Overview

• In the June 14 New Yorker interview Streisand admitted she ‘‘can’t remember if we actually had penetration’’ despite knowing they shared a bed.
• She first disclosed the memory gap in her 2023 memoir My Name Is Barbra, recalling their meeting at a Connecticut summer stock when she was 15 and he was 21.
• Streisand highlighted that Beatty calls her every birthday, underscoring a friendship that has persisted for decades regardless of their past encounter.
• Some accounts, including Kathy Griffin’s memoir, suggest Beatty distinctly recalls an intimate moment after a night together in the Catskills.
• Both stars have maintained long marriages—Streisand to James Brolin since 1998 and Beatty to Annette Bening since 1992—while continuing their celebrated careers.