Editing Whoopi Goldberg (section)

==Personal life==
Goldberg has been married three times. She was married to drug counselor Alvin Martin from 1973 to 1979;<ref name="bet-2011">{{cite news|last=Reeves|first=Marcus|url=https://www.bet.com/article/x6zbe6/goldberg-admits-she-never-loved-her-husbands|title=Whoopi Goldberg Admits She Never Loved Her Husbands|date=April 14, 2011|publisher=[[BET]]|access-date=December 4, 2012|archive-date=January 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113071651/http://www.bet.com/news/celebrities/2011/04/14/-whoopi-goldberg-admits-she-never-loved-her-husbands.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sfchronicle">{{cite news|first=Laurie|last=I|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2010/02/18/whoopi-goldberg-rules-out-marriage|title=Whoopi Goldberg rules out marriage|date=February 18, 2010|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=December 4, 2012|archive-date=May 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510210558/http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2010/02/18/whoopi-goldberg-rules-out-marriage/|url-status=live}}</ref> to cinematographer [[David Claessen]] from 1986 to 1988;<ref name="sfchronicle" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/69f85f940e9c55a5f9c6983c5ee97fb8|title=Names in the News|date=October 6, 1988|work=Associated Press News|access-date=December 4, 2012|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116133633/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1988/Names-In-The-News/id-69f85f940e9c55a5f9c6983c5ee97fb8|url-status=live}}</ref> and to union organizer Lyle Trachtenberg from 1994 to 1995.<ref name="sfchronicle" /> She has had live-in relationships with actor [[Frank Langella]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Whoopi makes her move, sends Langella packing|first=Mitchell|last=Fink|date=March 13, 2000|work=[[New York Daily News]]|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/477950284/}}</ref> and playwright David Schein.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nemy|first=Enid|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/21/theater/whoopi-s-ready-but-is-broadway.html|title=Whoopi's Ready, But Is Broadway?|date=October 21, 1984|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Her other ex-boyfriends include businessman Michael Visbal,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2001/10/18/whoopi_goldberg|title=Whoopi Goldberg Becomes First Womant to Receive Mark Twain Comedy Award|date=October 18, 2001|work=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]}}</ref> orthodontist Jeffrey Cohen,<ref>{{cite news|title=Whoopi, Ted Danson Issue Joint Statement Revealing They're No Longer an Item|date=November 22, 1993|work=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]|page=16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16}}</ref> camera operator Edward Gold,<ref>{{cite news|title=The Whoopi Goldberg Nobody Knows|date=March 1991|work=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]|page=116|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA116}}</ref> and actors [[Timothy Dalton]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/72881%7C0/Whoopi-Goldberg/#family-companions|title=Family & Companions|work=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> and [[Ted Danson]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hayward|first=Jeff|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-05-23/features/9305230087_1_ted-danson-whoopi-goldberg-black|title=Sparks Fly As Whoopi (and Ted) Talk About Family, Race, Comedy|date=May 23, 1993|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=December 4, 2012|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116124342/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-05-23/features/9305230087_1_ted-danson-whoopi-goldberg-black|url-status=dead}}</ref> Danson controversially appeared in [[blackface]] during his 1993 [[New York Friars Club|Friars Club]] roast; Goldberg wrote some of his jokes for the event and defended Danson after a media furor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/why-whoopi-goldberg-wasnt-offended-by-ted-dansons-blackface-routine-in-the-slightest.html/ |title=Why Whoopi Goldberg Wasn't Offended by Ted Danson's Blackface Routine in the Slightest |work=Showbiz Cheatsheet |last=Schaal |first=Eric |date=July 19, 2019 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=September 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903185835/https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/why-whoopi-goldberg-wasnt-offended-by-ted-dansons-blackface-routine-in-the-slightest.html/ }}</ref>

She has stated that she has no plans to marry again: "Some people are not meant to be married and I am not meant to. I'm sure it is wonderful for lots of people."<ref name="sfchronicle" /> In a 2011 interview with [[Piers Morgan]], she explained that she was never in love with the men she married<ref>{{cite news|last=Harp|first=Justin|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/celebrity/news/a314596/whoopi-goldberg-never-loved-ex-husbands.html|title=Whoopi Goldberg 'never loved' ex-husbands|date=April 14, 2011|website=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=December 4, 2012|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116133705/http://www.digitalspy.com/celebrity/news/a314596/whoopi-goldberg-never-loved-ex-husbands.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and commented: "You have to really be committed to them...I don't have that commitment. I'm committed to my family."<ref name="bet-2011"/>

