Overview

• Streisand told The New Yorker on June 14 that although she shared a bed with Beatty during a summer-stock stint, she cannot recall whether they ever had penetration.
• Editor David Remnick pressed her on the memory lapse, but Streisand reaffirmed that she genuinely cannot remember the intimate details.
• She first raised the uncertainty in her 2023 memoir My Name Is Barbra, recounting their first meeting at Connecticut’s Clinton Playhouse in 1958.
• Despite the ambiguity over their fling, Streisand emphasized that she and Beatty have maintained a close friendship, exchanging annual birthday calls and life updates.
• Both stars went on to long marriages—Streisand to James Brolin since 1998 and Beatty to Annette Bening since 1992—underscoring the purely platonic nature of their enduring connection.