Is all of this for publicity?

Awe, come on Streep – are you running out of cash?  Since she received no  money for wearing the last dress – she is going to make an issue of it with Lagerfeld so she can sue him and REALLY make some big dough.

CAUSE – She said she did not take it lightly – is that the same as “not taking it “lying” down?

Meryl Streep Slams Karl Lagerfeld’s Apology After Oscar Dress ‘Lie’: ‘I Do Not Take This Lightly’

Meryl Streep does not accept Karl Lagerfeld’s apology.

The Florence Foster Jenkins star slammed Lagerfeld’s apology in a statement obtained by ET on Saturday, claiming that the designer “defamed” her in his original statement that she turned down a Chanel dress for Sunday’s Academy Awards — where she is nominated for her 20th Oscar — because they wouldn’t pay her to wear the…