Robbie Williams mistook Barbra Streisand for a “nice old lady” on holiday – while she thought he was a footballer. The singers were introduced through mutual friends on Tahiti when they both failed to recognise one another.
Former Take That member Robbie, 48, told Scott Mills and Chris Stark on their final Radio 5 Live morning show on Saturday (20.
08. 22): “And it was like ‘Hi, I’m John’, and ‘Hi, I'm Rob’, and ‘Hi I’m Steve’ – ‘Hi Steve’, ‘Hi, I’m Barbra’ – ‘Hello Barbra, I’m pleased to meet you’ – nice old lady. “Then I sat down next to Barbra.
And it was Barbra Streisand. And I was like, ‘Oh, ahh’. ” Robbie added about Barbra then mistaking his identity: “People were talking about Soccer Aid, and she just presumed I played football.
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