MORE: \u2018Blacklisted\u2019: Broke Sheen\u2019s $227m collapse<\/a><\/p>\n Two and a Half Men child star\u2019s $2m \u2018filth\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Musk secrets uncovered in low-key life claim<\/a><\/p>\n Whoopi Goldberg has confessed that she \u201ccan\u2019t afford\u201d to retire. Picture: Jose Alvarado JR.\/American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. via Getty Images<\/p>\n However, her life has not always been quite so glamorous or lavish, beginning in a small unit in the Chelsea-Elliott Houses in Manhattan\u2019s Chelsea neighbourhood.<\/p>\n \u201cMy room was in the back, just a bed and a bureau and windows.,\u201d she previously told Vulture<\/a> of her childhood abode.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a great place to grow up, because we were outside 98 per cent of the time, winter and summer. <\/p>\n \u201cWe all were poor, and we all knew it, but it somehow didn\u2019t really stop us from doing anything.\u201d<\/p>\n Goldberg lived there until moving to California when she got married to Alvin Martin in 1973 at the age of 18. They welcomed a daughter, Alexandra Martin, in 1974.<\/p>\n Goldberg relocated to Berkeley in the \u201870s and held down many jobs before she made it big.<\/p>\n The 69-year-old admitted that she won\u2019t be leaving behind her talk show duties anytime soon. Picture: Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images<\/p>\n In the \u201880s, she snapped up a Victorian-style home for $US335,000 ($A506,000) and had a two-storey barn.<\/p>\n She held that property for 30 years before selling it for $US2 million ($A3 million) in 2015.<\/p>\n During her ownership of that home, Goldberg, who split from her first husband in 1979, was married two more times \u2014 first to David Claessen in 1986, a marriage that lasted just two years, and then to Lyle Trachtenberg in 1994.<\/p>\n She divorced Trachtenberg in 1995 \u2014 and has since stated she never wants to marry again.<\/p>\n \u201cSome people are not meant to be married and I am not meant to. I\u2019m sure it is wonderful for lots of people,\u201d she told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2010.<\/p>\n Goldberg doubled down on that concept in 2016, when she told the New York Times she values her personal space too much to share it with another person.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m much happier on my own,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n \u201cI can spend as much time with somebody as I want to spend, but I\u2019m not looking to be with somebody forever or live with someone.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want somebody in my house.\u201d<\/p>\n Goldberg\u2019s relationship with real estate has been much more concrete than her romantic ties \u2014 with the actress going on to add several other properties to her portfolio after purchasing her first house.<\/p>\n Goldberg\u2019s main residence is a New Jersey mansion she snapped up in 2009 for $US2.8 million. Picture: Google Maps<\/p>\n In the \u201890s, she snapped up an expansive Pacific Palisades property, this time paying $US2.5 million ($A3.7 million). <\/p>\n Goldberg kept that dwelling for 25 years before offloading it for $US8.8 million ($A13.2 million) in 2018.<\/p>\n In 2003, the TV host set her sights on a Vermont getaway with four bedrooms, and 3.5 bathrooms. She sold the property in 2012 for $US1.5 million ($A2.2 million).<\/p>\n In 2007, she picked up a full-floor loft in SoHo for $US4 million ($A6 million). However, she sold it in 2010 for just under $US3 million ($A4.5 million).<\/p>\n Goldberg\u2019s main residence is a New Jersey mansion that she snapped up in 2009 for $US2.8 million ($A4.2 million). The home, which was built in 1927, boasts eight bedrooms.<\/p>\n Parts of this story first appeared in Realtor<\/a> and was republished with permission.<\/p>\n MORE: \u2018Awful\u2019: Plaza\u2019s sad move after lover\u2019s death<\/a><\/p>\n Ellen quits US, takes on new $290m \u2018hobby\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Olsen twins\u2019 $1bn after quitting, divorce<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The View host Whoopi Goldberg has claimed she \u201ccan\u2019t afford\u201d to retire from the hit talk show \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-137040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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