James Brolin and Barbra Streisand on Feb. 24, 2019.Photo:Kevin Mazur/VF19/WireImage
Kevin Mazur/VF19/WireImage
James Brolinhad years of celibacy under his belt before marryingBarbra Streisand.
“I had to try him out for at least three years,” Streisand joked, after King asked about Brolin’s confession that he proposed to Streisand three times before she said yes.
“And I had been — literally, this is a wild word — but I had been celibate for three years, saying, ‘Who needs this?’ “ Brolin added. In response, Streisand playfully slapped her husband’s knee and told him: “You’re not supposed to tell that.”
James Brolin and Barbra Streisand.FREDERICK M. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images
FREDERICK M. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images
“I had not had any interest in getting involved in a lousy situation," he explained, while Streisand noted that Brolin was married twice before they met. (The actor hadpreviously been marriedto actresses Jane Cameron Agee and Jan Smithers, while Streisand wasmarried to Elliott Gouldfrom 1963 to 1971.)
As King remarked that three years of celibacy must have resulted in “a hell of a night” between him and Streisand, Brolin responded, “Wild,” causing the group to break out in laughter together.
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“Home is not a place; home is a person. You know someone is right for you if you love to be with them all the time," King said, as she read further from Brolin’s anniversary letter to Streisand. “And when I go, when I finally go, I will love you then.”
James Brolin and Barbra Streisand on Jan. 24, 2004.Giulio Marcocchi/Getty
Brolin said he was immediately attracted to Streisand when the pair met in 1996, after she recalledthe first thing she said to himwas a comment about his hair.
“It was instant,” he said. “It was like a wand went, ‘Bing. Uh oh, you’re screwed.’ "
source: people.com
