Whoopi Goldberg has never been one to shy away from keeping it real, especially when it comes to her love life.
During a recent episode of The View, Goldberg, 69, and her co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Abby Huntsman, sat down with guest Racheal Lindsay to discuss the challenges of public relationships.
Lindsay, who is currently in the throes of a high-profile split from her Bachelorette winner husband, Bryan Abasolo, admitted to feeling “public pressure to always let people know that everything’s great, even though behind closed doors, that might not be the case.”
Goldberg applauded Lindsay for her candor while injecting her signature humor.
“I’ve been married 100 times!” she quipped. “And I could never get it right. You got it right for four years, so congratulations!”
“Some get it right for 26 years,” she continued, referring to Hostin’s marriage. “And some people don’t get it right the first or second or even the third time. It’s not for everybody.”
“So, before you kick your own butt, remember marriage is not a monolith, and you never know. And you might have seen signs, and you thought, ‘Well, okay, we’ll get used to each other to be all right’ … All you can fix is you.”
The candid conversation stemmed from WWE star Nikki Garcia’s remarks about her divorce from former Dancing with the Stars pro dancer Artem Chigvintsev.
Goldberg’s three marriages ended in divorce. Per Page Six, the comedian married her first husband, Alvin Martin, in 1973 when she was just 18 years old. They share a 49-year-old daughter Alexandrea.
The EGOT winner then married cinematographer David Claessen in 1986, but they split two years later. Her last marriage was to actor Lyle Trachtenberg in 1994, but they divorced a year later.
Goldberg has consistently maintained a lighthearted yet candid perspective on her marriages, openly admitting that tying the knot isn’t for her.
“Some people are not meant to be married, and I am not meant to. I’m sure it is wonderful for lots of people,” she told Piers Morgan in a 2011 interview.
“I suppose that, you know, you have to actually be in love with the person that you marry. You have to really be committed to them. And I don’t have that commitment.”
In a May interview with Don Lemon, Goldberg doubled down on her sentiments.
“The truth of the matter is, I am fundamentally a selfish person and I have found that because I have a wonderful kid you know and a son -in law, and grand kids and a great grand kid.
“I don’t have time for whole lot of all people you know, so hit and runs are great I don’t mind those, you know but you cant spend the night.
