Barbra Streisand has requested two individuals for autographs in her lifetime: former President John F. Kennedy and actor Cliff Robertson.
“I did it twice,” the enduring singer advised Stephen Colbert in a section for “The Late Show” that aired Monday.
“One was President Kennedy when I sang for him in 1963 backstage,” she stated. “I felt terrible but I said it was for my mother, I told him, but it was really for me.”
″And he wrote it, and I put it into my robe right here, and after I received residence, it was gone. I misplaced it! But he did take an image with me and so he signed it in order that’s okay,” she added.
Streisand was invited to sing on the White House correspondents dinner in 1963. In her memoir, she additionally recounted asking Kennedy for his autograph although she had particularly been instructed to not. “You’re a doll,” she stated she advised him when he agreed.
The different particular person, she advised Colbert, was Robertson, who she noticed strolling on the road.
“I was so shy, and I thought well, what the hell,” she recalled.
Robertson, who died in 2011 aged 88, received an Oscar in 1968 for his position within the movie “Charly.” He was additionally identified for his portrayal of Kennedy within the 1963 film “PT 109.”
Colbert stated he sat down with Streisand a few months in the past to debate the discharge of her ebook, “My Name is Barbra,” and had administered the “Colbert Questionert” then.
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