07 November 2023 , 04:48
688
0
Barbra Streisand explained her first "love affair", including her accidental marijuana use, in telling new autobiography.
She wrote about a man which she had spent a handful of "interesting evenings", including a night where the young singer and actress met with him and lost her virginity.
Under a "full moon", she described, he offered her a cigarette which unbeknownst to Barbra turned out to be marijuana. Barbra wrote: "I took a puff and went weak in the knees. I thought it was him. Turns out it was marijuana, which I had rarely smoked before (and rarely after)."
After that night, Barbra claimed that the man was unkind to her, "as if nothing had ever happened". The memory left Barbra with a low-feeling that eventually helped fuel her work.
Read More: Cheeky reason Barbra Streisand changed the spelling of her name
Rupert Everett casts doubt over Harry's claims on field romp with older woman
Barbra admitted that she first had marijuana on the same night she lost her virginity (FilmMagic)The man snubbed Barbra, but that moment stayed with her forever. She explained: "God, I hated him for not being kinder. But it started my wheels spinning. Some nights I felt like a cat in heat... my body ached for him... feelings I had never experienced before. At least it gave me some more material to work with... When I sang about wanting someone, for the first time I actually understood it."
The star also used her memoir as an opportunity to squash claims about "nonexistent romances" from unauthorised biographies. She went on to slam a particular claim about a peer during her education, but even the teacher of the class didn't recognise his name. In her autobiography, Barbra decided to reveal the truth, dispelling rumours.
My Name Is Barbra is available to fans now
In reflection of the affair, she said it is a memory that stuck with her (Getty Images for The Dwight D. Opperman Foundation)Barbra wrote: "The idea that someone could make up a story about a romance with me... well, it's disgusting. It sounds like such a profound invasion of my life. And then the story gets perpetuated in book after book, because the people who write them just keep recycling the same made-up junk."
My Name Is Barbra (published by Penguin) is now available to purchase in bookshops and on Amazon.