest===
Ross was arrested for [[Driving under the influence|DUI]] on December 30, 2002, in [[Tucson, Arizona]], while undergoing substance abuse treatment at a local rehabilitation facility.<ref>{{cite news|last=Peterson|first=Todd|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,627727,00.html|title=Diana Ross Gets Jail Time for DUI – Diana Ross|work=People|access-date=December 27, 2013|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210029/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,627727,00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> She later served a two-day sentence near her Connecticut estate.<ref name="Eonline2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/46840/diana-ross-does-time|title=Diana Ross Does Time|newspaper=Eonline.com|date=February 13, 2004|first=Lia|last=Haberman|access-date=April 19, 2017|archive-date=April 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420051732/http://www.eonline.com/news/46840/diana-ross-does-time |url-status=live}}</ref>