Eric Roberts is publicly apologizing for a bold claim he previously made about his sister and fellow actor Julia Roberts, as noted by multiple media reports this week. Years ago, the “Runaway Train” star had taken credit for the successful Hollywood careers of not only his sibling,

Julia was good in ‘Mystic Pizza,’ great in ‘Pretty Woman,’ but not so much in ‘Steel Magnolias,'” Eric Roberts writes in his new memoir. “Nobody’s great in

I don’t want to sound like an actor talking, or a jealous sibling, but I don’t think her performance held up in that movie,” he said.

Julia Roberts might be an A-list movie star, but her big brother, Eric Roberts, continues to try to keep her humble. “Julia was good in Mystic Pizza, great in Pretty Woman, but not so much in Steel Magnolias,

The 1989 romcom adapted from Robert Harling’s stage play about a group of Southern women who come together following the loss of one of their own starred Julia alongside Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine and Daryl Hannah.