Barbra Streisand introduces"BlacKkKlansman" at the Oscars on Feb. 24 in Los Angeles. By Kayla Epstein Kayla Epstein Embedded audience editor on the National desk Email Bio Follow March 23 at 2:51 PM Legendary singer and actress Barbra Streisand responded Saturday to online criticism of her comments about two men who were allegedly molested as children by Michael Jackson.
But her assessment of the long-term impact on both men, and Jackson’s behavior, has drawn considerable ire from the public. The Times interviewer writes that he brought up Jackson because both he and Streisand achieved a similar level of fame. However, Streisand says she met Jackson a couple of times and turned down an opportunity to record a duet with him.
After the interview was published, Streisand’s name was trending on Twitter as users expressed surprise and outrage, including the director of “Leaving Neverland,” Dan Reed.
She only said what most people were thinking. She has nothing to apologize for. I don't respect people who attack the dead whether they have a problem or not. The dead can't defend himself.
She made MJ seem guilty. He is dead and can't defend himself. People should not talk about him.
And the Jewish Queen 👑 SPEAKS !!! How filthy Rich are you Barbra Streisand ? Oh...,that's nobody's business...that's right.sorry.
THEY WERE AND I FEEL SORRY FOR THOSE BOYS TOO!
MJ was into woman so why is she making this shit up? is she trying to get rating up again?MJ was good friend of my aunt DianaRoss MJ and i knew each other through her ...he was a real Gentleman he loved having kids over to be with his 3 kids and that s it btw leave Paris alone
SICK PRIVILEGED ELITIST FEELS VICTIMS ARE THROW-AWAYS,,,
Liar
ALWAYS THE OBLIQUE,,,,,,SICKO ALWAYS TAKES THE LOW ROAD,,,,TO HACE TALENT, AND USE IT TO ABUSE, CONTORT, TO PUT YOUSELF ABOVE JUDGEMENT,,,,,,,SUPER SICKO,,,,
So I think MJ was an odd duckling trying to live a childhood dream , I do NOT think he ever had sex with kids. As for the parents of these kids, you should be disgusted with your own greedy actions.
She basically believes that if you are rich, you should be able to do what you want with the poor to include pedophilia
Sympathy or empathy? Does she need to tell us something about Michael?
Nice try
Pedos have only one friend ☝️
I don’t!
I love her music, but she is such a stupid bit** - bashing Trump and his supporters and then minimizing the impact of childhood sexual abuse. She's showed how stupid she is when she started bashing Trump, but now I think she's actually lost her mind. Such a hypocrite.
Give me a break are we going to go somewhere again I would say the other way around the people that don't believe it or pathetic
One sick chick.
she sucks
Stop it Babs. Cancelled
Barbra needs a psych evaluation
اذا كان شاذ فهناك مغنيين روك ماتوا بسبب الايدز بل تفخر بهم امريكا هل المشكله لها أسباب أخرى غير أنه كان شاذ أو معتدى على الاطفال؟ امريكا ليست أمة الاخلاق لكى تهاجم مايكل جاكسون بهذه الطريقه هل هى حرب شركات لتفوز بميراثه الفنى بمبلغ زهيد؟هل بسبب مواضيع اغانيه؟لكن لاتقنعنى بغيرذاك
My publicist has informed me that I have nothing but sympathy for these men.
So first defender? Speilberg?
She’s so far in the shit that trump might actually defend her
LeChatNoire4 She has a funny way of showing it.
LeChatNoire4 She’s been very famous for more than 50 years and may only know how to articulate from that perspective. Jackson’s fame was his weapon against his victims, though. She just literally demonstrated the context of Jackson’s predatory behavior.
Absolutely Fox is to Trump as Pravda is to Putin.
Shut up, babs
LeChatNoire4 What she said is unredeemable.
Chrisstto12 She didn't really show it..
She is right on it.
And if you don't believe her just believe the PR agency she paid to try and put out the dumpster fire of an interview she gave.
Whichever way wind blows. She’s a phony and a fake and a liar.
Why give a voice to senility?
that’s not believable, based on what she said in the first place.
Too late.
What was she thinking saying that
Too late
Just stop. Nobody cares what this woman says.
Yeah, except she flapped her gums and tried to JUSTIFY MJs behavior. Sad.
Knew that was coming. Once the backlash starts, then comes the backpedaling, or the apology.
BarbraStreisand....Hold on Barb. When the mainstream media sniffs blood...they tear you to shreds. Make your statement then say no more and shut them out! They are totally amoral........
BRAVO BARBRA STREISAND THESE ACCUSERS ARE REALY PATHETIC PEOPLE ,SUDDENLY AFTER HIS DEATH MICHAEL JACKSON F*CKED OR MOLESTED EVERYBODY THE USA ,IT IS REALY SAD ACCUSING SOMEBODY WHO IS DEATH AND UNABLE TO DEFEND HIMSELF!!
No one will give a shit next week. All of you that are outraged should fuck straight off and get lives and/or hobbies that don't include Jerry Springer drama on the daily. Grow up.
She spoke of pedophilia as if it was not soul shattering and pedophilia as an excepted, sexual preference, equal to heterosexual and/or homosexual.
BarbraStreisand She is such a loud mouth Years ago she bashed Colorado regarding gays & asked for a boycott of the state She doesn't have any kids so what does she know about child predators Im sure MJs accusers have suffered a lot of emotional trauma Barbara S is a nutcase
Nope. Not buying that.
She has publically excused child molestation. 🤮
shut up babs- we're busy trying to jail the prez and his wicked family.
Except that you don’t.
Micheal Jackson is innocent!
