Barbra Streisand says she’s still “pissed off” over the salary she earned for starring in the “Meet the Parents” film series.
In a new interview with Variety, the actor claimed that she was paid less than her co-stars. She told the outlet that she won’t likely return for the franchise’s upcoming fourth movie due to the alleged unfair pay.
“Oh my God. They’d have to pay me a lot of money because I didn’t get paid what the other people got paid and so I’m pissed off,” Streisand replied after being asked if she would reprise her role as Roz Focker in the untitled film, which is set to release in 2026.
“I was in the time when women were getting paid less than the men,” she added in the interview published Monday. “The head of Universal was Ron Meyer at the time, and he actually sent me a bonus check. It was very sweet.”
Reps for Universal did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
Streisand famously starred as the free-spirited mom of Ben Stiller’s character Greg Focker with Dustin Hoffman as her onscreen husband in 2004’s “Meet the Fockers,” which was the sequel to 2000’s “Meet the Parents.” She also starred in 2010’s “Little Fockers.”
Cast members Stiller and Robert De Niro reportedly made $20 million for “Little Fockers,” Owen Wilson was paid $15 million, and Dustin Hoffman earned $7.5 million. However, Streisand made just $7 million, sources told Page Six back in 2011.
This isn’t the first time Streisand has spoken about the alleged pay discrepancy in the series. She previously opened up about her “Meet the Fockers” pay compared to her castmates, without getting into specific numbers, in her 2023 memoir “My Name Is Barbra,” People reported.
“This was the first time I felt the effect of Hollywood’s unequal pay scale for men and women,” she wrote at the time. “I didn’t ask what the other actors were making, but I was definitely hurt when I found out that Dustin was getting three times as much as me, plus a tiny percentage, which is significant on a movie that made $520 million.”
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