She’s known to speak her mind and no one to mince her words.
And in an upcoming interview on 60 Minutes, Barbra Streisand is seen schooling Australian reporter Michael Usher on how to pronounce her name.
‘Can you say Barbra STREIS-and,’ the 73-year-old legendary singer questions the journalist after he fails to pronounce her name correctly.
‘Can you say Barbra STREIS-and’: Legendary singer Barbra Streisand, 73, schools 60 Minutes Australia reporter Michael Usher on how to pronounce her name correctly in a preview clip of their upcoming interview on Sunday
In a preview clip of the scheduled Q&A, which airs this coming Sunday in Australia, Barbra refuses to continue with the interview until Usher pronounces her name correctly.
‘What’s my name?,’ she asks him after he says it.
‘I got it wrong, didn’t I?,’ he responds.
‘I got it wrong, didn’t I?’: Michael knew upon first instance that he pronounced the surname incorrectly
‘You said it with a Z. You got a double whammy’: Barbra clearly looks displeased when Michael pronounces her name incorrectly
‘You said it with a Z. You got a double whammy,’ she continues, before drilling the correct pronunciation into his head.
‘Sand. Can you say ‘Barbra STREI-sand,’ not ‘Strei-SAND. STREI-sand,’ the icon emphasises.
‘Barbra STREI-sand,’ Michael says.
‘That’s right. He’s got it. My gosh, he’s got it,’ she says with a sense of relief.
‘That’s right. He’s got it. My gosh, he’s got it’: The icon appears relieved and delighted once Michael pronounces it correctly
This is not the first time Barbra has demanded a correction of her name.
Over the past weekend, the acclaimed singer filed a complaint to Apple CEO Tim Cook, after iPhone’s helper Siri emphasised an ‘s’ in her surname, and not a ‘z’.
Rolling Stone magazine reported that Barbra took her annoyance to the powers that be, with an update being made for September 30.
Not happy: Over the past weekend, the acclaimed singer filed a complaint to Apple CEO Tim Cook, after iPhone’s helper Siri emphasised an ‘s’ in her surname, and not a ‘z’
‘I called the head of Apple, Tim Cook, and he delightfully agreed to have Siri change the pronunciation of my name,’ she announced during one of her recent concerts.
Barbra certainly has her hands full, releasing her next album on August 26, that includes duets with high-profile artists Jamie Foxx, Hugh Jackman and Melissa McCarthy to name a few.
She is also currently on tour.
In demand: Barbra certainly has her hands full, releasing her next album on August 26 and is currently on tour
Star-studded: The album will include duets with high-profile artists Jamie Foxx, Hugh Jackman and Melissa McCarthy to name a few