Is there a worse person than a hollywood liberal?
yashar She apparently feels that MJ had a right to rape those kids because he got horny
Too late
Ticket sales tanked by any chance?
Pedophilia isn’t a “sexual need”. It’s sexual violence.
Strange way to show ‘sympathy’...
Oh so now your feeling sympathy ok gurl
I don’t know if „they loved it“ could be construed as sympathy
She said “it didn’t kill them” and the victims were “thrilled to be there”. Repugnant
He like Hefner were serial abusers who got a big fat pass. Exploiters extraordinaire celebrated in their time and today. Hefner trained thousands of women to please and serve men. R Kelly and Cosby will be tar and feathered and hung in the town square.
Her earlier tweet did not imply that at all. She seemed to be hostile toward the accusers and totally lacking sympathy!
When you hear EVERYTHING she said, it's not nearly as bad as first thought, when the statements are taken out of context, which was intentionally done, they're far more damning . Although she may have gotten into more hot water, by blaming the parents ....I 100% Agree w that.
'I feel nothing...' - Streisand a day after attempting to defend andnormalize sexual predation upon children: 'His sexual needs were his sexual needs'
yashar As a swimmer, I can’t imagine the tendinitis she must have after switching to backstroke so quickly, without warming up or stretching first. Yikes.
Shes nasty
Why even comment in the first place? We all know what MJ was all about and those fans who continue to hold a candle for him....well I doubt they will be of any consequence in life. They will just exist and thats ok.
Oh Barbara, Barbara. This is the definition of closing the barn door after the horse has already bolted. The horse is currently legging it cross country, never to be seen again.
I think she has finally gotten her nose fixed.
And Michael felt nothing but the accusers without sympathy.
No backtracking this one, although the crazed, liberal, Socialist, elitist staff of WaPo back up Streisand.
No one has ever accused Barbra Streisand of being a compassionate person. Now I know why. What if it had been HER SON?
She needs to just stop talking. This isn’t about what she thinks and her opinion is meaningless.
Oy vey.....she’s become my Aunt Ethel, circa 1971.
Just another face of the left
She's disgusting and deserves all the ridicule she receives.
Well that is good to hear, after you stated child molestation was ok, you do realize that is not ok, right?
yashar She blamed the parents and said that Michael had 'sexual needs' 🙄 she needs to go home
Victims not just accusers
yashar Bullshit.
Likewise
I can’t deal with this idiot right now
Nope, BarbraStreisand already revealed her true self, her true thoughts. If she’s feeling ashamed, bad or remorseful, good. But she can’t unring that bell.
Wealthy people feel nothing for anyone unless you are wealthy Celeberties especially All they care about is attention
She failed almost as much as someone could possibly fail with her first statement, and this apology/clarification is about as pathetic and lukewarm as her initial statement was appalling.
In other words 'After all, the child who never dreamed of being raped by Michael Jackson ...can cast the first stone' 🤦♂️
Come on, we all knew what he was doing long before Leaving Neverland.
How can you tell she’s a Democrat?
Yeah, uh, too little too late.
Love Babs but she should have held her tongue. She was friendly with MJ - I'm sure hearing stories is awkward & difficult but she should 100% expect backlash for her comments. Think before speaking 🙏 Victim-blaming must stop! Victims are never to blame! Abusers choose to act!
yashar She’s human excrement and she always has been
She is a disgusting defender of pedophiles. All of her upcoming appearances should be cancelled. therealroseanne made a bad joke about a public official and she was vilified, her career over. If BarbraStreisand escapes this unharmed, what does that say about our society?
Barbra Is Satan’s Sister🔥
Her needs a new shrink.
That is the OPPOSITE of what she said
Sure didn’t sound like it. Long term Hollywood fame and money makes some people bizarre... Michael Jackson and Babs Streisand are very similar. Out of touch with reality.
Funny way of vocalizing that.....
EVERYONE IN HOLLYWOOD IS OUR MORAL SUPERIORS WE MUST LISTEN TO AND FOLLOW THEM
I too feel sympathy for their sexual needs and desires
yashar I think the “everything after the ‘but’ is bullshit” rule applies here.
should feel sympathy, Mccaully hasn't walked right since
What the hell was she thinking! Jeez!
In her defense, we don't know what her own experiences or what her 'normal' have been. People often look the other way when they are getting something they want - and it can hurt themselves/others. Have had lots of personal experience with these dynamics. It's not so clear cut.
Sometimes we as people need to be sympathetic while minding our own business. When personal opinions cross the thresholds of public fans, it gets messy.
Never blame the person who actually committed the crime(s), never hold the actual perpetrator accountable. This is how it keeps happening. Screw you Babs. Really. Screw you.
No. Ho. That’s not what you said. Sit down!
She could’ve got Bundy off death row with that defense
Well USED UP BIMBO..which is it. They enjoyed being molested or you feel sympathy. Did YOU enjoy being molested yourself Just asking for a friend.
Welp, so much for her next farewell tour.
yashar Her words were the exact opposite of sympathy. What she said was further abuse to the victims
Announcer: No she doesn’t.
Babs would be well served to just shut up!
Just shut up. You showed us all who you really are, and that 'you' that was shown is bile inducing and disgusting...
metoobabs
not consistent
Yes, that was obvious from your remarks, Barbra. 🙄
Sure
Sorry Americans, looks like she’s trash
But hey, a man has his needs. Right, Barbra? Am I right? Am I right? Anyone?
Time's up, Babs.
LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
Hollywood weird as hell, no morals
yashar The backlash didn't kill her so that proves she can get over it.
Who?
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