Barbra Streisand pissed off over Meet the…
A star is scorned.
Barbra Streisand is so “pissed off” about her “Meet the Fockers” and “Little Fockers” paychecks from 2004 and 2010 that she might never return to the comedy film sequence, the Oscar winner mentioned in a new interview.
“Oh my God,” Streisand, 83, advised Variety. “They’d have to pay me a lot of money because I didn’t get paid what the other people got paid, and so I’m pissed off.”
Sources advised Page Six in 2011 that Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro each took home $20 million for “Little Fockers,” Owen Wilson pocketed $15 million, and Dustin Hoffman was paid $7.5 million. Meanwhile, Streisand made just $7 million.
Barbra Streisand mentioned she’s “pissed off” she was paid much less than her “Meet the Fockers” co-stars. ©Universal/courtesy Everett / Ev
The “A Star Is Born” actress went on: “I was in the time when women were getting paid less than the men. The head of Universal was Ron Meyer at the time, and he actually sent me a bonus check. It was very sweet.”
In the “Meet the Parents” sequels, Streisand performed Rozalin Focker, the eccentric mother of Stiller’s character Greg and the spouse of Hoffman’s Bernie. The wacky couple bump heads with retired CIA agent Jack (De Niro) and his spouse Dina (Blythe Danner).
Now, a fourth “Fockers” flick is in the works and due out in 2026.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the son of Stiller and Teri Polo’s characters will get engaged to a big-personality girl performed by Ariana Grande.
Alongside Stiller, 59, and Polo, 56, also confirmed to reprise their components are De Niro, 81, Danner, 82, and Wilson, 56.
Streisand performed Roz Focker in two movies: “Meet the Fockers” and “Little Fockers.” Getty Images for Genesis Prize Foundation
Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner starred alongside Streisand in “Meet the Fockers.” Photographer: Tracy Bennett
When knowledgeable by Variety that Grande can be becoming a member of the “Meet the Fockers” household, Streisand replied, “You’re kidding.”
But, she added of the Oscar nominee, her grandkids are followers. “They love ‘Wicked,’” she mentioned.
Streisand’s new album is named “The Secret of Life, Volume Two” and contains duets with Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Josh Groban and James Taylor, among others. It comes out June 27.
However, the “Evergreen” singer is unsure if she’ll even carry out reside again.
“Oh, God. I doubt it,” she advised the commerce. “But there’s a little part of me that may consider that. But the other part of me goes, why?”
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