Stone claims Streep comment was really a compliment

When Sharon Stone described Meryl Streep as looking “l(fā)ike an unmade bed” in an oft-quoted excerpt from Britain’s Tatler magazine, the comment seemed at best a backhanded compliment or at worst an old-fashioned insult. But the “Basic Instinct” actress has since insisted her words were twisted, according to msnbc.com.

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In the original interview with Tatler, Stone said she believed Streep worked so much “because she looks like a woman we can all relate to.” She added, “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.’ Meryl looks like an unmade bed, and that’s what I look like. To me, that looks true.”

The description makes Streep sound relatable, successful, but ultimately, not so sexy. That, according to Stone’s PR mouthpiece, wasn’t the point.

“The full context of what Sharon said about Meryl Streep in her interview with Tatler Magazine was meant as a compliment,” Stone’s publicist told PopEater. “Sharon greatly admires Meryl as a person, an actress, and as a friend.”