Barbra Streisand’s praise for Gracie Abrams BACKFIRES as she reveals her A-list dad: ‘Can’t escape the nepos!’

Barbra Streisand’s praise for Gracie Abrams backfired this week after the Hollywood icon revealed the singer’s famous father.

Streisand, 82, sent warm wishes to Abrams, 25, via Instagram along with a clip of her performance, writing: “I just saw an amazing new singer named GRACIE ABRAMS (@gracieabrams) live this weekend on Saturday night.

“and it turns out she’s the daughter of my friend JJ Abrams!”

Hollywood filmmaker JJ Abrams, 58, who is worth an estimated $300 million, wrote and produced films including Armageddon (1998), Star Trek (2009), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). ).

Fans rushed to the comments to compliment “nepo baby” Abrams with one writing: “We can’t escape the nepos!”

Another wrote: ‘No wonder she’s quickly becoming popular. FAKE BABY!!! I knew something was wrong when some girls became popular easily

Others wrote: ‘It always helps to have a rich dad who supports your talent. I wish mine had done that, and I would have had your nerve to do it anyway. She is blessed!

‘Omg that nepo baby! Barbra, you are such a queen

“Hahahaha, you just now realized that it is your rich and influential friend’s nepo baby? Come on Babs.

“Not that you’re just going to expose another nepo baby

“Phew, don’t tell everyone she’s a nepo.”

Others questioned Streisand’s friendship with Abrams, saying, “I’m pretty sure I would know if my friend’s kid was a singer!”

Others praised Abrams, saying, “Wow!!! It’s so special to have Miss Streisand’s approval,” and “I thought she was amazing.”

Gracie, who is close friends with Taylor Swift, opened for the pop star on several Eras Tour dates.

Grace’s The Secret of Us tour initially kicked off on September 5 in Portland, Oregon, before wrapping up stateside in Philadelphia on October 15.

Her concerts will continue in February 2025, when she starts the European leg in Madrid, Spain.

Last month, Taylor revealed that she and Gracie lost their cool after learning their song, Us, was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2025 Grammys.

While on stage in Toronto, the pop star recalled her emotional reaction when she discovered their song earned a nod from The Recording Academy.

“The Eras Tour has been going on for about a year and a half now, and so a lot of life can happen in the phase of that tour and a lot of art can happen in the course of that tour,” she reminded the crowd.

“I think you’ll remember the brilliant, brilliant young lady you saw earlier tonight, Gracie Abrams. So story time, Gracie opened for me a year ago on the Eras Tour.”

She continued, “We had so many fun memories on that tour, one of which was celebrating her being nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys, we had about eleven hundred Cosmos, went back to my house and just started writing. a song.’

The Fortnight hitmaker went on to reveal that the song Us from Gracie’s album The Secret of Us was ‘nominated for a Grammy’.

“You can’t even imagine the phone conversation between the two of us when the nominations came out and we saw that song was nominated,” she explained.

‘It was just screaming. They weren’t even words, it was just wild screeching throughout the entire conversation.”

Abrams has been in a relationship with 28-year-old actor Paul Mescal since June 2024.