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Jennifer Lawrence: Thanks Lindsay, But I DON’T Hate Meryl Streep!

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Jan. 16 2013, Published 8:56 a.m. ET

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Jennifer Lawrence clarified her feelings toward Meryl Streep -- she doesn't hate her, and is actually quite fond of her -- on Tuesday's edition of the Late Show With David Letterman, and we've got all the details for you right here on Breaking Celebrity News.

Lawrence, 22, called Streep "the best and the greatest" actress, just days after she beat the Hope Springs star for the best actress Golden Globe, and declared in her acceptance speech, "Oh, what does it say? 'I beat Meryl!'"

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Asked about her Streep comment, the beauty made it clear the statement was a Bette Midler quote from The First Wives Club, the 1996 comedy also starring Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton.

After Lawrence made the reference in her speech, a not-in-on-the-joke Lindsay Lohan tweeted that "no1 should ever mess with a legend, such as Meryl Streep."

Watch the video on Breaking Celebrity News

"I had no idea Lindsay Lohan would take to the Twitterverse to complain … Twitter is very upset," Lawrence said. (She joked that she doesn't have a Twitter page and doesn't understand the appeal of it, sharing random non-sequitu