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Jacki Weaver backtracks over Anjelica Huston slam

Jacki Weaver has backtracked after slamming Anjelica Huston when she criticised her new movie Poms.
Huston, 67, stirred controversy in May (19), when she made pointed remarks about the kinds of films she has no interest in during an interview with Vulture.com.
“I’m looking for movies that impress me in some way, that aren’t apologetically humble or humiliating like, ‘Band of cheerleaders gets back together for one last hurrah’. An old-lady cheerleader movie. I don’t like that kind of thing,” The Addams Family star explained. While she didn’t directly name Poms as the “old lady” film she was referring to, Weaver, Diane Keaton, and Rhea Perlman star in the comedy, about a group of older women who form a cheerleading squad at their retirement community.
Responding to Huston’s comments, Weaver, 72, told Vanity Fair at the time: “I just laughed. And then I said, ‘Well, she can go f**k herself’. I was kind of disappointed… I would say she must be going through menopause, but she must have had that ages ago.”
Now Weaver has set the record straight about her feelings towards the actress, telling Buzzfeed News’ Twitter morning show AM to DM: “Sometimes my filter drops, and my filter dropped that day. I just got a bit cross – ‘cross’ being the operative word. I got incensed. I saw red. I lose my temper once a year, and that was it.
“I do admire Anjelica Huston. I don’t think she’s a s**thead. I think she’s a wonderful actress and a really nice woman.”

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