Whoopi Goldberg Was ‘Instrumental’ as Meagan Good Rediscovered Herself After Splitting From Husband

Meagan Good is grateful for the conversations she had with Whoopi Goldberg as she split from her husband of 10 years. The 41-year-old  actress and DeVon Franklin filed for divorce in December 2021. After nearly 10 years of marriage, the pair decided to go their separate ways. During this time Good confessed that Goldberg helped her through the difficult transition. The Harlem costars first met more than 30 years ago when Good was just starting out as an actress.

"I've learned a lot about myself. I've rediscovered myself in a lot of ways," she told The View co-hosts. Praising the 67-year-old Oscar winner she added, "Also I gotta say again, Whoopi was very instrumental in that, because we had some really good conversations I needed to have that were illuminating for me and eye-opening for me."

The Eve's Bayou actress is looking forward to the next chapter of her life adding, "I'm like, 'All right, Lord, if you allowed it, what's next, Dad?' It's exciting for me low-key. I feel like I get to start my life over in some ways and have a second chance at whatever's supposed to be next." Even though she's jumping into unknown territory she thinks it's amazing and is ready to embrace what comes. 

Good and her ex-husband met while working on the 2011 film Jumping the Broom. A year later they got engaged in May 2012 and tied the knot in June 2012. They announced their split in December 2021. "After much prayer and consideration, we have decided to go into our futures separately but forever connected," the pair said in a joint statement, according to PEOPLE.

"We celebrate almost a decade of marriage together and a love that is eternal. There's no one at fault, we believe this is the next best chapter in the evolution of our love." The two actors said they were grateful for the "life-changing years" as partners and  thankful to God for the testimony being created inside us both and for blessing our lives with each other."

The pair had previously documented their love story in the bestselling 2015 book The Wait: A Powerful Practice for Finding the Love of Your Life and the Life You Love where they spoke about their core values as a couple including having sex until marriage which they claimed was the key to success in their relationship at the time.

A source said that their busy schedules played a role in the breakdown of their relationship. "Their work schedules often kept them apart, and they just haven't been spending a lot of time together this past year," the insider said at the time. "When they did have time in their schedules, it'd often just be hours that they would be able to spend quality time together."

References:

https://people.com/tv/meagan-good-says-whoopi-goldberg-was-instrumental-eye-opening-split-from-husband-of-10-years/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z97BUpgqCB8&ab_channel=TheView

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