Whoopi Goldberg doesn’t need a man to complete her—but she keeps one on standby just in case.
The actress, who’s a co-host on The View, spoke on the talk show about her love life while discussing a recent Cosmopolitan op-ed about a woman in a relationship who misses being single.
In the Wednesday (March 18) episode of The View, the thrice divorced Goldberg shared that she considers herself single but will occasionally “bar hop” to meet potential suitors.
The entertainer was married to former drug counselor Alvin Martin from 1973 to 1979, Dutch cinematographer and filmmaker David Claessen from 1986 to 1988, and former actor Lyle Trachtenberg from 1994 to 1995.
With her first husband, Goldberg shares a 52-year-old daughter, Alex Martin.
“I do hit-and-runs when I need it, but I am not married to anybody [and] I don’t have responsibilities,” Goldberg told the roundtable.
Goldberg has stressed in the past that being in a relationship isn’t a necessity to her and that she prefers to live alone.
“In the last 25 years, I recognized that not everybody’s cut out to be in a relationship. Some people are just cut out to be one-night stands,” she told Interview Magazine in an article published last month.
“I don’t want to live with anybody,” Goldberg continued. “I have lots of people that I love, but I don’t need them living with me. I don’t need to be sleeping with them.”
The actress still maintains relationships with her ex-husbands, calling them “friends” in a 2024 episode of The View.
"I don't have to sleep with you, I don't have to eat with you—I don't have to do any of those things that a relationship forces,” she said at the time. “But I can be [friendly], because there's nobody that I've lived with or messed with that I absolutely hate."
