Why did Elliott Gould and Barbra Streisand divorce?

Another fauxmance designed for visibility and production of offspring, perhaps?

R1 is pretty much right.

They do, at least, seem chummy towards each other to this day. At some point, I even remember Elliot mentioning that Barbra had wanted to do Gypsy with him in the 80's with him as Herbie. I always liked that it seemed like they really got along. Some people really are better off as friends.

They both had affairs.

I heard that her affair with Omar during Funny Girl was the final straw.

Elliott was cute and funny. Loved him in MASH & The Long Goodbye. She had great taste in guys.

I feel like Barbra never got credit before being as stunning as she was when she was young.

Her beauty is much more obvious in 2018 when you see more diversity in models / actresses. She was very beautiful in a non-vanilla way.

Didn't he say something awful about her once, or was it another guy? Something like "She wants to be a beautiful lady, but she is neither one of those"

R7 Was it Lainie Kazan?

They may have gotten on good terms, but he was not-so-friendly when she was cheating on him.

But he was a drug addict. So there is that.

WHY? Because she cheated on him from day 1, and he couldn't hold a job. Besides being a drug user Gould had a nasty gambling habit (with her money) too. .But mostly, like all people who become rich and famous, Babs realized she didn't have to settle for a goofy nerdy guy. She became sought after.

Too hairy.

R7, Rex Reed (he hated her, so take it with a grain of salt) quoted Omar Sharif saying something like "she wants to be a woman, she wants to be beautiful. She is neither." Since they definitely had an affair during the making of Funny Girl (confirmed by him), I figure she could have left him abruptly when the film was over and pissed him off. But Omar was a very nice man and I can't really see him saying anything so ungentlemanly to a reporter.

OP, exquisite stranger, gorgeous nosy yenta, you want to know why I divorced Elliot? It's simple. But, my darling, before I tell you.. I'd like for you to, ahem,

put out the light

and close your eyes

come lie beside me - don't ask why

can't hide the fEEEEEEEEElin'

the fEEEEEEEElin's gone

my heart beLAHHHHHHHngs to mEEEEEEEEEEEE

Because Elliot Gould was tired of being called Mr. Streisand

didn't they get married because she was pregnant?

I didn't know that Ross & Monica's dad was married to Barbra! You learn something new every day.

Why on earth did I think that Omar Sharif was gay?

Dunno, R17. Omar Sharif was a womanizer.

Sharif's grandson is gay, R17.

Because her pussy stank.

You're slipping DL.

HA HA HA r15

They seem to have a similar arrogance and huge egos. They were doomed to fail. Both people can't be assholes - one has to be willing to stay in the background and allow the other to shine.

Avigdor wait!

She wouldn’t give him anal.

R23 voila

It was their starter marriage.

She wanted to use his side of the bed as her personal shopping mall, and he was getting in the way.

He wouldn't fight...

She wouldn't let him see her right side profile

He refused to shave his hairy back.

Is Jason hung? Or such a huge bottom, it's insignificant

I remember in the 90's Entertainment Weekly did a feature where celebrities talked about their worst jobs. When they asked Gould, he said, "Well, I *was* married to Barbra Streisand"

I dunno how that could be true, R32, since she supported $ his lazy deadbeat ass.

I imagine being married to anyone who brings their own lighting gels to interviews would be exhausting.

You guys are Diane and I am me...

Love Barbra

It's too painful to remember, so we simply choose to forget.

Who knows- neither was famous when they started dating and within couple few years she was the biggest new star in the world and within 5 years perhaps the biggest star, period. That cannot be easy.

R37 = doesn't read the thread and offers lame overly obvious post based on ignorant conjecture.

Why did he have to be so awful on "Ray Donovan"?

Wasn't her affair with Sydney Chaplin part of the reason?

That was in 1964, R40. They didn't separate until five years later.

Sarcasm R38? Mine is one of the only sane responses.

Anyone who starts a post with "who knows" shouldn't be posting at all, R42.