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ITT:

• Analyzing curiosities relating to Whoopi Goldberg and possible connections to global corruption, including pedophile/trafficking/blackmail/espionage networks.

Continued in comments, sort oldest first

Definitions:

WG = Caryn Elaine Johnson (Whoopi Goldberg)

Preface

(Sorry for being slightly ambiguous again, the storytelling helps bring things together though.)

What prompted me to look into WG was that she apparently likens gays meeting with Mike Pence to Jews Meeting a Nazi (footage from The View; viewer discretion advised). Naturally this peaked my interest as an out of place comparison, given recurring elements in my research and that of others. I wasn't expecting to find much initially, but, incidentally, while I was busy looking through recent Q-drops and following along with current events and taking notes of who is or may be involved in this that or the other - juggling a shit load really... I kept coming across WG's name...

So, while WG was the initial topic, this thread will become about far more than her & her connections may remain peripheral at best, but, who knows...

wiki: Whoopi Goldberg

Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955),[3] known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (/ˈhwʊpi/), is an American actress, comedian, author, and television host. She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television and is one of the few entertainers to have won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. She was the second black woman in the history of the Academy Awards to win an acting Oscar.

In the period drama film The Color Purple (1985), her breakthrough role was playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe. In the romantic fantasy film Ghost (1990), Goldberg played Oda Mae Brown, an eccentric psychic who helped a slain man (Patrick Swayze) save his lover (Demi Moore), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and a second Golden Globe, her first for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1992, she starred as a pretend sister in the comedy Sister Act, earning a third Golden Globe nomination, her first for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical and reprised the role in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993).[4] Her other film roles include Made in America (1993), The Lion King (1994), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Girl, Interrupted (1999), For Colored Girls (2010) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014). In television, Goldberg is known for her role as Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and since 2007, she has been the moderator of the daytime television talk show The View.

Background and early life

Caryn Elaine Johnson was born in Manhattan, New York City on November 13, 1955, the daughter of Robert James Johnson, Jr. (March 4, 1930 – May 25, 1993), a Baptist[5] clergyman, and Emma Johnson (née Harris; September 21, 1931 – August 29, 2010),[6] a nurse and teacher.[7][8] She was raised in the Chelsea-Elliot Houses.

Goldberg has described her mother as a "stern, strong, and wise woman" who raised her as a single mother[9] with her brother Clyde (c. 1949 – May 11, 2015), who died of a brain aneurysm.[10][11] She attended a local Catholic school, St Columba's when she was younger. Her more recent forebears migrated north from Faceville, Georgia, Palatka, Florida, and Virginia.[12] She dropped out of Washington Irving High School.[13][14][15]

She has stated that her stage forename ("Whoopi") was taken from a whoopee cushion; "If you get a little gassy, you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me, 'You're like a whoopee cushion.' And that's where the name came from."[16][17] She said in 2011, "My mother did not name me Whoopi, but Goldberg is my name, it's part of my family, part of my heritage. Just like being black."[18] Henry Louis Gates, Jr., in his book In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past, found that all of Goldberg's traceable ancestors were African Americans, that she has no known Jewish ancestry, and that none of her ancestors were named Goldberg.[12] Results of a DNA test, revealed in the 2006 PBS documentary African American Lives, traced part of her ancestry to the Papel and Bayote people of modern-day Guinea-Bissau. Her admixture test indicates that she is of 92 % sub-Saharan African origin and of 8 % European origin.[19]

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Between 1979 and 1981, she lived in East Germany,[21][citation needed] working in a number of theatre productions.[22]

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Spouse

• Alvin Martin (m. 1973; div. 1979)
• David Claessen (m. 1986; div. 1988)
• Lyle Trachtenberg (m. 1994; div. 1995)

Children

• Alexandrea Martin

At this point, something seems really weird about how/why she chose the name Goldberg and doesn't seem to like the idea of carrying the surname of any man she marries. There's not a great deal to go on just yet, but, given that her daughter carries the surname of her father, I thought it worth looking into him.

I made a #whoopsi at first when searching for more info on Alvin Martin; I came across the following and couldn't help but notice "Ham", naturally peaking my interest further, in possible connections between WG and global corruption.

wiki: Alvin Martin

Alvin Edward Martin (born 29 July 1958) is an English retired footballer who played as a defender.

Playing most of his footballing career for West Ham United he appeared in 598 games for scoring 34 goals.

Wrong Alvin Martin, though. There's no wiki for the correct one, but, there's this:

geni.com - Alvin Martin | archive.is does not work with geni <sadface>

Birthdate: May 26, 1952 (54)

Death: December 19, 2006 (54)

 

Immediate Family:

Husband of <private> Martin (Burrell)

Ex-husband of Whoopi Goldberg

Father of <private> Martin

 

Occupation: drug counselor at Horizon House, clerk at Chase Manhattan Bank

Managed by: Private User

Last Updated: March 13, 2015

So, I won't make any direct inferrences about WG just yet, but, like I said, her name keeps coming up.

Before I run out of room in the main body, let's take a quick look at something else in the WG wiki...

Personal life

~~She was romantically linked with actors Frank Langella,[63] Timothy Dalton, and Ted Danson,[64] who controversially appeared in blackface during her 1993 Friars Club roast.~~

wiki: Ted Danson: Personal life

Relationship with Whoopi Goldberg

While a guest on The Arsenio Hall Show in late 1988, he met actress Whoopi Goldberg, whom he described as "a sexy, funny woman".[24] The two became friends, co-hosting Help Save Planet Earth in 1990, a video guide to saving the environment (Danson played himself, Goldberg played the role of Mother Earth).[25] However while making Made in America in April 1992, the two became romantically involved—a pairing which was heavily featured in gossip tabloids such as the National Enquirer. The couple also appeared on the Rock the Vote TV special that same year,[26] as well as being set to star in a Paramount-produced version of Neal Barrett Jr.'s Pink Vodka Blues,[27] written by Marshall Brickman.

Danson experienced substantial negative press attention on October 8, 1993, after his appearance in blackface at a Friars Club comedy roast in honor of Goldberg. In his monologue, Danson made extensive use of offensive racial stereotypes, used the word "nigger" more than a dozen times, and ate a watermelon, angering such guests as Montel Williams and Mayor David Dinkins.[28][29] Goldberg defended the sketch, explaining that she had helped write much of the material and referred Danson to the makeup artist who painted his face.[30] Danson and Goldberg issued statements emphasizing "the Friars Club tradition of raucous and over the top humor" and describing those offended as newcomers who "were uncomfortable with what to expect".[28] Substantial excerpts from the performance were later printed in Spy.[31] On November 5, 1993, Danson and Goldberg issued a statement signalling the end of their relationship.[32]

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Political activism

Danson is a friend of former United States President Bill Clinton, who attended Danson and Mary Steenburgen's wedding. Danson has donated more than $85,000 to Democratic candidates, including Al Gore, John Edwards, Barbara Boxer, Bill Clinton, Al Franken, and John Kerry. He has also donated to the Democratic Party of Arkansas and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Danson and Steenburgen campaigned for Sen. Hillary Clinton during her 2008 Presidential campaign.[37] He attended the wedding of their daughter Chelsea on July 31, 2010.[38] He appeared with Steenburgen at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. On October 3, 2016, he helped open the new headquarters in Lancaster at the old Queen Pharmacy on King Street for Hillary Clinton.[39][40][41]

HRC +++ + +++++ | Danson | Johnson/Goldberg

Wait for it...