Barbra Streisand’s Recent Comments About Warren Beatty Irk James Brolin and Annette Bening: Source

Barbra Streisand is once again opening up in graphic — and some say cringe-worthy — detail about her fling with Warren Beatty back in the day. “I know I slept in the bed with him, but I can’t remember if we actually had penetration,” the actress and singer recently told The New Yorker. “I swear to God, I can’t. There are certain things I block out.”

Yet during an interview with Playboy in 1977, the A Star Is Born legend was asked if she had been “romantically linked” with Warren, and “I said blithely, ‘One of my flings,’ ” the 83-year-old wrote in My Name Is Barbra, her 2023 memoir. “I was just tossing off a reply, playing the role of a jaded woman of the world.”

In her tattle-tale tome, Barbra also confides they “probably” did make whoopee, writing: “I kind of remember. I guess I did. Probably once.”

But Barbra’s constant regaling of her affair with now-88-year-old Warren has irked his current wife, Annette Bening, according to an insider, who adds, “Barbra’s husband [James Brolin] probably isn’t exactly thrilled about it, either.”

Annette doesn’t feel threatened by Barbra, says the insider, “but it’s like, Why does she keep bringing this up? It’s almost like a cry for attention, with no regard for the man’s wife. James can’t be too happy about it either. But Barbra is Barbra. She’s going to say whatever she wants. She’s always been unapologetic and in-your-face. It’s kind of admirable, even if she does ruffle feathers along the way.”

Barbra was age 16 when she first met 21-year-old Beatty at the Clinton Playhouse in Connecticut. She recalls the Shampoo hunk as being “tall with movie-star looks,” writing in her book that “women were already falling at his feet.”

After her first marriage, to Elliott Gould (1963-71), ended, Barbra tied the knot with Brolin in 1998. Meanwhile, Warren retained his eligible bachelor status until walking down the aisle with Annette in 1992.

The fling and constant talk about it apparently haven’t diminished her friendship with Dick Tracy star Warren. “I know we’re still friends,” Barbra told The New Yorker. “Every year on my birthday, he calls me, and we have a wonderful talk about our lives, our children, and so forth.”