James Brolin confessed that he was celibate for three years before saying 'I do' to Barbra Streisand. Brolin explained that at the time, he had no desire to be 'in a lousy situation.'
James Brolin was celibate in the '90s prior to his marriage to Barbra Streisand. In a joint interview with CBS Mornings, Brolin, 83, told host Gayle King why he decided to be celibate for three years. 'I had been — literally it's a wild word — but I had been celibate for three years, saying, 'Who needs this?'' Brolin said. Streisand, 81, chimed in, 'You're not supposed to tell that,' hitting her husband's knee playfully.
For three years?' King asked Brolin. 'I had not had any interest in getting involved in a lousy situation,' he explained. 'After three years, that must have been a hell of a night then?' Gayle quipped, and James responded, 'Wild,' laughing with his wife. Prior to his decision to not be intimate, Brolin was married to Jan Smithers for nearly a decade, ending their marriage in 1995.
You asked her three times?' King asked. 'I did. She wasn't sure about this idea. Minimum three times,' Brolin said. When Gayle asked Streisand why she wasn't set on marrying Brolin immediately, she said, 'I don't know, I have to try them out first — for at least two years.' Prior to her marriage to James, Streisand was married to Elliot Gould from 1963 to 1971. King continued reading Brolin's love letter. 'Home is not a place, home is a person.
think the real reason our relationship has endured is that we’re both willing to work at it,' Streisand wrote, per the outlet. 'Jim and I are very different. As he’s said to me, ‘You’re an expert at looking for what’s wrong, while I’m just happy to wake up in the morning.’ '
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