The year was 1991 and both had just broken off relationships with other stars.

The two newly single celebrities met and dated briefly before realizing things were never meant to be.

Streisand and Neeson had long histories of dating fellow celebrities before they met one another.

Barbra Streisand and Liam Neeson

Before Roberts, Neeson was in a long-term relationship with Helen Mirren (viaWho’s Dated Who).

Still, that didn’t stop them from having a brief early ’90s romance.

Streisand dated several more men before finally settling down in 1996 when she met James Brolin (viaRanker).

Barbra Streisand smiling

Neeson was left to raise the couple’s two children, Micheal and Daniel.

“I was told she was brain dead.

And seeing this X-ray it was, like, ‘Wow.’

Liam Neeson

But obviously, she was on life support and stuff.

And I went into her and told her I loved her.

Said, “Sweetie, you’re not coming back from this.

You’ve banged your head.

And we’re bringing ya back to New York.

All your family and friends will come.”

And that was more or less it.