On May 9, 1974, Goldberg gave birth to a daughter, [[Alex Martin (actress)|Alexandrea Martin]], who also became an actress and producer.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tafoya|first=Eddie|year=2011|title=Icons of African American Comedy|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0313380846|page=177|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Avog22r5OysC&pg=PA177}}</ref> Through her daughter, Goldberg has three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Keegan|first1=Kayla|url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a24513569/the-view-whoopi-goldberg-grandchildren/|title='The View' Host Whoopi Goldberg's Grandchildren Gave Her the Cutest Nickname|work=[[Good Housekeeping]]|date=November 1, 2018|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=September 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929135903/https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a24513569/the-view-whoopi-goldberg-grandchildren/|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 29, 2010, Goldberg's mother, Emma Johnson, died after having a stroke.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20431473,00.html|title=Whoopi Goldberg 'Still Processing' Mother's Death|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=October 3, 2010|access-date=May 19, 2014|archive-date=April 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401235346/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20431473,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She left London at the time, where she had been performing in the musical ''Sister Act'', but returned to perform on October 22, 2010. In 2015, Goldberg's brother Clyde died of a [[brain aneurysm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/whoopi-goldberg-returns-view-brothers-796816|title=Whoopi Goldberg Returns to 'The View' After Brother's Death, Takes Shot at 'Vanity Fair' Article (Video)|last1=Lewis|first1=Hilary|date=May 19, 2015|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=March 3, 2016|archive-date=February 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219023519/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/whoopi-goldberg-returns-view-brothers-796816|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1991, Goldberg spoke out about her [[abortion]] in ''[[The Choices We Made: Twenty-Five Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion]]''. In that book, she spoke about [[Self-induced abortion|using a coat hanger to terminate a pregnancy]] at age 14.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/opinion/sunday/abortion-kennedy-supreme-court.html|title=Opinion—Let's Talk About My Abortion (and Yours)|last=Leive|first=Cindi|author-link1=Cindi Leive|date=June 30, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 27, 2019|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403183743/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/opinion/sunday/abortion-kennedy-supreme-court.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She said she had had six or seven abortions by the age of 25 and that birth control pills failed to stop several of her pregnancies.<ref name="Charen">{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-12-20-1995354015-story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114101616/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-12-20-1995354015-story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 14, 2019|title=Time to do it my way}}</ref> After the [[2022 Kansas abortion referendum]], Goldberg claimed that [[God in Christianity|God]] would support [[abortion rights]] because he gave women [[freedom of choice]].<ref>{{Cite news|website=USA Today|url=https://usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/08/04/whoopi-goldberg-elisabeth-hasselbeck-abortion-religion-god/10233432002/|title=Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck debate God's position on abortion on 'The View'|date=August 4, 2022|last=Ushe|first=Naledi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815083202/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/08/04/whoopi-goldberg-elisabeth-hasselbeck-abortion-religion-god/10233432002/|archive-date=August 15, 2022}}</ref>

Goldberg has stated that she was once a "functioning" drug addict.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Tucker|first1=Ken|author-link1=Ken Tucker|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/02/02/whoopi-goldberg-drugs-charlie-sheen-the-view/|title=Whoopi Goldberg cites her own past drug addiction discussing Charlie Sheen as an 'alcoholic, drug user' on 'The View'|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=February 2, 2011|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=April 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419232126/https://ew.com/article/2011/02/02/whoopi-goldberg-drugs-charlie-sheen-the-view/|url-status=live}}</ref> She has stated that she smoked marijuana before accepting the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] award for ''Ghost'' in 1991.<ref>{{cite news|last=Moody|first=Mike|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/celebrity/news/a310929/goldberg-i-smoked-pot-before-oscar-win.html|title=Goldberg: 'I smoked pot before Oscar win'|date=March 24, 2011|website=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=December 4, 2012|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116133632/http://www.digitalspy.com/celebrity/news/a310929/goldberg-i-smoked-pot-before-oscar-win.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Byrne|first=Alla|url=https://people.com/celebrity/whoopi-goldberg-i-smoked-pot-before-my-oscar-speech/|title=Whoopi Goldberg: I Smoked Pot Before My Oscar Speech|date=March 24, 2011|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=October 30, 2019|archive-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030211436/https://people.com/celebrity/whoopi-goldberg-i-smoked-pot-before-my-oscar-speech/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Goldberg has [[dyslexia]].<ref name=dis>{{cite news|last1=Slipper|first1=Dan|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/features/high_achieving_dyslexics.shtml|title=The dyslexia factor|publisher=BBC|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=March 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303090908/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/features/high_achieving_dyslexics.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> She has lived in [[Llewellyn Park]], a neighborhood in [[West Orange, New Jersey]], saying she moved there to be able to be outside in private.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2019/11/whoopi-goldberg-on-living-in-nj-dodging-politics-everybodys-inundated-marijuana-and-atlantic-city.html|title=Whoopi Goldberg on living in N.J., dodging politics—'everybody's inundated'—marijuana and Atlantic City|first=Amy|last=Kuperinsky|date=November 10, 2019|website=[[NJ.com]]|access-date=November 11, 2019|archive-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111084227/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2019/11/whoopi-goldberg-on-living-in-nj-dodging-politics-everybodys-inundated-marijuana-and-atlantic-city.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She maintains an additional summer residence on the coast of [[Sardinia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=Jazmine |date=2022-09-28 |title=Whoopi Goldberg Will Not Shut Up, Thank You Very Much |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/magazine/whoopi-goldberg.html |access-date=2022-09-28 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She has expressed a preference for defining herself by the gender-neutral term "actor" rather than "actress", saying: "An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor—I can play anything."<ref name="guardian"/> In March 2019, Goldberg revealed that she had been battling [[pneumonia]] and [[sepsis]], which caused her to take a leave of absence from ''The View''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/05/20/whoopi-goldberg-the-view-doctors-raise-awareness-pneumonia-dangers/3746285002/|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|last=Henderson|first=Cydney|title='The View': Whoopi Goldberg's doctors reveal she had a 30% chance of dying from pneumonia|date=May 20, 2019|access-date=March 8, 2020|archive-date=March 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302204457/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/05/20/whoopi-goldberg-the-view-doctors-raise-awareness-pneumonia-dangers/3746285002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On a season 9 episode of ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', featuring [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] tight end [[Tony Gonzalez]], it was revealed Goldberg and Gonzalez are distant cousins.<ref>{{cite web |title=The View Co-Hosts Have a Group Text Thread but Whoopi Goldberg Keeps Removing Herself: 'I'm Busy' |url=https://people.com/whoopi-goldberg-keeps-departing-the-view-co-host-group-chat-8551771 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>