Josh Brolin Recalls Barbra Streisand's Response When He Once Asked Her for a Glass of Wine: 'Aren't You a Drunk?'

Mar. 15, 2025

Josh Brolin in 2024.Photo:Arturo Holmes/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty

Arturo Holmes/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty

Josh Brolinis reflecting on a candid interaction he had withBarbra Streisandabout his drinking.

In an interview published on Saturday, Nov. 16, withThe Timesto promote his upcoming memoirFrom Under the Truck, theNo Country For Old Menactor spoke about his sobriety and one incident that involvedhis famous stepmother.

On one occasion before he was sober, Josh, 56, went to his fatherJames Brolin, 84, and Streisand’s house and asked for a glass of wine. Streisand, 82, who married James in 1996, responded, “But aren’t you a drunk?”

Josh Brolin and Barbra Streisand in 2018.Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock

Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock

Josh became sober in 2013 after he woke up outside his house following a drunken night out, later sitting vigil at his grandmother’s deathbed smelling of alcohol. At that moment, he had the realization that he was at the halfway point of his life and wanted to live the second half sober.

“I knew that was going to be the last time I drank,” he toldThe Times. He went to rehab and joined Alcoholics Anonymous.  “I like getting older. It’s like a great excuse to finally go, ‘OK, just mellow out, you don’t need to constantly spin,' " he added.

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“I love being sober. I have more fun,” he said elsewhere in the interview. “There’s nothing that I go through that I am absolutely certain wouldn’t be worse if I was drinking.”

Kathryn Boyd Brolin, Josh Brolin, Barbra Streisand and James Brolin in 2019.Eric Charbonneau/Getty

Eric Charbonneau/Getty

From Under The Truckhits bookstores on Tuesday, Nov. 19 and is available for preorder wherever books are sold.

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.

source: people.com