“I didn’t wanna talk to her.”
After Cohen asked, “Have you ever been confronted by a celebrity who you impersonated onSNL?”
Newman confirmed, “Barbra Streisand.”
Laraine Newman and Barbra Streisand.Credit:NBCU Photo Bank/ Getty; Screen Archives/Getty
“And she hadn’t seen it.
I was at my friend’s son’s bar mitzvah, and she was singing at it.
And she says, ‘I wanna talk to you.'”
Laraine Newman.Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Newman didn’t stick around long enough to actually talk to theFunny Girlactress, though.
“I left,” she said.
“I didn’t wanna talk to her.”
Representatives for Streisand didn’t respond toEntertainment Weekly’s request for comment.
OtherSNLalums also heard feedback from celebrities they impersonated on the show.
Later,Cecily Strongsaid that Judge Jeanine Pirro tried to get in touch with her.
“Pirro wanted to get lunch a couple of times,” she said.
“I was busy.”
Ana Gasteyerremembered three of her celebrity targets being appreciative of their depictions.
“Martha StewartandCeline [Dion]were both super-gracious,” she said.
“Jo Anne Worley left a message on my NBC voicemail.
It was the greatest: ‘This is Jo Anne Worley.
I just loved the show.'”
Rachel Dratchrecalled a similar experience.
“I just didCalista Flockhart, like way back in the day,” she said.
“And then she hosted, so we got to do side-by-side.”
“It would just make it a whole different experience.”
The comedian said that she appreciates the kinship she feels with subsequentSNLcast members.
“I just totally feel inspired,” Newman said.
But yeah, I love the camaraderie of the cast all through the years."
Watch Newman’s anecdote about Streisand in the clip above.
