{"id":9681,"date":"2026-02-28T11:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=9681"},"modified":"2026-02-28T11:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:42:16","slug":"what-did-barbra-really-mean-streisands-message-after-alysa-lius-olympic-gold-sparks-unexpected-divide-when-barbra-streisand-publicly-praised-alysa-liu-following-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=9681","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat Did Barbra Really Mean?\u201d Streisand\u2019s Message After Alysa Liu\u2019s Olympic Gold Sparks Unexpected Divide When Barbra Streisand publicly praised Alysa Liu following her 2026 Olympic gold medal win, it seemed like a straightforward celebration. But within hours, the reaction online took a surprising turn \u2014 and what began as admiration quickly became debate."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cWhat Did Barbra Really Mean?\u201d Streisand\u2019s Message After Alysa Liu\u2019s Olympic Gold Sparks Unexpected Divide When Barbra Streisand publicly praised Alysa Liu following her 2026 Olympic gold medal win, it seemed like a straightforward celebration. But within hours, the reaction online took a surprising turn \u2014 and what began as admiration quickly became debate.<\/h1>\n
\u00b7<\/span>\u00a0February 27, 2026<\/span>\u00a0\u00b7<\/span>\u00a0comments off<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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This week,\u00a0Alysa Liu\u00a0made history by winning the women\u2019s figure skating\u00a0gold medal\u00a0for Team USA at the 2026\u00a0Winter Olympics\u00a0in Milano Cortina.<\/p>\n

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If you didn\u2019t know, the 2025 US World Champion is part of the USA trio of figure skaters known as the \u201cBlade Angels\u201d: Amber Glenn, Isabeau Levito, and Alysa \u2014 and they\u2019re all certified badasses.<\/p>\n

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And it\u2019s a big deal that Alysa took home the gold medal, considering the last woman to win gold was Sarah Hughes at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, so Alysa\u2019s win deserves all the praise.<\/p>\n

EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) award-winning singer, actor, and filmmaker\u00a0Barbra Streisand\u00a0certainly thought Alysa deserved her flowers, so she\u00a0posted\u00a0a touching tribute that people feel might\u2019ve missed the mark a bit.<\/p>\n

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In a Feb. 21 Instagram post, Barbra wrote, \u201cWe were so happy to see Alysa Liu win the gold medal in Milan yesterday.\u201d<\/h2>\n
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\u201cMy husband just showed me that in 2019 she skated to my song \u2018Don\u2019t Rain on My Parade.\u2019 I\u2019m so proud of her,\u201d referring to her Ladies\u2019 Free Skate\u00a0performance\u00a0at the 2019 US National Figure Skating Championships.<\/h2>\n
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Related:\u00a0\u201cI Haven\u2019t Paid My Rent In 6 Months\u201d: Celebrities Are Getting Brutally Honest About What It\u2019s Really Like To Be Famous In Hollywood<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barbra continued, \u201cI heard that she is half Chinese. My second family in Brooklyn that lived above us was a Chinese family called the Choys. I worked in their Chinese restaurant since I was 12 years old and also baby sat for their children. She was like a second mother to me.\u201d<\/h2>\n
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Related:\u00a0People Are Sharing The Celebrities They Once Loved But Ended Up Losing All Respect For<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Many people were excited for Alysa\u2019s win, but when Barbra shared this tribute, it drew some criticism from people who thought she could\u2019ve worded it differently.<\/h2>\n
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One commenter wrote, \u201cGirl, this caption was a wild ride.\u201d Another said, \u201cThis is such a stupid post. \u2018Oh, I heard Alysa Liu is half Chinese so let me tell you about this Chinese family I know\u2019 WTH?\u201d<\/h2>\n
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\u201cWe love you but noting someone as half anything. She is a gold medalist. Period,\u201d as another person said, \u201clove to know that barbra had a very chinese childhood.\u201d<\/h2>\n
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Some people were more forgiving of Barbra\u2019s tribute, like in\u00a0this\u00a0Reddit thread, where someone said, \u201cEvery boomer posts on Facebook like this\u00a0\"\ud83e\udd23\".\u201d<\/h2>\n

\u201cWhen my daughter came out to her 84 year old grandmother (not complaining, she was overwhelmingly loving and supportive) she got to spend the next hour hearing about every queer person my mom has ever encountered\/worked with\/been friends with in her entire life and their individual stories,\u201d one person wrote. \u201cThe highlight was when she was the manager at a dry cleaner\u2019s and SO many lesbians applied there, which clearly meant lesbians have an affinity for professionaly cleaning garments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another person added, \u201ci love when old people try and be supportive lmao.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is exactly how my mom texts,\u201d one more person said.<\/p>\n

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Others appreciated Barbra\u2019s post on\u00a0this\u00a0Reddit thread, writing, \u201cFor what it\u2019s worth she does wax poetically about\u00a0the Choys\u00a0in her autobiography for a while and it\u2019s just as random and funny when she does it there.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\u201ci thought this was sweet as a half asian myself, that she was connecting to alyssa in her own way and putting out unifying energy in a time where we are particularly divided, showing a pro immigrant stance when the us has been coming down hard against immigration, but maybe i was wrong\u00a0\"\ud83d\ude1e\",\u201d another Reddit user wrote.<\/p>\n

And finally, another commentor said, \u201cMaybe I\u2019m problematic but I give a pass to a boomer who means well even if it\u2019s kind of cringe.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for me, I love everything about Barbra and would go\u00a0Mortal Kombat<\/i>\u00a0on somebody who\u2019s too critical of anything she made, so my completely biased opinion is she definitely meant well.<\/h2>\n
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