Singer Barbra Streisand claimed that she will leave the United States if Donald Trump becomes president, a claim she also made prior to Trump’s win in 2016.
The trend of celebrities saying they would flee the country if Trump becomes president circled back around when Streisand appeared on a recent episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
Colbert asked the 81-year-old what she thinks of the current political climate, to which she replied, “I like Biden. I think he has done a good job. I think he is compassionate, smart, supports the right things.”
The host then asked about a possible second term of a Trump administration, causing the singer to plainly reply, “I will move.”
“I can’t live in this country if he became president.” Streisand then explained that she would move across the pond. “Probably to England. I like England.”
Of course, this was not where Streisand said she would move to the first time she made the tired claim. In August 2016, Streisand spoke to the Australian version of “60 Minutes,” where she said Trump “has no facts” before saying she would leave the United States.
“I don’t know, I can’t believe it. I’m either coming to your country, if you’ll let me in, or Canada,” she said, according to The Hill.
“I worry. I don’t take anything for granted. I want Hillary Clinton to be president of the United States,” she added.
Streisand was part of a long list of notable characters who made similar claims leading up to the 2016 election, including two then-hosts of “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg and Raven-Symone.
“I’m going to move to Canada with my entire family. I already have my ticket,” Raven-Symone said, while Goldberg offered immediate impeachment.
“Maybe it’s time for me to move. … We can kick his ass out. There is such a thing called impeachment,” she said, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Other notable celebrities who feigned a plan to leave the United States included Miley Cyrus, who said that her heart was “broken into a 100,000 pieces.”
“Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston said, “Absolutely, I would definitely move.” Then he added that “it’s not real to me that that would happen. I hope to God it won’t.”
The usual anti-Trump comedians such as Lena Dunham, Amy Schumer, Chelsea Handler, and more all piled on with the empty claim at the time, as well.
During her interview with Colbert, Streisand also touted the new Streisand Center at UCLA.
“I have a center at UCLA now that is going to study and is starting to study the dynamics of power between men and women,” she explained.
Other fields of research at the center include “Truth in the Public Sphere” and the “Impact of Climate Change.”
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