In a New Yorker interview printed Saturday, the 83-year-old “Humorous Lady” star mentioned, “I do know I slept within the mattress with him, however I am unable to bear in mind if we really had penetration.”

“I swear to God, I am unable to. There are particular issues I block out,” she added.

Whereas the interviewer referred to as “bulls–t” on the legendary actresses declare, Streisand maintained her stance, replying, “I am unable to [remember].”

Romantic dalliances apart, the actress mentioned that pair have had a permanent friendship.

“However I do know we’re nonetheless pals. Yearly on my birthday, he calls me and we’ve got a beautiful discuss our lives, our kids, and so forth,” she mentioned. “So we’re nonetheless pals. I met him once I was 15 years previous, and he was 21, I feel.”

Beatty has but to handle Streisand’s feedback.

Streisand detailed their assembly in her memoir, recalling that they crossed paths whereas working at Connecticut’s Clinton Playhouse. In response to PEOPLE, she recalled Beatty as being “tall with movie-star seems to be,” and famous how “girls have been already falling at his toes.”

PEOPLE additionally studies that in a 1977 Playboy interview when she was requested if she and Beatty have been “romantically linked,” Streisand mentioned, “I mentioned blithely, ‘Considered one of my flings.’ I used to be simply tossing off a reply, taking part in the position of a jaded lady of the world.”

As of late Streisand is married to James Brolin, whom she wed in 1998. Beatty has been married to Annette Bening since 1992, and shares 4 kids with the actress: Stephen Beatty, 33, Benjamin Beatty, 30, Isabel Beatty, 28, and Ella Beatty, 25.