Inside Whoopi Goldberg's VERY 騒然とした love life as she breaks her silence on sexuality 噂するs - from three failed marriages to a 'painful' 事件／事情／状勢 with Ted Danson... before she swore off romance FOR GOOD

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Whoopi Goldberg has made no secret of the fact that she's 'much happier' 存在 選び出す／独身 and has no 願望（する） to live with someone ever again, but The 見解（をとる） host is certainly no stranger to romance.

The 67-year-old TV host has not only walked 負かす／撃墜する the aisle a total of three times, she's enjoyed some high-profile 関係s with fellow actors Timothy Dalton and Ted Danson, and even had a live-in boyfriend up until 2000.

In 最近の years though, Whoopi has made it （疑いを）晴らす that she 'doesn't want to live with anybody' and has 明言する／公表するd that 存在 選び出す／独身 is her personal choice.

Commenting on the idea of entering a 関係 again, Whoopi - whose real 指名する is?Caryn Elaine Johnson - said 支援する in 2019: 'For me, there is a かかわり合い. When you make a かかわり合い to someone else, it's a かかわり合い to ask their opinion and listen and work it out with them. I don't want to do that. I don't want to 株 money. I know it's terrible, but I don't want to do it.'?

Speaking during the 外見 on?The Tamron Hall Show, she 追加するd: 'People keep 説, "井戸／弁護士席, you'll find somebody". I'm not looking for anyone. I am very happy.'

Her choice: Whoopi Goldberg has made no secret of the fact that she's 'much happier' 存在 選び出す／独身

No more weddings: The 67-year-old 以前 said that getting 離婚d was 'expensive and boring'

On 空気／公表する: Whoopi 定期的に 株 her thoughts on 関係s when hosting The 見解（をとる）

More recently, Whoopi 株d her thoughts on marriage during an episode of The 見解（をとる） and 認める?she was 'dancing and prancing' every 選び出す／独身 time her 関係s ended in 離婚.

Whoopi has been 離婚d a total of three times, with her final marriage to union 組織者 Lyle Trachtenberg ending in 1995.

The Ghost actor 認める that by the time her third marriage was over, she felt it was 'getting expensive and boring', hinting that this is one major 推論する／理由 she has never said 'I do' again.

Speaking with her co-hosts on the ABC program on August 1, she said: 'I was dancing and prancing around, I was so glad to get out of there! Every time! Because I always knew, I always thought, "you didn't want to do this from the giddyap! You knew you didn't want to do it and you did it anyway so shut up and move on!"'?

Having seemingly been 選び出す／独身 for many years now, Whoopi has been 疫病／悩ますd by 噂するs regarding her sexuality and many questioned if she was a lesbian.

However, during an interview with?Raven-Symon? on The Best Podcast Ever, Whoopi shut 負かす／撃墜する those 噂するs after her former co-host told her: 'You give me lesbian vibes!'< /p>

'Women have been asking me this for as long as I've been around, I am not a lesbian. But I know lots of them, and I've played them on television,' Whoopi said.

She continued: 'But I have always had lesbian friends because they're just my friends,' before 解任するing a conversation she had with one of her pals.

'I'm not gonna kiss you, but I'll kiss you over here, I'll do this but I'm not going to do this... And they're like, "承認する!"' she explained.

So, as Whoopi 始める，決めるs the 記録，記録的な／記録する straight about her sexuality,?DailyMail.com takes a look 支援する at her past loves, failed romances, and everything she's said in regard to those lesbian 噂するs.

Tying the knot at 18: Before she was famous, Whoopi married her 麻薬 助言者／カウンセラー, but sadly the six-year marriage ended in 離婚 in 1979

Throwback: Whoopi, pictured here in 1983, was married to her first husband in the 70s before she 設立する fame

Mother and daughter: The 見解（をとる） host 株 her only child, daughter Alexandrea, with her first husband Alvin ツバメ

Finding fame: Whoopi pictured in 1986, the year she starred in the comedy?Jumpin' Jack Flash

Before she 設立する fame onstage and onscreen, Whoopi said 'I do' to a man 指名するd Alvin ツバメ in 1973.

によれば 報告（する）／憶測s, Alvin was working as a 麻薬 助言者／カウンセラー at the time and that's how he and Whoopi met.?

In May 1974, the couple?welcomed a daughter 指名するd Alexandrea, who now 作品 as an actor and 生産者.

Sadly, Whoopi's first marriage wasn't meant to be and she and Alvin got 離婚d in 1979 - and the Ghost actor has since 認める that she only got married because she was 適合するing to what society 推定する／予想するd her to be doing.

Speaking in an interview with Piers Morgan in April 2011, Whoopi explained: 'I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to feel normal, and it seemed to be that if I was married, I'd have a much more normal life. But 明確に that's not the 事例／患者, that's not a good 推論する／理由 to get married.

