Whoopi Goldbergis a tremendous talent loved and respected for all she’s achieved.
Her award collection is so impressive that she’s secured Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony trophies.
“Yes, I could see them all the time,” Amara told theNew York Postof the awards.
I’d go and find them."
That’s not her only fun memory from being the grandchild of a superstar, though.
Goldberg is a grandmother to three children, born to her only child, Alex Martin.
But who are Amara, Jerzey, and Mason Dean, besides being the grandchildren of a Hollywood legend?
Like Goldberg,Alex also became a mother in her teens.
At just 16, Alex gave birth to her first child, Amara Skye Dean.
“We’re a young family,” she said.
“My grandmother’s mother raised me for a little bit.
My grandmother is a great-grandmother to my daughter.
So we’ve created that connection.
There’s only five of us in our family.
We’re all we’ve got, so we take each other real close.”
This is high praise considering Goldberg has always taken her role as a mother seriously.
I remember we had the one room space and we slept in the bed together.
I remember when we wanted to travel we would drive across the country in broke down bugs.
We didn’t have the money to go to movies.
I found friends, I walked down the street, I climbed trees, I did camping."
“I was cast on the show via DM.
It was something different.
This interview has also given fans a glimpse into what Whoopi Goldberg is like as a grandmother.
“She was scared,” Amara recalled.
“But after everything went the way that it was supposed to go, she was happy.
Or, as she put it, “her thing.”
She’s an artist
Amara Skye Dean is a creative individual who has nurtured these talents.
This includes becoming an artist, although the subject matter she creates is far from traditional.
“I love to paint stories about and it sounds crazy my vagina,” she told Esseessence.
“Yeah, it’s crazy, but the stuff that women go through [can] be difficult.
There has been interest in her work, and she is clearly proud of what she has achieved.
We can say this because her Instagram page is filled with her art, which is available for purchase.
“She used to sneak off and have [sex] appointments, randomly.”
“So I was just like, ‘Oh, man.
But my grandma’s really, really cool and pretty open.
So, I don’t think I did so bad.”
It’s apparent that these two women share a close bond.
“Me and my grandma are super close.
She’s everything,” Amara confessed to Essence.
“It gets frustrating because it’s like, how am I going to compete with that?
But I’m lucky enough to have that.”
In an interview with the New York Post in 2022, Amara also revealed she sees her grandmother often.
“I see her every day.
If I don’t see her, it’s definitely a call or text.
I’m always in her sight and in her mind,” she bragged.
As for what they call her in private?
Is it a strange or glamorous nickname?
Jerzey Dean is Whoopi’s second granddaughter, and the pair seem to share a unique relationship.
We say this because they have attended multiple fashion shows together including prestigious events like New York Fashion Week.
I like lots of different kinds of designers not necessarily to wear, but just to watch.”
The comedian also spoke about Jerzey’s passion for fashion.
So we went to see what it was like and what it entailed,” she said.
The stylish granddaughter even has her own brand, Jerzey Kennedy Designs.
AnInstagramprofile for the company states in the bio that it’s based in Los Angeles and New York City.
“I’ve always liked comfortable and interesting-looking things.
I love peasant blouses and bell-bottoms.
Can I always get away with them?
No, but I love them.”
That said, he has pursued a career in music and has added several songs to hisSpotify profile.
“So I took art classes instead and found that I like doing that more.
Also, my mom can draw and I used to attempt to mimic her drawings.
I wanted to become an artist because I felt it was a great way to express myself therapeutically.”
In 2014, her eldest granddaughter, Amara Skye Dean, welcomed her first child, Charli Rose.
“It is the funniest thing in the world to me,” Goldberg said (viaYouTube).
“I was a grandmother kind of young, and now I’m a great-grandmother.
But then my daughter’s like, ‘Ugh, I’m gonna be a grandmother!’
… And I whispered in her ear, ‘I got no sympathy for you.
You made me a grandmother when I was 33.'”
But that’s not the life she wants for them.
Instead, she wants them to work for themselves and achieve things on their own.
Still, this is not to say she’s not there to support them when they need it.
“She wants us to be real people.
Stuff is not just handed to us.
It could be, but it’s not,” Amara told Essence in 2022.
I did a lot without my grandmother’s help.
I want to do what I can do.”
