Barbra Streisand Sends Blunt Message to Jane Fonda
The legendary singer and actress took to Instagram to post what she called a note directly addressing Fonda’s latest push to defend freedom of expression in Hollywood. Streisand’s post arrives on the heels of the relaunch of the Committee for the First Amendment, a group first formed during the McCarthy era when entertainers, academics, and politicians were blacklisted, silenced, and in some cases imprisoned for their political beliefs.
“Dear Jane,” Streisand began. “We are indeed in deep trouble under Trump’s regime. The entertainment community has always had strong and powerful artists standing up for democracy and freedom of speech. Our voices are always stronger together.”
“I’m proud to be part of our community and this committee in 2025, as sad as this is, to be reliving the 1950s,” she wrote. “Jane, I appreciate your continued activism and voice in these scary times. With hope for the future, Barbra.”
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 11, 2025 1:02 AM
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Streisand is an attention whore. Always has been.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 10, 2025 2:13 AM
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Does Barbra have a problem with the English language? Why is she telling Jane she is proud to be re-living the fifties?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 10, 2025 2:36 AM
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R3, your misreading is not persuasive.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 10, 2025 2:46 AM
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(R03) I think you are misreading Streisand's statement. I accept that she is saying that she is sad to be re-living the 50s. Her second comma appears to be misplaced and leads you to believe the opposite.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 10, 2025 2:49 AM
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What's going on? Barbra is ON the Committee??
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 10, 2025 3:28 AM
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Have tariffs affected business at Streisand’s Basement, Malibu?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 10, 2025 4:06 AM
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This seems a non-story. Barbra is supporting Jane so I don't see any blunt.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 10, 2025 4:50 AM
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How heartening that their assistants type messages to each other, since I doubt they know how to use a phone.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 10, 2025 5:17 AM
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R11 You think JLo, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, etc all write their own messages and no their assistants doing it for them ? Seriously ?
R9 Don't ever give up your 'Barbra's Basement Mall' jokes. You'll make us laugh some day, I'm sure.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 10, 2025 11:50 AM
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Do all of you Trump ass lickers think Christi Noem rings up Pam Bondi for some quality girl talk and the latest dish?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 10, 2025 11:56 AM
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BABS BUNKER BOUTIQUE IN MALIBU!
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 10, 2025 12:35 PM
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On Wednesday, over 550 celebrities relaunched a group first organized during the post-World War II Red Scare: the Committee for the First Amendment. Their intent is to stand up in what they call a "defense of our constitutional rights," adding: "The federal government is once again engaged in a coordinated campaign to silence critics in the government, the media, the judiciary, academia, and the entertainment industry."
The current group is headlined by actor and activist Jane Fonda — whose father, actor Henry Fonda, was one of the early members of the first Committee for the First Amendment, which was founded in the 1940s to oppose the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee, through which the federal government accused many top entertainers of being communists or communist sympathizers and derailed their careers.
Other members of the newly re-formed committee include filmmakers Spike Lee, Barry Jenkins, J.J. Abrams, Patty Jenkins, Aaron Sorkin and Judd Apatow; TV show creator Quinta Brunson; musicians Barbra Streisand, John Legend, Janelle Monáe, Gracie Abrams and Billie Eilish; comedians Tiffany Haddish and Nikki Glaser; as well as actors Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, Pedro Pascal, Natalie Portman, Viola Davis and Ben Stiller. Another signatory is actor Fran Drescher, who last month ended a term as the president of the SAG-AFTRA union, whose membership includes NPR's journalists.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 11, 2025 12:58 AM
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Another misleading clickbait headline that actually contradicts the story. But clicks are what count, not accuracy.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 11, 2025 1:02 AM
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