According to an angry Meryl Streep, someone has already ruined her Oscars night

You may not have heard of Karl Lagerfield before, but he is the talk of Hollywood today after Meryl Streep publicly ranted about him. 

The 67-year old actress has accused Lagerfield, a Chanel designer, of tainting her Oscars night by accusing her of ditching her Chanel dress for someone who was going to pay her to wear their dress.

She said in a statement to Us Weekly: "Karl Lagerfeld, a prominent designer, defamed me, my stylist, and the illustrious designer whose dress I chose to wear, in an important industry publication.

"That publication printed this defamation, unchecked. Subsequently, the story was picked up globally, and continues globally, to overwhelm my appearance at the Oscars, on the occasion of my record-breaking 20th nomination, and to eclipse this honour in the eyes of the media, my colleagues and the audience."

This statement from Streep came out after Karl apologised for misunderstanding the situation when he spoke out about it to 'Women's Wear Daily.'

"After an informal conversation, I misunderstood that Ms Streep may have chosen another designer due to remuneration, which Ms Streep's team has confirmed is not the case. I regret this controversy and wish Ms Streep well with her 20th Academy Award nomination."

Despite the apology Meryl still didn't feel like his response was adequate.

Meryl's stylist, Micaela Erlanger, previously insisted the actress would never go against her "personal ethics" by accepting money for wearing a dress.

She said: "As a stylist working with a nominee for any major event, it's industry standard for designers to propose gown ideas and sketches - some custom, some not, depending on the occasion.

"In the case of Chanel's submission, which was presented with full knowledge that Ms Streep and I - her stylist - were having conversations with various brands, we were shown sketches of a dress from their most recent couture collection. Although [it was] an exquisite gown from the existing collection, we decided to go in a different direction, with another designer.

"At no point were there any conversations regarding monetary compensation. Nor were any other brands considered based on their willingness to pay for placement. This is not how my company operates and is very much a practice in conflict with Ms Streep's personal ethics."

Lagerfeld previously claimed Chanel was told not to continue with the dress because Streep had "found somebody who will pay".

He said: "I made a sketch, and we started to make the dress (but then I get a phone call from her team a few days later which said): 'Don't continue the dress. We found somebody who will pay us.' After we gift her a dress that's €100,000, we found later we had to pay [for her to wear it].

"We give them dresses, we make the dresses, but we don't pay."

- NZ Herald