Streisand revealed how paparazzi chased her and Andre Agassi.
Barbra Streisand dated Andre Agassi in the 1990s. PDO
Music and film industry legend Barbra Streisand, 81, tells in her new book My Name Is Barbra wild revelations about their relationship life.
In the 1990s, Streisand dated tennis star Andre Agassi for a while. Agassi was 22 at the time, Streisand 50.
The relationship was hot stuff for the press of that time. The singer and actress icon reveals in her book that Agassi once had to hide in the trunk of his car to avoid paparazzi photos.
The incident happened in London in 1993, when Agassi was playing the Wimbledon tournament.
– When Andre arrived for dinner, his driver hid him in the trunk. It was fun, the book says The Daily Mail by.
At that time, Streisand was often seen in the tennis stands when her lover played. Agassi himself described the relationship as more of a “passionate friendship”. He added that dating Streisand “is like wearing hot lava.”
A taboo relationship
Agassi was known on the tennis court for his long back. PDO
At the beginning of the 1990s, the Hollywood star didn’t even know who Agassi was. When the young athlete first called her, they ended up talking for two hours, even though Streisand didn’t even know what the man looked like.
When Streisand finally saw Agassi on TV, she was pleasantly surprised. In his opinion, the young man was “good-looking, and he had wonderful teeth”.
According to Agassi, the relationship brought new challenges to his career. Alongside the Wimbledon games came another “game”: avoiding tabloid photographers.
– The reporters tortured Barbra and then me. The magazines took pains to analyze our relationship and downplay it, he has said.
– The public feedback only added spice to our story. It made our friendship feel forbidden and taboo.