Editing Smokey Robinson (section)

==Personal life==
Robinson married a fellow Miracles member, [[Claudette Rogers Robinson|Claudette Rogers]], in 1959. The couple had two children: a son, Berry Robinson (born 1968), named after Motown's founder [[Berry Gordy]], and a daughter, Tamla Robinson (born 1971), named after the original "Tamla" label set up by Gordy that would eventually become Motown.

According to Robinson, he had affairs with multiple women while married to Claudette, among them an approximately year-long affair with [[Diana Ross]]. According to Robinson, Ross ended it because she felt uncomfortable as she was friends with Claudette, whom Robinson admitted he still loved. (A representative for Ross had no comment on Robinson's claim.) Robinson says that [[Polyamory|loving multiple people]] in that way simultaneously is natural.<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|website=TODAY.com}}</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'|first=Rania|last=Aniftos|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=April 28, 2023}}</ref>

Robinson also had a son named Trey (born 1984) with another woman during his marriage to Claudette. After Robinson admitted to having fathered a child with a woman other than his wife, he filed for [[legal separation]] and later filed for divorce that was finalized in 1986. The Robinsons had also separated in 1974 and during that separation, Robinson engaged in an extramarital affair that inspired the song "The Agony & The Ecstasy" (later featured on ''[[A Quiet Storm]]'').<ref name="Company1989">{{cite news| title=Smokey Robinson Reveals How Infidelity And Drugs Destroyed His Marriage| magazine=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]| url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=0csDAAAAMBAJ |page=150}}|date=May 1989| pages=148–154| issn=0012-9011}}</ref>

Robinson married Frances Gladney in May 2002. They own a home in [[Pittsburgh]] and use it as a [[winery]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSWgIQt6izg&ab_channel=CBSPittsburgh| title=Smokey Robinson Teams With Pittsburgh's Engine House 25 Wines| date=October 22, 2018| website=[[KDKA-TV|KDKA News]]| via=YouTube}}</ref>

Robinson has not eaten red meat since 1972.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news| last1=McLean| first1=Craig| date=September 7, 2014| title=Smokey Robinson interview: 'God saved me from cocaine'| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/11077737/Smokey-Robinson-interview-God-saved-me-from-cocaine.html| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/11077737/Smokey-Robinson-interview-God-saved-me-from-cocaine.html| archive-date=January 11, 2022| url-access=subscription| url-status=live| newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| location=London| access-date=September 14, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He practices [[Transcendental Meditation technique|Transcendental Meditation]].<ref name=telegraph/><ref>{{cite book| last1=Gluck| first1=Bob| title=You'll Know When You Get There: Herbie Hancock and the Mwandishi Band| url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=MeTpCQosic0C|page=229}}| publisher=The University of Chicago Press| date=August 15, 2012| access-date=September 14, 2014| page=229| isbn=978-0-2263-0004-7}}</ref> Robinson has golden green eyes, which he believes were passed down from his French great-grandmother.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/6400006/Smokey-Robinson-interview.html| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/6400006/Smokey-Robinson-interview.html| archive-date=January 11, 2022| url-access=subscription| url-status=live| title=Smokey Robinson interview| first=Lisa| last=Sweetingham| newspaper=The Daily Telegraph| date=October 21, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Beginning in November 2023, Robinson is the current owner and host of the [[SiriusXM]] channel ''Soul Town'', a station that plays R&B and soul hits from the 1950s to the early 1980s. Released under the banner ''Smokey's Soul Town'', Robinson occasionally appears on the channel, recalling his best moments with Motown and meeting other artists as well as pick his favorite songs during that time period.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/11/08/smokey-robinson-launches-smokeys-soul-town-station-on-siriusxm-radio/71507728007/|title=Smokey Robinson launches Smokey's Soul Town station on SiriusXM radio|website=The Detroit News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_784ca535394ed7b9bdea600067f17dd9/siriusxm/news/2023-11-08_Smokey_Robinson_to_Launch_Exclusive_SiriusXM_2008.pdf|title=Smokey Robinso to Launch Exclusive Sirius XM}}</ref>

===2025 sexual assault allegations===
On May 6, 2025, it was reported that Robinson and his wife were being sued by four former female housekeepers who were alleging sexual battery, assault and false imprisonment from 2012 to 2024. The women are asking for a trial with general damages for several allegations of no less than $50 million. The women also claimed that Robinson's wife Frances created a hostile work environment by using "ethnically pejorative words and language." The women said that they did not take action against Robinson prior to 2025 for fear of losing their livelihood, familial reprisal or embarrassment. Some of the women were fearful it could affect their immigration status.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/smokey-robinson-sued-for-50-million-sexual-assault-battery-1236388996/| title=Smokey Robinson Sued by Former Female Employees Alleging Sexual Assault and Battery| date=May 6, 2025| website=[[variety (magazine)|Variety]]| via=Variety}}</ref> Robinson has denied the allegations. According to a statement from his lawyer, Christopher Frost, "the evidence will show that this is simply an ugly method of trying to extract money from an 85-year-old American icon".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/smokey-robinson-denies-sexual-assault-allegations-1236210663/|title=Smokey Robinson Denies “Vile, False” Sexual Assault Allegations, Lawyer Says Suit Is an Attempt to “Extract Money From an American Icon”|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 7, 2025|access-date=May 8, 2025}}</ref> On May 15, 2025, it was reported that Robinson was under criminal investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Robinson's lawyer responded to the investigation by saying "It is clear to us what is happening here. Plaintiffs filed a police report only after they filed a $50 million lawsuit. This means only that the police are now required to investigate."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/smokey-robinson-denies-sexual-assault-allegations-1236210663/|title=Smokey Robinson under criminal investigation after sexual abuse lawsuit|website=[[USA Today]]|date=May 15, 2025|access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref>