Barbra Streisand says she still plays with dolls.
The 67-year-old singer was poor when she was growing up, so makes up for it now by treating herself to toys.
“I built a doll shop for my dolls because when I was a kid my doll was a hot water bottle,” she said. “When you don’t have things you have to use your imagination.”
Barbra believes having no money as a child had a profound effect on her.
Despite being a multi-million selling recording artist, she still worries she can’t afford expensive holidays or nice houses.
“I still can’t believe when I go on a boat that I can actually afford it, because when you grow up poor you’re always poor in a sense,” she said. “There’s a part of you that always stays that little girl who never had a doll and all the other kids had one.”
Barbra is such a fan of dolls she has been working with toymakers Mattel to create a mannequin of herself.
She saw the finished product for the first time while on the TV show, and admitted she was not totally happy with the end product.
“I worked on this doll very hard,” she revealed. “Actually, the hair is a little too silver, the bow is a little short, but it’s OK.”
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