'You have to 現実に want a life with someone through ups and 負かす／撃墜するs and I discovered that wasn't for me,' she 追加するd.

During the same conversation, Whoopi 明らかにする／漏らすd she's only ever been in love with one man in her life - and it's not anyone the public know.

Second 試みる／企てる: Whoopi spent two years married to a cinematographer during the 早期に days of her film career

Second 試みる／企てる: Whoopi's second marriage was to a man 指名するd David Claessen in September 1986

支援する in the day: The mother-of-one met cinematographer David?during 生産／産物 of a 文書の する権利を与えるd Who Are They?

Not meant to be: David and Whoopi's marriage only lasted for two years and they called it qui ts in 1988

Four years after kicking off her movie career, Whoopi got hitched to a cinematographer 指名するd David Claessen in September 1986 after they met earlier that year during 生産／産物 of a 文書の する権利を与えるd Who Are They?

Whoopi was 30 years old at the time, and David was four years her junior .It was his first marriage - but unfortunately it wasn't meant to be as the couple had called it やめるs by 1988.

The mother-of-one has never spoken at length about her marriage to David, but she has commented about choosing men who are younger than her.

During an October 2021 episode of The 見解（をとる）, co-host Sara Haines asked Whoopi if she preferred to go 'older or younger' when it comes to dating.

'It depends on my mood,' she teased. 'Because it's about the person. いつかs you 会合，会う somebody who is younger than you and… look, it would be perfect if everybody was 井戸／弁護士席 matched and 井戸／弁護士席 put together, but they're not. And you find it where you find it, and it may last a long time or it may not.'

She then 明らかにする／漏らすd why she had stopped dating younger men, and explained: 'Let me tell you why I stopped doing lots of things with younger folks... I went out with a younger dude and he said, "I did not know that Paul McCartney had another 禁止（する）d," and you 肉親，親類d of go, "The Beatles? You've never heard of The Beatles?"

'So you have to know when you're going younger, there's a lot of （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） that you have to impart. And いつかs it's tiring. But then there's the other way where you're like, "Yeah, you're younger, but you look good! Yeah, you're alright", so you never know.'

Third time lucky: Whoopi's marriage to a union 組織者 only lasted a ye ar and she's never said 'I do' again?

Not giving up: Whoopi married for a third time in October 1994 to?Lyle Trachtenberg

Short run: Lyle and Whoopi's marriage la sted a year or いっそう少なく as they 分裂（する） in 1995

Happier times: Lyle and Whoopi pictured together in March 1995 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel

Whilst riding high on the success of films such as Ghost (1990) and Sister 行為／法令／行動する (1992), Whoopi decided to try marriage for a third time and 結婚する actor and unionist?Lyle Trachtenberg in October 1994.

It's thought the couple had met on 始める，決める the year before, and while an exact date of their 分裂（する） is unknown - the pair didn't make it through 1995 without getting a 離婚.

This was the final time Whoopi decided to say 'I do' and she's never committed to someone through marriage since, while Lyle married?Adrianna Belan three years later and went on to have two daughters with her.

Whoopi has been 取調べ／厳しく尋問するd about her three failed marriages during many interviews over the years, and during an 外見 on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in April 2009, she made light of her past 関係s.?

'I like the party because everybody is very, very happy when they're getting married,' she told the TV host.

'Everybody is cheerful, they wish you luck and everybody's really supportive. My 問題／発行する comes the next morning when you go, "wow forever? really forever?" and I just can't commit, I'm terrible!' Whoopi 追加するd.

Shaken, not stirred: In between marriages, Whoopi enjoyed a serious romance with James 社債 actor Timothy Dalton?

The nineties: Whoopi enjoyed a two and a half year romance with Timothy Dalton in between marriages

Red carpet date: Whoopi and Timothy pictured at the?63rd 学院 Awards in Mach 1991

A couple of years after her 分裂（する） from David, Whoopi enjoyed a two and a half year 関係 with James 社債 星／主役にする Timothy Dalton, after they were introduced to one another by 相互の friends in Los Angeles.

The pair were an item from November 1990 until April 1993, and …に出席するd many red carpet events together 含むing the 63rd 学院 Awards.

事前の to his public romance with Whoopi, Timothy - who is now 77 - was in a 関係 with Vanessa Redgrave and then Stefanie 力／強力にするs.

The?Licence to Kill actor has never married, and it's 自信のない 正確に／まさに why he and Whoopi broke up.??

Memorable 事件／事情／状勢: Sister 行為／法令／行動する lead fell for married co-星／主役にする Ted Danson in 1993, but their romance ended with a very expensive 離婚?

