Eric Roberts is slamming his sister Julia Roberts' performance in the 1989 film "Steel Magnolias," which garnered her an Oscar nomination in 1990.

After claiming, 'If it wasn’t for me, there would be no Julia Roberts,' Eric is taking back what he describes as 'asinine' comments.

In his new memoir released this past week, Eric Roberts issued a public apology to sister Julia Roberts for his “asinine” comments where he took credit for her Oscar-winning career. “Now one of the things I'd like to apologize for in this book is for publicly saying on more than one occasion,

Such utterances were something Eric could not forgive himself in his memoir. He noted that what he uttered was not only false but also inappropriate, and such pride over Julia's success must be ascribed to misguided pride because it was being errantly used to turn the situation to serve his personal interest.