Overview

• On the June 23 episode of her Dumb Blonde podcast, Barr reflected on giving birth to Brandi at 17 and placing her for adoption in Denver.
• She revealed that she intentionally kept her name unchanged to make it easier for Brandi to find her through her television fame.
• Barr recounted that Brandi grew up believing Goldie Hawn was her biological mother because adoption records only noted a famous, Jewish Hollywood parent.
• The comedian said her then-boyfriend Tom Arnold leaked Brandi’s story to the National Enquirer in 1989, prompting the tabloid to contact Brandi and reveal her mother’s identity.
• Barr and Brandi reunited soon after the Enquirer scoop and have remained close ever since, with Brandi now 53 and a mother herself.