Barbra Streisand denounces rise of anti-Semitism and fascism in United States while promoting new memoir My Name Is Barbra on CBS talk show

• The 81-year-old actress during a rare interview conducted at her home in Malibu, California, promoted her new memoir My Name Is Barbra
• My Names Is Barbra was released on November 7 by Viking Press
• The memoir spans 970 pages and the audiobook read by Barbra is more than 48 hours long

Barbra Streisand denounced the rise of anti-Semitism and fascism in the United States on Monday while promoting her new memoir on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

The 81-year-old actress during a rare interview conducted at her home in Malibu, California, was asked by Stephen, 59, for her thoughts about hostilities against Jewish people being on the rise.

‘It’s so sad. It’s sad about what’s going on today. Meaning, people have to live together even though they are different religions or whatever. People are people. It’s true. You know, we all want the same thing. We all want love in our hearts. We all want family. We all want to feel secure,’ Barbra said in reference to the Israel-Hamas war.

‘I hope for the best because this is heartbreaking, what’s happening now with these people. The children, the mothers, doesn’t matter what religion they are. You know what I mean? This is beyond religion. This is insanity for us not to learn how to live together in peace,’ she added.

The singer and actress, who has been entertaining audiences for more than six decades, also admitted it was difficult promoting her memoir My Names Is Barbra amid the ongoing international strife.

Rare interview: Barbra Streisand denounced the rise of anti-Semitism and fascism in the United States on Monday while promoting her new memoir on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

‘See, this is what’s hard to talk about my career or even my book when this deadly combustible thing is happening in the world,’ Barbra said.

Barbra, who is from a Jewish family, told Stephen that she could easily cry about it.

‘You know, where is God in this time? Where is he or she? Why can’t that energy stop this madness?,’ she asked.

Stephen also asked Barbra for her opinion on the current political climate in the United States.

‘Bad,’ Barbra answered before adding that she liked President Joe Biden, 80.

‘I like Biden. I think he has done a good job. I think he is compassionate, smart, supports the right things,’ Barbra said.

‘How do you feel about the specter of a second Trump administration?,’ Stephen asked.

‘I will move. I can’t live in this country if he became president,’ Barbra said referencing Donald Trump, 77.

New book: My Name Is Barbra was released earlier this month by Viking Press

Trump administration: ‘I will move. I can’t live in this country if he became president,’ Barbra said referencing Donald Trump, 77

Good question: Stephen asked Barbra for her thoughts about hostilities against Jewish people being on the rise

At home: Barbra was interviewed by Stephen at her home in Malibu, California

‘Where would you go?,’ Stephen asked.

‘Probably to England. I like England,’ Barbra said.

Barbra also shared that she was set up on a blind date with her husband James Brolin, 83.

Stephen asked what a typical evening is like in the Brolin-Streisand household.

‘We watch series and movies with the dogs,’ Barbra said.

Stephen noted that she writes in the book about cloning her beloved dog Samantha and asked if the behavior is the same for the cloned dogs Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett.

‘Let me say this. They only look like Sammie, but you cannot clone a soul,’ Barbra said.

Emotional moment: Barbra, who is from a Jewish family, told Stephen that she could easily cry about the situation in the Middle East

Blind date: Barbra also shared that she was set up on a blind date with her husband James Brolin, 83

Cloned dogs: Stephen noted that she writes in the book about cloning her beloved dog Samantha and asked if the behavior is the same for the cloned dogs Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett

Stephen tried to get Barbra to provide reaction about famous men she’s kissed on screen, but she refused to play along.

‘I don’t think this is a good game,’ Barbra said. 

My Names Is Barbra was released on November 7 by Viking Press.

The memoir spans 970 pages and the audiobook read by Barbra is more than 48 hours long.

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