Years ago, Warren Beatty’s unauthorized biographer Peter Biskind made somewhat of an unrealistic claim that sent all of Hollywood and the rest of the world into a frenzy. He estimated that Beatty had probably banged about 13,000 women through his lengthy and fruitful (ha) career.
In a recent interview with AARP, Warren Beatty finally addressed those allegations of bed-hopping. “Think about it,” he said. “Sleeping with 12,775 people — that would mean not just that there were multiple people a day, but that there was no repetition.” As in, a different woman. Every day. For 35 years.
But ridiculous idolatry logic shall prevail: who doesn’t love a good Hollywood scandal? And anyway, just about all of Beatty’s former partners have described his near-constant amorousness. Still though — 12,775?! Who in the world could ever believe that?
His confirmed, still-really-long list includes such starlets as Madonna, Janice Dickinson, Barbra Streisand, and Carly Simon. It’s a hell of a roster, no matter what the actual number is.
Beatty, who married Annette Bening in 1992, doesn’t even try to deny his popularity with the ladies, saying: “When you don’t get married until you’re 54… well, as Arthur Miller said, ‘It comes with the territory.'”
