Celebs Who Can't Stand Meryl Streep

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It's no secret Meryl Streep is one of the most celebrated actresses in Hollywood. A total legend, the Out of Africa star has been nominated for an almost almost unbelievable 357 awards and collected another 175 in her trophy cabinet. According to Time, she's won three Oscars. She also has 21 nominations, as of this writing, with her 2018 nod breaking "her own record to become the most nominated actor in the history of the Academy Awards for the second year in a row." So, yeah, The Academy likes her. They really, really like her. 

Nevertheless, once you become a big fish in Hollywood, you're sure to run into a few sharks who'd like to chomp down on your sweet success. Considering she's a coveted actress that seemingly has first dibs on big roles, it's left some of her fellow starlets slightly miffed at the lack of opportunities when going up against the heavy-hitter that is Streep. 

It's not just the on-set competition, either. Streep also faces controversy outside of Tinseltown. A humanitarian (she donated her entire salary from The Iron Lady to the National Women's History Museum!), Streep is very vocal when discussing what she believes in — something that sometimes doesn't bode well with other high-profile celebs. While she's mostly seen as a national treasure, let's take a look at some celebrities who can't stand Meryl Streep.

They say if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all, yet that hasn't stopped Susan Sarandon from airing out her grievances to the press. The Thelma & Louise star got a little salty when talking about Streep in an issue of Fame magazine (via Chicago Tribune) — but doesn't want you to think she's jealous. 

According to the mag, Sarandon was peeved at what she perceived as Hollywood's worship of the Into the Woods starlet. "Everything goes to Meryl first," Sarandon said, adding, "It's the law. I am one of those who think Meryl is a great actress. I don't elevate her to the goddess level, but she does get first crack at all the women's roles. If other women had the same shots she's had, they could equal her." If you're not cringing already, Sarandon then decided she wanted to make a personal dig, too. ”If her household runs as perfectly as her press would have us believe, I'll slash my throat." Aggressive, but okay. 

It's not like the Big Apple-born celeb hasn't had a successful career — Sarandon's been nominated for 81 awards and has won 55 of them. Not a bad track record if you ask us.

Meryl Streep became a target of one of Donald Trump's infamous Twitter-rants — thanks to her 2017 Golden Globes speech. As reported by The New York Times, the award-winner used her opportunity to bring up a speech given by Trump in 2015. When he was on the campaign trail in South Carolina, Trump allegedly mocked a disabled reporter in front of an entire crowd. Speaking at the Globes, Streep painted the story, "There was one performance this year that stunned me ... Not because it was good; there was nothing good about it ... It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter. It kind of broke my heart when I saw it, and I still can't get it out of my head, because it wasn't in a movie. It was real life."

The president's response? He immediately went to Twitter, writing that he sees Streep as "one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood" — and then claimed she doesn't know him.  

An interesting fact to pick up on during Trump's outburst? He may actually know the A-list celeb after all. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter back in 2015, he was asked about any actresses that he loved. His answer? "Meryl Streep is excellent; she's a fine person, too." We'll let you decide on that one.

Sharon Stone gave Meryl Streep a bizarre, backhanded compliment that left people scratching their heads as to what she possibly could have meant. Speaking to Tatler magazine (via The Telegraph) in 2010, the Basic Instinct star revealed her thoughts on why Streep gets so much work in Hollywood. "Because she looks like a woman we can all relate to," Stone said. "I look at her and I think, 'I'm chasing my kids, I've moved my parents in with me, I'm coping with food spills — that looks like me in real life.'" Which all sounds fine, but then Stone added, "Meryl looks like an unmade bed, and that's what I look like. To me, that looks true." Um, what? 

Naturally, Stone's statement made ripples in the tabloid circuit, causing the celeb to explain herself. Speaking to Us Weekly, Stone clarified, "It is not OK with me for someone to take a statement I made with good-natured intent and to try and make it into something politically incorrect. My love and support for what she represents for women right now is extraordinarily important." Phew. 

Regardless, it's hard to view Streep as an "unmade bed." Like her character, the fashion tycoon Miranda Priestly says in The Devil Wears Prada, "Don't be ridiculous ... everybody wants to be us."  

Something tells us Mery Streep won't be getting any Chanel goodies anytime soon, considering she insulted the brand's late creative director, Karl Lagerfeld, back in 2017. Causing a bitter feud, the designer dished the dirt to WWD, revealing his version of what happened. 

According to Lagerfeld, the legendary actress ordered a dress for the Oscars and requested an adjustment be made to the design — which he obliged. However, days later, a phone call allegedly came in from a Streep spokesperson. "'Don't continue the dress. We found somebody who will pay us,'" Lagerfeld told the outlet. Claiming the dress was worth "100,000 euros [$105,000]," Lagerfeld continued, "We give them dresses, we make the dresses, but we don't pay ... A genius actress, but cheapness also, no?" The whole sitch is awkward, we know. 

Of course, the designer's claims caused Streep's team to immediately shut down allegations. According to People, as the story kept getting picked up, it forced Chanel to go back and clarify that the starlet never "committed" to the dress. Streep then issued her statement to People: "Karl Lagerfeld, a prominent designer, defamed me ... in an important industry publication. That publication printed this defamation, unchecked ... I do not take this lightly, and Mr. Lagerfeld's generic 'statement' of regret for this 'controversy' was not an apology. He lied, they printed the lie, and I am still waiting."

It's been a while since Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman have been on good terms. So long, in fact, their feud traces back to 1979, when the now-iconic actress landed her first major role alongside Hoffman in Kramer vs. Kramer. The details of their quarrel were pretty hush-hush until 2016, when an unauthorized Streep biography by Michael Schulman was published, along with a subsequent Vanity Fair piece.

Hoffman is a well-known method actor — something Streep found out firsthand. First, he allegedly slapped her across the face. If that wasn't enough, he then decided to mock the death of Streep's late partner, John Cazale. You'd think he'd maybe get a clue that he took things too far, but his on-screen persona started translating into real-life, also. After Streep tried re-structuring a scene, Hoffman shot back at her, "Meryl, why don't you stop carrying the flag for feminism and just act the scene." Needless to say, the two went their separate ways after filming came to a close.

The Julie & Julia star finally addressed the slap in a 2018 interview with The New York Times. When asked about it, she revealed, "This is tricky because when you're an actor, you're in a scene, you have to feel free ... this was my first movie, and it was my first take in my first movie, and he just slapped me ... It was overstepping." 

At the end of the day, there's only one person who does the best job at mocking the Oscar-winning actress: Meryl Streep herself. When you have 21 Academy Award nominations under your belt, you definitely become aware of how irritating this could be for your fellow A-listers who are green with envy. 

When the iconic starlet went on stage in 2012 to accept her Oscar for best actress for her role in The Iron lady, she started her speech off by joking, "When they called my name I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no! Oh, come on why, her! Again!'" She then took a page out of Miranda Priestly's book and waved her hand nonchalantly. "But, whatever." 

It's Streep's ability to poke fun at herself that makes her so endearing to the rest of us. A true legend with a career that's spanned decades, the sheer thought of seeing Meryl Streep on the big screen that makes us giddy with glee — it doesn't even matter who she's playing.