Los Aangeles: Veteran singer-actor Barbra Streisand on Sunday released a statement clarifying the remarks she made about the two men, who have levelled allegations of underage sexual abuse against Michael Jackson, saying she was sorry for not choosing her words "carefully".

In an interview with the Times, the 76-year-old star had said that while she believed Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who accused Jackson of sexual abuse in the HBO documentary "Leaving Neverland", she also has sympathy for the pop icon. In the documentary, Robson and Safechuck said Jackson spent years grooming both them and their families, gaining their trust so he could betray it.