Barbra Streisand Faces Backlash for 'Unhinged' Post About Alysa Liu’s Olympic Gold Medal
Yahoo • • general
Key Points:
- Barbra Streisand faced criticism for a "tone deaf" Instagram post congratulating Alysa Liu on winning Olympic gold, where she mentioned Liu being "half Chinese" and shared personal anecdotes about a Chinese family she knew.
- Alysa Liu, 20, won gold for her free skate performance at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games, becoming the first U.S. woman in 24 years to achieve this feat.
- Followers on Instagram called out Streisand for making the congratulatory message about herself and her experiences rather than focusing solely on Liu's achievement.
- Many commenters found Streisand's mention of Liu's ethnicity and her own connection to a Chinese family irrelevant and awkward, describing the post as "un
