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==Personal life== Beck's nine-year relationship with designer Leigh Limon and their breakup is said to have inspired his 2002 album ''Sea Change''.<ref name="Salon">{{cite news | title = Guess I'm Doing Fine | date = October 2, 2002 | url = http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/music/feature/2002/10/02/beck/ | work = [[Salon.com]] | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071227182806/http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/music/feature/2002/10/02/beck/ | archive-date = December 27, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> He wrote most of the songs for the album one week after the breakup.<ref name="Time">{{cite news | title = Beck Gets (Kind of) Blue | date = September 22, 2002 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101020930-353545,00.html | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | access-date = December 3, 2007 | archive-date = October 27, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111027013610/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101020930-353545,00.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> In April 2004, Beck married actress [[Marissa Ribisi]], the twin sister of actor [[Giovanni Ribisi]], shortly before the birth of their son.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=April 26, 2008 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-93658028.html |title=Beck Marries Marissa Ribisi |publisher=United Press International |date=April 20, 2004 }}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="Spin">{{cite magazine | title = Beck Expecting Baby No. 2? | magazine = Spin | date = October 18, 2006 | url = https://www.spin.com/2006/10/beck-expecting-baby-no-2/ | access-date = July 13, 2008 | archive-date = May 31, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150531012020/http://www.spin.com/2006/10/beck-expecting-baby-no-2/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Their daughter was born in 2007.<ref name=nyt08/> Beck filed for divorce from Ribisi on February 15, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Singer Beck Files for Divorce From Wife of 14 Years |url=https://theblast.com/beck-divorce/ |website=The Blast |date=February 15, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153246/https://theblast.com/beck-divorce/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Their divorce was finalized on September 3, 2021.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Beck Finalizes Divorce from Wife Marissa Ribisi as Couple Divvies Up Possessions — Including Banksys|url=https://people.com/music/beck-finalizes-divorce-from-wife-marissa-ribisi-as-couple-divvies-up-possessions/|date=September 8, 2021|access-date=October 2, 2021|magazine=People|quote=The musician's divorce from wife Marissa Ribisi was finalized on Sept. 3, more than two years after he first filed for divorce in February 2019 after nearly 15 years of marriage}}</ref> Beck has described himself as both [[Jews|Jewish]]<ref name="Spin 2008-09" /> and a [[Scientologist]], but no longer identifies as the latter.<ref name="Sunday Tribune">{{cite web|last1=Dunphy|first1=Neil|title=A sort of homecoming|website=tribune.ie|url=http://www.tribune.ie/article/2005/jun/12/a-sort-of-homecoming/|publisher=Sunday Tribune|access-date=September 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915054237/http://www.tribune.ie/article/2005/jun/12/a-sort-of-homecoming/|archive-date=September 15, 2010|date=June 12, 2005|quote='Yeah, I'm a Scientologist,' Beck resumes…}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Through his parents, he has been involved in Scientology for most of his life; his ex-wife, Marissa, is also a second-generation Scientologist.<ref name="Celebrific">{{cite news|title=Scientologists Beck & Marissa Ribisi had their second child, daughter Tuesday in June 2007 |url=http://www.celebrific.com/scientologists-beck-marissa-ribisi-expecting-second-child/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121053102/http://www.celebrific.com/scientologists-beck-marissa-ribisi-expecting-second-child/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 21, 2007 |publisher=Celebrific }}</ref> He publicly acknowledged his affiliation for the first time in a ''[[The New York Times Magazine|New York Times Magazine]]'' interview on March 6, 2005.<ref name=nyt05/><ref name = :"ny"/> Further confirmation came in an interview with the ''[[Sunday Tribune]]'' in June 2005, where he stated, "Yeah, I'm a Scientologist. My father has been a Scientologist for about 35 years, so I grew up in and around it." Despite this, Beck disavowed previous reports of his being a Scientologist in a November 2019 interview with the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' and said, "I think there's a misconception that I'm a Scientologist. I'm not a Scientologist. I don't have any connection or affiliation with it."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/workaholic-beck-i-feel-a-little-guilty-if-something-s-too-easy-20191118-p53bnh.html|title='I think there's a misconception': musician Beck on Scientology|date=November 22, 2019|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122225700/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/workaholic-beck-i-feel-a-little-guilty-if-something-s-too-easy-20191118-p53bnh.html|archive-date=November 22, 2019|access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref> He added that "I was raised celebrating Jewish holidays, and I consider myself Jewish."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/11/22/beck-says-misconception-him-and-scientology/4277334002/|title=Beck says he's not a Scientologist after all: 'I think there's a misconception'|first=Charles|last=Trepany|website=Usatoday.com|access-date=September 17, 2020|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127215909/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/11/22/beck-says-misconception-him-and-scientology/4277334002/|url-status=live}}</ref> Beck's mother is artist/writer/performer [[Bibbe Hansen]], a former [[Andy Warhol]] [[The Factory]] collaborator.<ref name="Bibbe Hansen, bio">{{Cite web|url=https://bibbe.com/wp/bio/|title=Bio – Welcome|website=Bibbe.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://warholstars.org/superstars.html|title=Andy Warhol Superstars|website=Warholstars.org}}</ref> His siblings are [[fiber artist]] Channing Hansen (born in 1972 in Los Angeles)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stephenfriedman.com/artists/40-channing-hansen/|title=Channing Hansen|website=Stephenfriedman.com}}</ref> and poet Rain Whittaker.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rogovoyreport.com/2016/02/16/lydia-lunch-bibbe-hansen-spotty-dog/ |title="Lydia Lunch and Bibbe Hansen (aka Beck's Mom) to Read at Spotty Dog" |magazine=The Rogovoy Report |date=February 16, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Bibbe Hansen, bio"/> Beck sustained a spinal injury while filming the music video for 2005's "[[E-Pro]]". The incident was severe enough to curtail his touring schedule for a few years, but he has since recovered.<ref name="Future Heart"/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beck-details-spinal-injury-that-nearly-ended-his-touring-career-20140314 |title=Beck Details Spinal Injury That Nearly Ended His Touring Career |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=March 14, 2014 |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813114315/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beck-details-spinal-injury-that-nearly-ended-his-touring-career-20140314 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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