Anthony Fauci's personal diaries have been revealed showing how he delighted in his interactions with celebrities as America went through the death throes of the early COVID-19 pandemic.

The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who also became chief medical advisor to Joe Biden achieved a fame of his own during lockdowns in 2020.

His diaries have been published by longtime adversary and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul.

Paul accuses Fauci of revealing 'his love for the newfound fame COVID brought him' before publishing a paragraph the Senator says is of him 'fangirling' over explaining Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa to Barbra Streisand. 

'She wanted to know if it was okay to get mRNA vaccine. I told her yes,' Fauci wrote of the 'great call.'

He then spoke about listening to Streisand's music on the Alexa device before saying the longtime star 'really did not know what Alexa was.'

He then admitted to having 'butt called' her later the same day, only to discover Streisand had been planning to call him anyway to ask about differences between the Moderna and Pfizer jabs. 

During that call, he said he demonstrated how the Alexa worked by asking her to play Streisand songs.

'When the song came on loud and clear, she started laughing and absolutely loved it!'

In another, he discusses and Instagram post with the 'wonderful' Tyra Banks.

'One person said that Tyra was sexy, but that I was even more sexy than she was,' he said of the comments, which he admitted were often 'mean and vicious.' 

Fauci also comments on his own fame in general, including one post on April 7 of 2020, nearly a month after the pandemic began.

'Press still hot and heavy about me. Multiple stories per day directly or indirectly involving me," Fauci wrote.

He described the 'national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable' by May 21. 

In late June of 2020, Fauci writes in one entry that he's been asked to participate on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.