Overview

• Barbra Streisand said in a Variety interview she would only reprise her role as Roz Focker in Meet the Parents 4 if paid “a lot of money” to address past pay disparities with male co-stars.
• Meet the Parents 4 will reunite Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro in their original roles, with Ariana Grande joining the cast.
• Streisand recalled that women earned less than men on earlier sequels, prompting then-Universal executive Ron Meyer to send her a bonus check.
• She is currently promoting her new duet album, The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two, featuring collaborations with artists such as Paul McCartney and Mariah Carey.
• Her public demand has brought renewed attention to gender pay equity in Hollywood.