Whoopi Goldberg feels responsible for her three failed marriages
The 61-year-old actress has previously been wed to Alvin Martin - the father of her 43-year-old daughter Alex - David Claessen and Lyle Trachtenberg, and when her final union collapsed in 1995 after just a year, she realised she was the common factor and believed she hadn't been "really in love" with her spouses, so just wasn't committed to making their relationships work.
19 January 2017
She said: "It took me some time but I realised that trying to turn myself in to something I wasn't ready for a man wasn't his fault. It was mine.
"My marriages failed and I was the common denominator.
"My commitment was never that strong. I can say now that I was never really in love. The realisation freed me up."
But 'The View' host - who has also had a string of relationships with actors Frank Langella, Timothy Dalton and 'Cheers' actor Ted Danson - admits she only regrets the fact she took a long time to realise she should just stay single.
She told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "I love men and men love me. I'm lucky that way. I just feel bad that it took me so long to realise that I wasn't meant to be in a relationship."
And the 'Sister Act' star found writing a book about her relationship thoughts made her feel better about being single as she let out what she thinks is wrong with love.
She said: "I recently wrote a book entitled 'If Someone Says 'You Complete Me Run!' It's about what I feel is wrong with relationships.
"My experience over the years is that a relationship requires that you commit to caring what somebody else thinks. But the truth slowly dawned on me that I didn't really want to work that hard."
And the award-winning star insisted that although she is single, she is very happy and enjoys having a relationship with her daughter and her granddaughters for now.
She added: "I have many relationships - with my daughter, my grandkids, and now my great-granddaughter - and they come first."
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