A biography of Warren Beatty released this week claims the 72-year-old actor has slept with “12,775 women, give or take, a figure that does not include daytime quickies, drive-bys, casual gropings, stolen kisses, and so on.” Biographer Peter Biskind says Beatty was insatiable during his Hollywood prime, having sex as much as seven times a day. Beatty’s attorney told The Huffington Post that the huge number of lovers is one of the book’s many “false assertions.”
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