Editing Mark Mothersbaugh (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:Sundance Film Festival 2024 - DEVO - Anita Greenspan-104A2736.jpg|thumb|upright|Anita Greenspan at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival]]
At the age of seven, Mothersbaugh began wearing glasses to correct his severe [[myopia]] and [[astigmatism]]. Over the years, he took an interest in designing his own distinctive eyewear for use in Devo shows. He favored a set of stainless steel frames for regular use made by a Los Angeles shop called LA Eyeworks and says he purchased as many pairs as he could find because they tended to break or get stolen by fans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esquire.com/blogs/mens-fashion/eye-glasses-of-the-day-061110 |date=June 11, 2010 |author=Peskowitz, Josh |title=Eye Glasses of the Day: Mark Mothersbaugh's |access-date=June 20, 2010 |work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |archive-date=June 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615020041/http://www.esquire.com/blogs/mens-fashion/eye-glasses-of-the-day-061110 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="EW specs">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2014/10/02/mark-mothersbaugh-devo-eyewear |date=October 2, 2014 |author=Raymer, Miles |title=Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh on his new eyewear line, revisiting old work |access-date=September 7, 2015 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> In a joint venture with eyewear manufacturer Shane Baum, Mothersbaugh has designed his own branded frames for sale, made of beryllium with a stainless steel chrome finish, in three different styles as of 2015. The Baumvision press release states that the unisex model "Francesca" is named for one of Mothersbaugh's pug dogs which is a [[Hermaphrodite#Simultaneous hermaphrodites|simultaneous hermaphrodite]] that is also called Frank.<ref name="EW specs" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://baumvision.com/downloads/mm_pressrelease.pdf |title=Mothersbaugh Eyewear |access-date=September 7, 2015 |archive-date=May 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510111645/http://baumvision.com/downloads/mm_pressrelease.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a 2016 interview, Mothersbaugh mentioned having [[attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|attention deficit disorder]] (ADD).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Litt |first1=Steven |title=Q&A with Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh, whose "Myopia" show opens soon at two NEO museums (photos) |url=https://www.cleveland.com/arts/2016/05/qa_with_devo_co-founder.html |website=Cleveland |access-date=February 3, 2024 |date=May 13, 2016 |quote="I figured out a way to harness my ADD [attention deficit disorder] to my benefit," he said in a recent telephone interview. "I'm moving back and forth between visual and sonic projects all day."}}</ref>

He has been married twice. His first wife was actress Nancye Ferguson, who can be seen briefly performing with him in the 1999 superhero comedy film ''[[Mystery Men]]''. His current wife is Anita Greenspan, who runs the film music managing company Greenspan Kohan Management with Neil Kohan. The couple has two daughters from China, adopted after Greenspan learned of the practice in that country of female children being abandoned because of their gender.<ref name="MM family" />

Mothersbaugh is a collector and connoisseur of [[song poem]]s<ref>[http://www.nerdist.c:om/2011/10/nerdist-podcast-130-penn-teller/ NERDIST Podcast Episode 130]{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}: Penn & Teller; Penn discusses his involvement along with Mark & [[Tom Ardolino]] of [[NRBQ]] with collecting song poems (starting at 08:17 in the podcast).{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and unusual or vintage musical devices. He is the owner of [[Raymond Scott]]'s [[Electronium]] (although it is currently not functional).<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/OOO-HPHQUKg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20141201141216/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOO-HPHQUKg Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOO-HPHQUKg |title=Mutato Muzika: Diamonds in the Basement |medium=video |publisher=Gearwire |date=April 3, 2008 |access-date=September 30, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Mothersbaugh contracted [[COVID-19]] in May 2020, and was placed on a ventilator in an [[intensive care unit]] at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] for 18 days. In August 2020, Mothersbaugh recounted that he "nearly died" of the disease, and was in a delusional state while infected; he came to believe that he had been hospitalized after being hit by a brick in [[Little Tokyo, Los Angeles|Little Tokyo]], and repeatedly urged his family members to search for his attackers.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |title=Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh Says He Nearly Died From Covid-19 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/devos-mark-mothersbaugh-says-he-nearly-died-from-covid-19-1053433/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> He described having lasting [[neuropathic pain]] as a result of the illness.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Randall |title=Mark Mothersbaugh nearly died from COVID-19. FaceTiming with his family kept him alive |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-31/mark-mothersbaugh-devo-covid-19-coronavirus |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901012837/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-31/mark-mothersbaugh-devo-covid-19-coronavirus |url-status=live }}</ref> He also lost most of his vision in his right eye during the first few days in the ICU while intubated. The condition was determined not to have been caused by COVID and cannot be repaired. He says the eye's vision is now permanently blurred like what he saw as a child, and calls himself a "[[Cyclopes|cyclops]]".<ref name="cyclops">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/derekscancarelli/2024/06/10/mark-mothersbaughs-all-seeing-eye-devo-singer-on-vision-loss-and-visual-art-book/ |title=Mark Mothersbaugh's All-Seeing Eye: Devo Singer On Vision Loss And Visual Art Book |last=Scancarelli |first=Derek |magazine=[[Forbes]] |date=June 10, 2024 |accessdate=March 25, 2025}}</ref>

Mothersbaugh was once a member of the parody religion the [[Church of the SubGenius]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/the-church-of-the-subgenius-finally-plays-it-straight/|title=The Church of the SubGenius Finally Plays It Straight|date=November 2, 2017|website=[[Texas Monthly]]|access-date=January 19, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128221622/https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/the-church-of-the-subgenius-finally-plays-it-straight/|url-status=live}}</ref>