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Barbra Streisand Says Michael Jackson's Accusers ‘Were Thrilled to Be There,' the Sex Abuse ‘Didn't Kill Them' and That Jackson's ‘Sexual Needs Were His Sexual Needs'...

March 23, 2019 Jordan Ruimy

Let Barbara Streisand shoot herself in the foot and say things that should not be uttered in today’s day and age of political correctness and lack of free speech.

The legendary singer came to the defense of Michael Jackson, even though acknowledging, and this is where it gets strange, that she “absolutely” believes the two men who accused the pop star of sexually abusing them in the HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland.”

It all stems from an interview with the Times, where Streisand said Jackson was “very sweet, very childlike” the few times they met and that “his sexual needs were his sexual needs, coming from whatever childhood he has or whatever DNA he has.”

“You can say ‘molested,’ but those children, as you heard them say, they were thrilled to be there. They both married and they both have children, so it didn’t kill them,” she added.

However, she has mixed feelings about the whole thing, describing this euphoria as “a combination of feelings.” adding I feel bad for the children. I feel bad for him. I blame, I guess, the parents, who would allow their children to sleep with him. Why would Michael need these little children dressed like him and in the shows and the dancing and the hats?”

Soon after, backlash resulted in Streisand’s comments.

Dan Reed, who directed the documentary, wrote on Twitter: "'It didn’t kill them' @BarbraStreisand did you really say that?!"

Yahoo’s Gregory Wakeman had an article with the title “Barbra Streisand has some truly disgusting thoughts on Michael Jackson and his 'Leaving Neverland' accusers.”

Jezebel’s Emily Arford’s writeup “Barbra Streisand Has Some Really Shitty Opinions About the Michael Jackson Accusers” was a scathing condemnation of Babs’ comments.

The AV Club’s William Hughes had his own nifty title: “Jesus, these Barbra Streisand quotes about Michael Jackson's Leaving Neverland accusers are rough.”

These are not even paragraphs taken from the writeups, these are the actual titles. Suffice to say, the media has gone loco over the comments.

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