<p id=”par-1_60″>Jennifer Lopez has been <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/jennifer-lopez-said-popularity-reason-gigli-flopped.html/”>famous for years</a>, but Barbra Streisand has been in the public eye for several decades longer than her. Streisand’s career began in the 1960s, and she <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/barbra-streisand-changed-her-name-from-barbara.html/”>was a major star years</a> before people knew about Lopez. Still, Streisand once turned to Lopez for advice about fame. Lopez said the other artist’s question left her feeling dumbfounded.</p>
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<p id=”par-2_26″>Lopez met Streisand in the early 2000s. Lopez was engaged to Ben Affleck at the time, and Streisand asked to see her <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/jennifer-lopez-3-engagement-rings-ben-affleck-jaw-dropping-price-tags.html/”>massive pink diamond ring</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-3_48″>“I met her twenty-something years ago when I was with Ben and I had the pink diamond ring,” she said on <em>The Howard Stern Show</em> (per <a href=”https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/jennifer-lopez-mind-blowing-question-barbra-streisand-stern-1236090007/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Billboard</a>). “And she was fascinated with the diamond ring, so she talked to me. She was like, ‘can I see your ring?’”</p>
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<p id=”par-4_28″>As Streisand admired the ring, she asked Lopez a question about fame. While the latter couldn’t remember Streisand’s exact question, she could recall how it made her feel.</p>
<p id=”par-5_56″>“I remember she asked about, ‘how do you do it… the fame?’ And I think to myself, ‘Is Barbra Streisand asking me how do I deal with the fame?’” she said. “It was a surreal moment and I don’t know what I said. Something stupid, probably, because I was dumbstruck and starstruck at the same time.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_23″>At that point, though, Lopez was one of the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/jennifer-lopez-says-fame-is-monster.html/”>biggest figures in pop culture</a>, with her music, films, and relationship dominating media coverage.</p>