Editing Wil Wheaton (section)

==Personal life==
Wheaton married Anne Prince on November 7, 1999,<ref>{{cite web|last=Wheaton|first=Wil|title=Fourteen years ago today|date=November 7, 2013 |url=http://wilwheaton.net/2013/11/fourteen-years-ago-today/}}</ref> and lives in [[Arcadia, California]], with her and her two sons from a previous relationship.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news|author=Wilson, Dave|title=A Trekkie, and a Techie|date=October 4, 2001|work= The [[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]]|page =T.2|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-04-tt-53182-story.html|quote= He lives with his wife and two children in Arcadia.}}</ref> Wheaton legally adopted both sons at their request when they reached the age of majority.<ref name="youtube1">{{cite web|title=Wil Wheaton on Trauma, Depression, & Self-Discovery (Bialik Breakdown)|last=Wheaton|first=Wil|website=YouTube |date=April 27, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwvHcWvpibM&t=3908s| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/AwvHcWvpibM| archive-date=October 30, 2021|access-date=July 14, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Wheaton was roommates with [[Chris Hardwick]] while Chris attended [[UCLA]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Wheaton |first=Wil |date=November 6, 2019 |title=the golden apples of the Hesperides |url=https://wilw.medium.com/the-golden-apples-of-the-hesperides-92e109efef13 |access-date=November 6, 2019 |work=Medium}}</ref> They met at a showing of ''[[Arachnophobia (film)|Arachnophobia]]'' in Burbank, California.<ref name="nerdist63" />

Wheaton has struggled with alcohol addiction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/05/25/stand-by-me-actor-wil-wheaton-suicidal-thoughts/9934345002/|title=Wil Wheaton discusses childhood fame, feeling suicidal as a teen: 'I am a survivor'|website=USA TODAY|last=Segarra|first=Ed |date=May 25, 2022}}</ref> In January 2021, Wheaton announced he had been sober from alcohol for five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/wil-wheaton-five-years-sober/|title=Wil Wheaton Celebrates Five Years of Sobriety With Reflective, Emotional Facebook Post|date=January 12, 2021|website=CBR}}</ref>

Wheaton lives with [[complex post-traumatic stress disorder]],<ref name="auto3">{{Citation |title=Wil Wheaton: Trauma, Depression & Self-Discovery | date=April 27, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwvHcWvpibM |language=en |access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref> [[generalized anxiety disorder]],<ref name="auto3" /><ref name="auto4">{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@wilw/my-name-is-wil-wheaton-i-live-with-chronic-depression-and-generalized-anxiety-i-am-not-ashamed-8f693f9c0af1|title=My name is Wil Wheaton. I Live With Chronic Depression and Generalized Anxiety. I Am Not Ashamed.|last=Wheaton|first=Wil|date=June 1, 2018|website=Medium}}</ref> and [[chronic depression]].<ref name="auto3" /><ref name="auto4" /> He supports mental health nonprofit organizations in raising awareness for these conditions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/07/08/mental_illness_wil_wheaton_and_dealing_with_depression.html|title=Oh, Right, I Can Be a Person Now|author=Phil Plait|publisher=Slate.com|date=July 8, 2015|access-date=April 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="auto4" />

He criticized [[Dave Chappelle]] for making jokes about transgender people during Chappelle's comedy film ''[[The Closer (2021 film)|The Closer]]''. Wheaton said popular comics had influenced him to think homophobic humor was acceptable when he was young.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-wil-wheaton-actor-slams-netflix-dave-chappelle-headlining-joke-festival-1657770 | title=Actor Wil Wheaton Slams Netflix, Chappelle for Headlining Joke Festival | website=[[Newsweek]] | date=December 9, 2021 }}</ref>

In 2022, Wheaton participated in ''[[Celebrity Jeopardy! (2022 TV series)|Celebrity Jeopardy!]]'', playing for the [[National Women's Law Center]]. He reached the finals, defeating [[Troian Bellisario]] and [[Hasan Minhaj]] in the quarterfinals, and [[John Michael Higgins]] and [[Joel Kim Booster]] in the semifinals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Celebrity Jeopardy! {{!}} Jeopardy.com |url=https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-zone/2022/celebrity-jeopardy |access-date=November 14, 2022 |website=www.jeopardy.com |language=en}}</ref> He finished in third place, behind winner [[Ike Barinholtz]] and runner-up [[Patton Oswalt]], earning $100,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenbloom |first=Alli |date=February 3, 2023 |title='Celebrity Jeopardy' crowns new champion |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/03/entertainment/celebrity-jeopardy-finale-winner/index.html |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

===Politics===

Wheaton campaigned for [[Hillary Clinton]] in the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 general election]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Star Trek Actor Wil Wheaton to Campaign for Hillary Clinton in Michigan |url=http://wchbnewsdetroit.newsone.com/3194580/star-trek-actor-wil-wheaton-to-campaign-for-hillary-clinton-in-michigan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027060612/http://wchbnewsdetroit.newsone.com/3194580/star-trek-actor-wil-wheaton-to-campaign-for-hillary-clinton-in-michigan/ |archive-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref>

Immediately following the [[Sutherland Springs church shooting]] on November 5, 2017, Wheaton on Twitter stated in response to Congressman [[Paul Ryan]]'s call for [[thoughts and prayers|prayers for the victims]] that, "The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they'd still be alive, you worthless sack of shit."<ref>{{cite tweet |number=927284357609353218 |user=wilw |title=The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they'd still be alive, you worthless sack of shit. |author=Wil 'stop enabling the Nazis' Wheaton |date=November 5, 2017}}</ref> Wheaton subsequently clarified his opinion after receiving criticism, writing, "I apologize to those of you who are sincere people of Faith, who felt attacked by me," but accused "the right wing noise machine" of using his comments "to deflect attention and anger away from the role that unfettered access to weapons of mass murder played in the latest incidence of mass murder in America."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wheaton |first1=Wil |date=November 6, 2017 |title=point of clarification |url=http://wilwheaton.net/2017/11/point-of-clarification/ |access-date=November 6, 2017 |website=Wil Wheaton dot Net}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Borchers |first1=Callum |date=November 6, 2017 |title=What prayer shamers get wrong (and right) about Christianity |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/06/what-prayer-shamers-misunderstand-about-christianity-and-what-they-get-right/ |access-date=November 6, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=November 5, 2017 |title=Wil Wheaton angers people of faith with furious tweet at Paul Ryan |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/wil-wheaton-angers-people-of-faith-with-furious-tweet-at-paul-ryan |access-date=November 6, 2017 |website=Fox News}}</ref>

In September 2024, Wheaton joined other actors from the [[Star Trek]] franchise on a livestream to support the campaign of Vice President [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |date=September 24, 2024 |title=Wonder Woman brings us Geeks for Harris tonight |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/24/2272630/-Wonder-Woman-brings-us-Geeks-for-Harris-tonight |access-date=September 25, 2024 |publisher=Daily KOs}}</ref>