Of course, Barbra Streisand did...

[LoveNDino]

Of Course Barbra Streisand Cloned Her Dog

By Madeleine Aggeler

Babs and her clones. Photo: Courtesy of Variety

 

Barbra Streisand exists on a plane beyond what other humans can possibly conceive. She is a cultural icon, a diva, a woman who built her own mall in the basement of her house, and nodded along, polite but unimpressed, while the biggest pop star of our time

. So, when she told Variety that her two dogs, Miss Scarlett and Miss Violet, are clones of her beloved Coton du Tulear Samantha, who died in 2017, I was like, “Yeah, that checks out.”

 

Before Samantha died, Streisand had cells taken from her mouth and stomach so she could be cloned, a procedure which costs about $50,000 per puppy. After the clones arrived, Streisand dressed one puppy in red and the other in purple so she could tell them apart, which is how they got their names.

 

“They have different personalities,” Streisand told Variety. “I’m waiting for them to get older so I can see if they have her [samantha’s] brown eyes and seriousness.” She also reportedly asked that the picture of her and her dogs be captioned “Send in the Clones.”

 

Her third dog, Miss Fanny, is a distant cousin of Samantha’s, and probably feels left out a lot of the time, if I had to guess.

 

Cloning animals is an expensive, and ethically questionable process, sure, but it does make sense for Streisand. I mean, how else was she going to top this?

[+ sync]

I'm not there yet. It gives me the creeps.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

This is what people do when they have a shit ton of money and entirely too much free time

[HotWhiteThirties]

No needs remain to be met for this woman on Maslow’s Hierarchy...what next? Clone the pooch.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

No needs remain to be met for this woman on Maslow’s Hierarchy...what next? Clone the pooch.

 

I bet it pisses her off that even with a mountain of cash, she still can't hang onto her voice as she ages

[HotWhiteThirties]

I bet it pisses her off that even with a mountain of cash, she still can't hang onto her voice as she ages

 

Ha! Shhhhh. An HBIC like Babs (Head Bitch In Charge) will cut you for mentioning such things. Be careful!

[+ azdr0710]

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9elA-O2lDeU

[bigvalboy]

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9elA-O2lDeU

..hilarious

[+ WilliamM]

I bet it pisses her off that even with a mountain of cash, she still can't hang onto her voice as she ages

 

Streisand appeared on the weekly "Judy Garland Show" in 1963. Garland was not have vocal problems but did a few years later.

[bigvalboy]

The gay community is as "mindnumbingly stupid" as the rest of the planet.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7AIBlzCluc

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm7vULhD0o0

[maninsoma]

I'm a bit creeped out by cloning, but I wasn't impressed by Beyonce's performance of The Way We Were, either. I'm sure I would have politely sat there had I been in attendance as well, but in the comfort of my home I stopped listening to Beyonce showboat during her performance, seemingly detached from the words she was singing, after two minutes. Beyonce is no Streisand.