'I was so shy': Barbra Streisand on how one hilarious question broke the ice on James Brolin 'blind date'
'I expected a guy with a brown beard and brown, wavy hair, like a mountain man,' Barbra Streisand recalled
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Barbra Streisand didn't hide her true feelings when she first met James Brolin.
In a new cover story for Vanity Fair's November issue, which hits newsstands on October 17, the singer and actress, 81, recalls first meeting Brolin, 83, and what she said to him when they first connected.
Barbra Streisand on meeting James Brolin
During their first meeting, Streisand reportedly asked her now-husband, "Who f---ed up your hair?" because he had just shaved his hair for a role.
Vanity Fair reported that Brolin was not offended by her question and that the two spent the rest of the evening together. The two first met at a dinner party with mutual friends, which included Streisand's ex-boyfriend Jon Peters.
Barbra Streisand and Brolin were 'set up as a blind date'
Streisand said in a 2021 appearance on 'The Tonight Show', "We were set up as a blind date, and I was so shy that I came into the house and I went downstairs to be with the children and play with them until I had to sit down at the table."
During that appearance, she was also critical of Brolin's hair, telling host Jimmy Fallon, "I expected a guy with a brown beard and brown, wavy hair, like a mountain man."
"And I saw a guy with no beard and all his hair cut off. And I passed him. 'Who f---ed up your hair?' I asked, running my hand through it," she went on.
A Malibu wedding
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The couple, who both have children from previous marriages, married two years later in a backyard ceremony at Streisand's home in Malibu, California, as reported by People.
James Brolin's wedding speech
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Brolin said in his wedding speech, "I can't tell you how lucky I am that this would happen to me so late in life. Every night is a new adventure. Sleeping is a waste of time. I can't wait to see her again in the morning."
Streisand and Brolin have supported each other at various award shows and film premieres over the years. Streisand discussed her marriage with Mario Lopez on Extra TV in 2016, saying, "By the way, 20 years in Hollywood is like, 50 years in Chicago, I always say."
