Barbra Streisand had a drink thrown at her at a recent gig in Fort Lauderdale, following a skit, staged half way through the concert, which made fun of US President George W Bush. It's not the first time during the singer's current US tour that the sketch, featuring a George Bush impersonator, has met with a bad reaction.
Streisand's publicist, Dick Guttman explained that the paper cup did not actually hit the star, whilst manager Martin Erlichman added that the singer had shrugged off the incident, and told the heckler "It's a free country and they're entitled to express their opinion."
Erlichman went on to say that impersonator Steve Bridges, who wrote the sketch, is in fact a Republican, adding: "This skit has been so massively covered by media, it's impossible that it still could come as a surprise to any of the Bush admirers who bought tickets. It stays in the show except for the few performances where Steve has a conflicting commitment".