In 1996, the now-married couple went on a blind date.
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Barbra Streisand didn’t hide her true feelings when she first met James Brolin.
In a new cover with Vanity Fair In the November issue, which hits newsstands Oct. 17, the 81-year-old singer and actress recalled first meeting Brolin, 83, and what she told him when they first met.
According to the publication, Streisand asked her now-husband: “Who did your hair?” during their first meeting, as he had just shaved his hair off for the role.
Vanity Fair noted, however, that Brolin was not offended by her question and that the couple spent the rest of the evening in each other’s company.
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Related: Timeline of Barbra Streisand and James Brolin’s relationship
Streisand and Brolin first met at a dinner party with mutual friends, including Streisand’s ex-boyfriend Jon Peters.
“We were set up on a blind date, and I was so shy that I walked into the house and went downstairs to be with the kids and play with them until I had to sit down at the table,” Streisand said in a 2021 interview. appearance on Evening show.
She also detailed her criticism of Brolin’s hair during that appearance, telling host Jimmy Fallon, “I was expecting a guy with a brown beard and brown wavy hair like a mountain man.”
“And I saw a guy whose hair was all cut off, without a beard. And I walked past him. I ran my hand through his hair and said, “Who the hell did your hair?” ” she continued.
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The couple, who each have children from previous marriages, married two years later in a backyard ceremony at Streisand’s home in Malibu, California.
“I can’t tell you how lucky I am that this happened to me so late,” Brolin said in his wedding speech. “Every night is a new adventure. Sleep is a waste of time. I can’t wait to see her again in the morning.”
Over the years, Streisand and Brolin have supported each other at various award shows and film premieres.
“By the way, 20 years in Hollywood is like 50 years in Chicago, I always say,” Streisand said of her marriage in a 2016 interview with Mario Lopez. Additional TV.
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