Robbie Williams met Barbra Streisand on holiday and what happened next was hilarious

ROBBIE Williams met ­Barbra Streisand on holiday — and neither knew who the other one was.

The singing superstars were introduced through mutual friends on Tahiti.

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But ex-Take That idol Robbie, 48, initially thought “Barbra”, 80, was just a “nice old lady” — and she had him down as a footballer.

Robbie recalled how he was with pals on the South Pacific island when another group arrived.

He told Scott Mills and Chris Stark on their final Radio 5 Live Saturday morning show together yesterday: “And it was like ‘Hi, I’m John’, and ‘Hi, I’m Rob’, and ‘Hi I’m Steve’ – ‘Hi Steve’, ‘Hi, I’m Barbra’ – ‘Hello Barbra, I’m pleased to meet you’.

“Nice old lady. Then I sat down next to Barbra. And it was Barbra Streisand. And I was like, ‘Oh, ahh’.”

As the group got chatting, Angels star Robbie’s identity then got misinterpreted by New York-born double Oscar winner Barbra.

He recalled: “People were talking about Soccer Aid, and she just presumed I played football.

“And then I was like ‘Oh, no, no, no, I’m a singer’.

“And she was like, ‘That’s nice’.”