事件／事情／状勢 to remember: Whoopi had a romance with her Made in America co-星／主役にする Ted Danson, who was married at the time

The heartbreak: Whoopi 述べるd her 分裂（する） from Ted as 'very painful and very public'

In between her second and third marriages, Whoopi had a high-profile 事件／事情／状勢 with 元気づけるs actor Ted Danson, who was married to?Cassandra Coates at the time.?

The 二人組 first met one another in late 1988 on?The Arsenio Hall Show in late 1988, with Ted 述べるing Whoopi as 'a sexy, funny woman.'

They became friends and starred in the 1990 TV special?Help Save 惑星 Earth together, before 落ちるing for one another on the 始める，決める of 1993's Made in America.?

Whoopi and Ted began an 事件／事情／状勢 that became public soon after, 結局 主要な to his very expensive 離婚 - with no prenuptial 協定, the actor 報道によれば 負傷させる up 借りがあるing his ex some $30 million.

The same year as his 離婚, father-of-two Ted was 非難するd?for his 外見 wearing blackface at a Friars Club comedy roast in 栄誉（を受ける） of Whoopi, and for using many 人種差別主義者 中傷するs.

Whoopi later defended the sketch and 明らかにする／漏らすd that she had helped 令状 much of the 構成要素 and referred Ted to the 構成 artist who painted his 直面する as a societal critique.?

It's over: Ted was married to?Cassandra Coates at the time of his 事件／事情／状勢 with Whoopi, and the 離婚 報道によれば cost him $30million

によれば a transcript in 秘かに調査する Magazine, the monologue 中心d on a シナリオ in which Ted took her home to his 'stuffy and out-of-touch' parents to find that '[she] fit 権利 in. After she did the laundry and washed the dishes…'

Whoopi scolded critics who attacked Ted for the skit and said they should have 推定する／予想するd tasteless, vulgar humor.

'We were not trying to be 政治上 訂正する. We were trying to be funny for ourselves,' she said at a news 会議／協議会 in October 1993, but the に引き続いて month, the couple ended their romance.

Years later, Whoopi 報道によれば told Closer magazine of the 崩壊／分裂: 'It was really painful, and it was very public. And the loss of his friendship 傷つけるs a 広大な／多数の／重要な 取引，協定. We can never go and have a soda, anywhere.?I'm friends with almost every man I've gone out with, except this man.'

In October 1995, Ted?married actress Mary Steenburgen, whom he had met on the 始める，決める of Pontiac Moon in 1993,?and became the stepfather to her children, Lilly and Charlie, from her previous marriage to actor Malcolm McDowell.

一方／合間, Whoopi enjoyed a 簡潔な／要約する 1995 romance with an?orthodontist 指名するd Jeffrey Cohen.?

Long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 love: Dracula actor?Frank Langella romanced Whoo pi for several years and they even moved in together?

Long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 love: Whoopi was in a 関係 with Masters of the Universe actor Frank Langella for six years

甘い couple: Whoopi and Frank, pictured here in September 1995, also lived together

Public date: The pair held 手渡すs on the red carpet at the 48th Emmy Awards in September 1996

When her third marriage was done and dusted, Whoopi entered into a 関係 with actor Frank Langella, who is 17 years older than her.?

The 二人組 met on the 始める，決める of the sports comedy film Eddie, in which Whoopi plays?Edwina Franklin and Frank takes on the 役割 of?William 'Wild 法案' Burgess.

事前の to dating and living with Whoopi, father-of-two Frank 時代遅れの?actresses?Diane パン職人 and Elizabeth Taylor, and was also married?to Ruth Weil from November 1977 until their 離婚 in 1995.

Several years after separating from Whoopi in 2001, Frank was linked to her co-host on The 見解（をとる）, Barbara Walters.?

によれば a 報告（する）／憶測 支援する in 2010, Whoopi was 'barely' speaking to Barbara when the cameras weren't rolling.

An insider （人命などを）奪う，主張するd to?国家の Enquirer: 'Whoopi still has feelings for Frank and doesn't think it's 冷静な／正味の of Barbara to （問題を）取り上げる with her former lover. It's created an ぎこちない 状況／情勢 for them and others around the studio.

'In Whoopi's 注目する，もくろむs, Frank's just not any other guy. He was her man, and they lived together for years,' the source 追加するd.

No more weddings: Whoopi told her 実業家 boyfriend Michael Visbal that she didn't want to get married again

Former couple: Whoopi pictured with 実業家 Michael Visbal in October 2001

After her 分裂（する） from Frank, Whoopi struck up a romance with 実業家?Michael Visbal.

The couple were together for three years until 2004, and before their 分裂（する）, it was 噂するd that they'd even spoken about their 未来.

A source at the time told WENN: 'Whoopi and Michael are very happy together, but she's told him that she doesn't want to get married again.

'She has a 広大な／多数の／重要な thing going with him, they have an incredible chemistry going on - intellectually, emotionally and sexually.'

