Eric Roberts is making headlines again for his relationship with sister Julia Roberts' after slamming her performance in the 1989 film "Steel Magnolias." The comments were made in his new book,

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

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

Eric Roberts apologized to sister Julia Roberts in his new memoir 'Runaway Train' over past comments he made taking credit for her success. 'I hope Julie will accept this more public apology. It was an asinine thing to have said,

“I imagine I will remain as Julia’s brother and Emma Roberts’ dad for the rest of my life,” he said. “I’d like to make good on that, to move aside proudly and with grace. That’s part of the reason for writing the book.”

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.