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Barbra Streisand, 81, has left a powerful mark on the music business along with her epic expertise. The singer is ready to obtain a Lifetime Achievement Award on the 2024 SAG Awards, which is able to premiere on Netflix on February 24, however her profession shouldn’t be the one factor she needs to be happy with. She can be a doting mom to her solely organic baby, son Jason Gould, 57, whom she shares along with her ex-husband Elliott Gould.
Despite having a really well-known mom, Jason prefers to maintain a low profile. “I sort of like being out of the spotlight,” he advised PEOPLE in 2017. He’s nonetheless skilled a while within the highlight when he was launched to the leisure business at a younger age.
Find out extra about Jason beneath.
Barbra Streisand Has One Son
Barbra and her former husband Elliott welcomed Jason on December 29, 1966 earlier than they break up in 1971. The “Evergreen” crooner admitted it was a shock when she discovered she was pregnant as a result of she thought she couldn’t have children.
“The news was a shock. For years I had honestly thought there was something wrong with me because I had never gotten pregnant. Having a baby seemed like something for other women, not for me,” she wrote in her memoir, My Name Is Barbra.
Jason Gould Worked as a Childhood Actor
After being born to a mother who was well-known to the world, Jason went on to strive performing. His first function was within the 1972 movie Up the Sandbox. He then took a break earlier than showing in a single episode of The Bronx Zoo in 1988. He went onto seem in different movies and collection, together with 1989’s Say Anything… and alongside his mother in 1991’s The Prince of Tides.
“When I was a kid I couldn’t go anywhere without photographers in our face,” Jason advised SF Gate in 2000, when speaking about a few of his performing. “I don’t like cameras snapping in my face. It’s like being attacked. That’s one reason I kind of laid low [since making The Prince of Tides]. Because I don’t like that kind of attention, I really don’t. I don’t like fame and what goes with that. I grew up in it.”
Jason Gould Came Out to His Parents within the Nineteen Eighties
Jason got here out as homosexual to his dad and mom within the Nineteen Eighties and spoke out after a tabloid claimed he married a person in 1991. “It was just so grotesque to me that they could make up a story like that and claim they had seen pictures of my wedding to a man,” he advised SFGate. “And then print this story even though I deny it.”
“I never was hiding the fact that I was gay,” he continued. “I never felt like I needed to come out because I never felt like I was in, you know? I’m pretty comfortable with my sexuality.”
Jason Gould Started Singing in 2012
Jason joined his mom on her tour in 2012 and sang “How Deep in the Ocean.” Being in a position to sing in entrance of her hundreds of followers got here as a shock to him. “I honestly didn’t know if I could do it,” he advised PEOPLE. “I had never performed in front of anybody so going from zero to like 18,000 people was quite a challenge.”
Barbra additionally praised her son’s singing abilities in a 2014 interview with PEOPLE. “When he was 15, I heard him through the door, and I brought it up that the humming was such a beautiful sound,” she stated. “He said, ‘Mom, just go away!’ Imagine him having this beautiful voice and not using it because he was afraid of the comparison [with me]. But then he said, ‘My need to express myself was greater than my fear.’ That’s courage.”
Jason Gould Has Released His Own Music
Jason launched a self-titled EP in 2012 and an album referred to as Dangerous Man in 2017. He’s additionally been concerned in a number of music collaborations, together with some with Barbra. His newest music, “Laws of Desire,” was launched on January 26, 2024. He additionally launched an official music video, which could be seen above.
“Music has phenomenal healing power,” Jason as soon as stated. “It speaks to the heart. So many people have found a sense of acceptance and belonging through music. So absolutely — that’s all I really care about in the end.”