Then let them deny it.
News reporter: "Miss Streisand, it's been widely reported that you have offered the use of your home for displaced storm victims. How many New Orleans residents do you figure to put up in that California estate of yours?
Barbara Streisand: "Wha-wha-wha-WHATTTTTTTTTTT!!!???? Poor people, in MY house? On MY spotless white carpets and furniture? NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO"
With an image in mind and thinking about doing that is just too funny!