Whoopi Goldberg may be single at the moment but she has had three marriages in the past. All three marriages ended in a divorce and according to the actress who has spoken about them in interviews, she is responsible for all her marriage failures.
Goldberg was first married to Alvin Martin in 1973 after which they divorced six years later, in 1979. She had a daughter (Alex Martin) with Martin before their divorce. Her next marriage was to David Claessen in 1986. Goldberg and Claessen split after two years.
Whoopi took a seemingly long break before she settled again in 1994 when she got married to Lyle Trachtenberg. The couple had dated for nine months before they got engaged in May 1994. The engagement turned into a blissful union in October that year when they finally tied the knot. The romantic love story of Whoopi and Lyle swept through all media sources leaving the entire public in awe of the pair.
However, while her fans were still in awe of her new found love, Whoopi Goldberg broke all hearts with the announcement of a divorce the following year – 1995. The reasons for their divorce with Lyle wasn’t so clear as expected but the actress attributed it to her not being able to commit to the marriage.
The actress and talk show host had only one child – her daughter Alex Martin, from her three marriages.