They continued: 'She believes that she and Michael were brought together for some mystical 推論する／理由, but Whoopi wants to know "why" before taking the big step of 急落（する），激減（する）ing into marriage for the fourth time.'

True 同盟（する）: Whoopi has been a 支持者 of the LGBTQ+ community for １０年間s?

Her support: Whoopi, pictured in July 2023, is a proud 支持者 and 同盟（する） of the LGBTQ+ community

Whoopi is n o stranger to 存在 取調べ／厳しく尋問するd about her 性の orientation as 噂するs have been 渦巻くing for 井戸／弁護士席 over a １０年間.

She has been a 支持者 and 同盟（する） for the LGBTQ+ community for many years and lent her high-profile support to the 1987 March on Washington?to call for an end to 差別 against gay and lesbian people and to call for more 連邦の money for エイズ 研究.?

In 2014, Whoopi told Pride Source that she had always considered herself to be straight, but said that people made 仮定／引き受けることs when she played a lesbian in films The Color Purple (1985) and Boys on the 味方する (1995).

Whoopi said she was more than happy to be welcomed into the LGBTQ+ community and explained: 'You know, no one was trying to （人命などを）奪う，主張する me, nobody 手配中の，お尋ね者 me. 黒人／ボイコット folks didn't want me. Nobody 手配中の，お尋ね者 me. But I've always been （人命などを）奪う，主張するd by the gay community. Always.

'There are a lot worse things people could have （刑事）被告 me of - things that would really be upsetting! That's not one of them. It never has been. I grew up in the theater. I grew up in a 近隣 where there was always gay folks,' she 追加するd.

The に引き続いて year, during an episode of The 見解（をとる）, Whoopi 答える／応じるd to Matt Damon's 議論の的になる 声明s regarding actors keeping their 性の 身元s 私的な for their professional careers, and said she did not agree with it.

Group 抱擁する: Whoopi pictured on The 見解（をとる） 始める，決める in 2015 と一緒に?Nicolle Wallace,?Raven-Symone, and?Rosie Perez

At the time, Whoopi said she thinks actors should be able to play everything convincingly and play it in all 肉親，親類d of 状況／情勢s, and explained that whether or not a person knows or believes she is gay has little to do with her abilities.

'People out you. People tell your 商売／仕事 whether you tell your 商売／仕事 or not, ーに関して／ーの点でs of mystique and all of that stuff, you know, you used to be able to make that choice for yourself,' she said.

In May 2017, she spoke in support of transgender 権利s at the 28th GLAAD マスコミ Awards.

Whoopi served as (n)役員／(a)執行力のある 生産者 for the show Strut and took to the 行う／開催する／段階 to 受託する the award for?優れた Reality Program.

'If you're listening to people who are 説 there's something wrong with transgender people, and we have to make all these crazy changes, maybe it's time for them to go,' she said と一緒に the transgender 星／主役にするs of the show.

'You've got two years before the next group of folks are to be put out,' she 追加するd, referring to 政治家，政治屋s on the 投票（する） in the midterm 選挙s. '支払う／賃金 attention. If it ain't about the people, it's about the party, and it should never be about the party.'

Whoopi finished her 受託 speech by thanking TV 網状組織 Oxygen for taking a chance on her transgender modeling show, which she said '脅すd the s**t out of everybody else.'

'The 推論する／理由 it 脅すd people was because everyone had 期待s about what "transgender" meant, as …に反対するd to 説, "Oh, it's just another person."'

選び出す／独身 and not ready to mingle: Whoopi doesn't 'want to do the work' that comes with a 関係

選び出す／独身 lady: It's 不明瞭な if Whoopi is 現在／一般に in a romantic 関係, but in 最近の years she's been rather 声の about 存在 content on her own

存在 honest: The actor said she realized she didn't 'want to do the work' that comes with 存在 in a 関係

Big night: Whoopi took her daughter Alexandrea to the 2016 Oscars as her 加える one

It's 不明瞭な if Whoopi is 現在／一般に in a romantic 関係, but in 最近の years she's been rather 声の about 存在 content on her own.

During an ap pearance on?The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2015, Whoopi 認める that she is 選び出す／独身 because she 'doesn't want to do the work.'

'It took me all those times to realize I'm okay 存在 on my own. And I didn't realize that, and I kept trying to do something and couldn't 人物／姿／数字 out why it wasn't working,' she explained to the talk show host.

'I was a decent person. The guy I was with was a decent person. And then I realized, "you don't want to do the work, Whoop."'

More recently in late 2021, she appeared on?The Drew Barrymore Show and opened up about 関係s again.

'I think they're 広大な／多数の／重要な for other people,' she said. 'For many, many years I thought, "I've got to get this 権利." And then I realized one day, "I don't got to get this 権利. I got this 権利 for me."'