Variety recently published a 2,800-word article about Barbra Streisand and her continuing and past efforts to influence Hollywood’s “boys’ club.” Despite the electrifying subject matter, a brief aside during the interview has garnered some additional, and perhaps unexpected, attention. In it, Streisand mentions that two of her three Coton de Tulear dogs are clones. Miss Scarlett and Miss Violet were created from mouth and stomach cells harvested from Streisand’s late pup, Samantha. Streisand said that the pair “have different personalities” and she is “waiting for them to get older so I can see if they have her brown eyes and her seriousness.” Though this procedure is not yet commonplace, pet owners interested in creating Rover II need only $50,000 bones to cover the cost of the procedure.
See Matt Stevens, Barbra Streisand Cloned Her Dog. For $50,000, You Can Clone Yours., The New York Times, February 28, 2018.
