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"You have to think about other people, and I have enough to think about."
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Whoopi Goldberg is the subject of a new Interview Magazine feature.
She made rare comments about her love life while speaking with playwright Jeremy O. Harris.
"Being lonely and being alone are two different things," Goldberg shared.
Whoopi Goldbergrarely discusses her love life, but in a newInterview Magazinefeature, she admitted that "not everybody's cut out to be in a relationship."
"I'm not good at relationships because you have to think about other people, and I have enough to think about with my daughter and her husband and my grandkids and my great-grandkids and all the people at work," she told playwrightJeremy O. Harrisin an article published on Wednesday, February 4.
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"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 added. "I don't want to live with anybody. I lived with my daughter. That's all I can handle. 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."
Goldberg, who has been divorced three times, has one child, Alex Martin, with her first ex-husband, Alvin Martin. She was later married to David Claessen from 1986 to 1988, followed by Lyle Trachtenberg from 1994 to 1995.
In the same interview, Goldberg also shared why living alone suits her.
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"Being lonely and being alone are two different things," Goldberg explained. "I don't necessarily get lonely because there's enough people around who don't let me. But most people are not comfortable being alone because we've been taught that there's something wrong with you if you're not a pair, that being singular, eating singular, is a bad thing."
Goldberg went on to say how she accepts that she's "not great at partnerships."
"There are some people who are brilliant at it, but I think we walk into relationships with a lie and say, 'I'm not trying to change you.' But in fact, you are trying to change them," she said. "I'd rather you say, 'Listen, I don't know if I could be true to you. I think I might need more than one person in my life.' I'd rather hear you tell me that so I can make the decision."
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