James Brolin who is the husband to Barbra Streisand, does not like her flirtatious friendship with British actor Ralph Fiennes as sources claim the flirt fest they have carried on for years infuriates her husband, Radar reports.
According to the report by Radar, Streisand’s crush on Fiennes, 81, is no secret. The 82-year-old has openly confessed she finds the English Patient star “irresistibly attractive” and sources said that doesn’t sit well with Brolin, 83.
“Jim doesn’t like it one bit,” an insider dished to the National Enquirer. “Ralph’s a well-known ladies’ man and Jim doesn’t want him over ogling his wife.”
“But Barbra shamelessly crushes over him.”
While the Funny Girl star apparently refuses to let her crush go, the insider noted, “She wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize her marriage, but she can still dream.”
The two met in the 1990s when the multi-talented diva wanted Fiennes to star in The Normal Heart, a movie adaptation of a play she was hoping to produce.
“Barbra’s carried a torch for Ralph for decades,” the spy spilled. “She could’ve had an affair with him but didn’t because she wanted to keep their relationship professional.”
“Ralph seemed just as attracted to her and still is if you ask Barbra. He never misses a concert and the way he looks at her gets her weak in the knees.”
Fiennes seems to have that effect on a lot women. He’s romanced a bevy of beauties before and after his 1997 divorce from his only wife, English actress Alex Kingston. According to Barbra, the broody hunk once told her he never married again because, “I love too many women.”
The insider added, “Ralph’s the one that got away, sort of. Actually, they’ve never lost touch!”
Streisand’s longtime crush on Fiennes apparently isn’t the only frustration for Brolin.
Insiders revealed the 83-year-old has grown tired of being her “whipping boy.”
After Streisand’s memoir, My Name is Barbra, sold a measly 210,000 copies after hitting store shelves, sources claimed she took out her anger on her husband.
“Jim is sick of being her whipping boy,” an insider said. “She’s in his face constantly and complaining about this or that.”
“He has the patience of a saint, but friends wonder why he puts up with it. Barbra Streisand so needy and demanding and treats him like a doormat.”