Barbra Streisand shows off antique shops in her Malibu home as she looks back on her childhood

Barbra Streisand's other unique interests include collecting antiques and thrifted pieces of clothing

PUBLISHED NOV 6, 2023

Barbra Streisand went for a walk down memory lane as she opened the doors to her doll collection (Getty Images)

MALIBU, CALIFORNIA: With her new memoir 'My Name is Barbra' just on the cusp of its worldwide release, the iconic Barbra Streisand has been revealing secrets and facts from her life that were not known to the public before.

One of those things is the quite mysterious and almost magical collection of antique items that she cherishes and stores in her own shops at home.

Streisand gave a peak into this side of her otherwise legendary personality as a singer and actress in her recent interview with Gayle King on 'CBS Sunday Morning'.

Barbra Streisand never had a doll as a young girl

Streisand was not always this untouchable personality. At one point she was just another young girl who wanted a doll. However, she claims she could never own one.

And now, at 81, she owns her very own shop filled to the brim with all kinds of dolls.

Barbra Streisand's doll collection in her own shop (CBS)

As she took the host through the door of her shop named 'Bee's Doll Shop', Streisand unveiled a rather impressive set of dolls, displayed as if in a museum.

"I love to collect. I'm a collector," the singer told King.

She then put it in contrast to what her life as a child was like, as she added, "I love antiques. [As a child] I didn't have a doll, so I put hot water into a hot water bottle, which felt like a real person."

To this, the CBS host responded, "I think that you've made up for not having a doll when you were a child."

Barbra Streisand's 'Bee's Doll Shop' in her Malibu home (CBS)

Barbra Streisand reveals her obsession with thrifting

Among her other unique interests was collecting antique and vintage pieces of clothing, many of which were her own, but others were thrifted.

"These are things I bought in the thrift shop," Streisand excitedly told King about a particular piece, "Feel the velvet. This was ten bucks!"

But the iconic singer had quite the poetic reason to be obsessed with thrifting clothes, despite being a multimillionaire.

"I feel right in something that had a life in it," she said, "In other words, something from the past that I felt like I was once there."