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Laraine Newman, a former cast member of Saturday Night Live, disclosed on Watch What Happens Live that Barbra Streisand once attempted to confront her about mimicking her at a bar mitzvah in the past.
During their appearance on the show, host Andy Cohen inquired whether any of the SNL comedians had encounters with celebrities they had impersonated on the show. Newman and her colleagues Ana Gasteyer, Cecily Strong, Cheri Oteri, and Rachel Dratch all agreed that they had experienced such situations.
Newman recounted the incident where the iconic actress Barbra Streisand sought to speak with her regarding the impression she did back in 1977.
“[Writer] Marilyn Miller wrote this incredible song called ‘Me,’” she remembered, referring to the former SNL writer. “And the lyrics are great. You know, ‘Even if one of my films sucks, it still makes four million bucks for me.’ And she hadn’t seen it.”
Things took a turn when Newman was attending her “son’s friend’s bar mitzvah,” where Streisand was performing.
“She says, ‘I wanna talk to you,’” she continued. “I left. I didn’t wanna talk to her.”
The others named Judge Judy (Oteri), Judge Jeanine Pirro (Strong), Calista Flockhart (Dratch), and Martha Stewart, Celine Dion, and Jo Anne Worley (Gasteyer) as some of the stars who have addressed their impressions with them, though most were positive interactions. Other SNL icons have dealt with such confrontations face to face this week as they promote the show’s 50th anniversary celebration.
On Monday (Feb. 10), Amy Poehler co-hosted Today with Jenna & Friends with Jenna Bush Hager, whom Poehler impersonated in the 2005 sketch “The Bush Twins’ Secret Language” alongside Tina Fey as Bush Hager’s sister, Barbara. While Poehler admitted she was “totally sweating” watching the sketch back with Bush Hager, Bush Hager was a good sport, though she teased, “I could have been there, I wish you would have called me for research!”
Meanwhile Leslie Jones joined The View‘s Hot Topics Table on Wednesday (Feb. 12), where Whoopi Goldberg chatted with Jones about her and Kenan Thompson‘s impressions of the Hot Topics table.
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