ROSE PETALS:
That was a Babs quirk.
One of her many conditions for singing at LV’s MGM Grand was that they provide an attendant putting ROSE PETALS in her toilet water.
Not once, no. I mean EVERY time that toilet got flushed, and that toilet was only for her.
The MGM retorted that their piping was old and wouldn’t permit the extra volume.
Babs held firm “Replace the piping”.
AND THEY DID..!
This isn’t her yuge Malibu, house, though:
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/inside-barbra-streisands-dream-home/all
Don’t forget she’s a socialist.
It was also reported that when she walked from her dressing room to the stage, everybody she passed along her route had to turn and face the wall, not look at her, and not speak.