upcoming novel, “My Name is Barbra,” that screen legend Marlon Brando once propositioned her for sex prior to becoming close friends.
Streisand, 81, opens her new memoir by detailing the time that Brando, who died in 2004 at the age of 80, approached the “Funny Girl” actress at a party in 1966 and told her “I’d like to f–k you.” According to an excerpt from the novel, which was obtained by Vanity Fair, Brando’s wife at the time, a retired French Polynesian actress by the name of Tarita Teriʻipaia, was also at the party in an adjoining room.
Despite her initial rejection, the “Godfather” star refused to back down and asked the “Yentl” star once again while the pair were taking a drive in the 1970s. “He wanted to go to the desert to see the wildflowers,’’ Streisand told Page Six in 2012 during an advance screening of “The Guilt Trip.” “He wanted to stay overnight,” Streisand noted, adding that she refused the offer.
Despite being rejected twice by the “A Star is Born” actress, the pair remained friends.The Post reached out to Streisand for comment.
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