EXCLUSIVE: GOLDIE HAWN STUNG BY MERYL STREEP’S BRUTAL TRUTH BOMB — THOUGHT THEY WERE FRIENDS

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Goldie Hawn is said to be deeply hurt after Meryl Streep publicly confirmed one of Hollywood’s longest-whispered complaints: that Goldie was often late and difficult to work with.

Sources tell Naughty But Nice that what may have sounded playful on Meryl’s side landed very differently for Goldie.

“The pain is not what Meryl said — it is that she said it in public,” one friend tells me. “She did not have to say it. She chose to. And Goldie heard the message loud and clear.”

Streep made the remark while discussing Death Becomes Her, framing it as a light Hollywood anecdote. But those close to Hawn say the fallout feels anything but light.

And insiders say the timing could not be worse.

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“Goldie has spent years trying to quietly find her way back into meaningful roles,” one source says. “Hollywood already gives women her age fewer chances, fewer scripts, and far less grace. Being publicly branded unreliable by one of the most respected actresses in the business is the last thing she needed.”

And insiders say that is exactly why Goldie took it so personally.

“Meryl loses nothing by saying it,” the source adds. “She still gets the scripts. She still gets the calls. Goldie is the one who pays for it.”

“For Meryl, it was a joke,” says the friend. “For Goldie, it was damage.”

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Rob Shuter

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