Courtney Love says she sparked up a chat with Amanda Bynes in hopes of referring her to a sober coach, even though Amanda lashed back with fangs at the overture.

As we previously reported, the 48-year-old Hole singer, appearing on The Howard Stern Show Thursday, got in on the Bynes sideshow earlier this week.

She tweeted, “pull it together dude,” to the 27-year-old actress, who responded by calling Love "the ugliest woman I’ve ever seen,” and that "to be mentioned by her at all makes me and all my friends laugh!”