Var(XY) goes to zero if Var(X) and Var(Y) go to zero

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Let $X$ and $Y$ be (possibly dependent) random variables. I want to show that if the variance of $X$ and $Y$ both go to zero, the variance of the product $XY$ also goes to zero. In other words, for any small $\epsilon$, we can make $Var(XY) < \epsilon$ by making $Var(X)$ and $Var(Y)$ small enough.

I have tried to show this by expanding into expectations but I can’t seem to get the result I want.

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It's not true. Try $X=Y= \delta^{-1/3}$ with probability $\delta$, $0$ otherwise.