Hollywood feud: Martha Stewart and Barbra Streisand wage war of words over 'boring' memoir
The drama kicked off when Martha Stewart, 83, sat down with Baywatch bombshell Pamela Anderson for Elle magazine. In the midst of discussing her upcoming autobiography, Stewart made a comment that seemed innocent at first but quickly turned into a headline-grabbing insult aimed squarely at Streisand.
«I'm writing an autobiography right now… I'm not going to let anything not be said. I want to tell it all,» Stewart declared. But then came the jab that turned this into a full-blown feud.
«It's a huge challenge to do that and not be Barbra Streisand with 900 pages,» she quipped. «I don't want it to be long and boring.»
For anyone who has followed Streisand’s career, it’s no secret that her 992-page memoir, My Name Is Barbra, was a labor of love, painstakingly written over the course of a decade. And considering it sold over 3 million copies worldwide, calling it boring was bound to ruffle some feathers.
Streisand Hits Back: “Martha’s Not in My League”
Unsurprisingly, the Funny Girl icon did not take the dig lightly.
«Barbra is taking it as a slap in the face and she's furious,» an insider revealed. «She spent 10 years writing every single word of that memoir, and now Martha is acting like she scribbled it down in an afternoon?»
But Streisand wasn’t about to let Stewart have the last word.
«Barbra doesn’t even think Martha is in the same league when it comes to fame or celebrity,» the source continued. «She finds it laughable that Martha is even comparing herself to her.»
And to add even more fuel to the
