Barbra
Streisand paused during her standing-room-only concert in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center tonight
to shine a spotlight on an audience member seated
According to
a video tweeted by one nearby concertgoer (see below), Streisand gave a
full-throated introduction to “our groundbreaking First Lady, senator from
New York, Secretary of State, and the winner of our country’s popular vote,
Hillary Rodham Clinton!” With husband Bill Clinton next to her,
Clinton smiled and briefly stood to wave in acknowledgement of the crowd’s
loud ovation.
While it
made sense that Streisand, an ardent supporter and fundraiser for Clinton,
would want to give her a shout-out, the very public moment attested to
Clinton’s higher profile of late. After initially laying low after her
agonizing defeat in last November’s presidential election, Clinton
proclaimed in March that she was “ready to come out of the woods.” The night at the
concert followed a surprise appearance at the Tribeca Film Festival and
an on-stage interview with CNN’s Cristiane Amanpour last week at the Women for
Women International event in New York.
Streisand,
who turned 75 last month, opened her current U.S. tour on Thursday night at
Long Island’s Nassau Coliseum. During the show, she offered an emotional
tribute to her late manager, Hollywood super-agent Sandy Gallin,
who died in April.
Barbra Streisand gave Hillary Clinton a special shoutout pic.twitter.com/9qcjYLzFHi
— reggie
(@1942bs) May 7, 2017
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