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Whoopi Goldberg says her estranged clergyman father Robert was gay but her mother didn't file for divorce because he was 'the love of her life'
In her new memoir, Bits And Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, And Me, Whoopi, 68, recalls growing up with her mom and her older brother, Clyde, in the projects in 1960s New York City.
Referring to when her father left the family home, Whoopi reportedly writes: 'My mother didn't talk about the marriage ending because she stayed married to him until the day he passed, nor do I think she ever thought of it as a failure.' The Sister Act star apparently claims that her mom tried to get him to pay child support once he left, but says that helping black women in the projects in New York in the 1960s was 'not high on the state court's priority list' and Emma simply couldn't afford to hire a lawyer. Turning to the live studio audience, Whoopi then said: 'So, here's another reason why you must really pay attention to what's going on politically because there was a time in this country where your husband or your brother or any man involved in your life could make medical decisions for you.
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