Normally I find Kirsten Dunst rather annoying. There’s just something about her that grates on my nerves. Probably the oddly thrown together outfits that look like she rolled out of bed… and then rolled in mud. You thought I was going to say “rolled out of bed and threw on whatever was on the floor,” right? Naw, that’d be a formal day for Kirsten Dunst.

I always assumed Kirsten thought she looked good dressing the way she does, and somehow that bothered me. But it turns out she’s well-aware that she often looks slovenly and unkempt. She says she just flat out doesn’t care about it, and she’d rather be a fun person to hang around with than pretty to look at. And for some reason, that explanation makes me like her a little bit.

In response to complaints that she has gotten for her increasingly frumpy appearance, Kirsten Dunst confessed that she actually “couldn’t care less” about the way she looks.

“I don’t have the energy to care if people criticize the way I look,” the 26 year-old actress tells Britain’s OK!. “I’m over getting dressed up, although it’s fun sometimes — like when my younger brother Christian and I got ready together to go to the Oscars. But other than that, though, I couldn’t care less. Being fun is way better than being beautiful. I would rather entertain people.”

[From Radar]

Considering the inhuman lengths most celebs go to in order to appear beautiful at all times, I’m almost glad there’s one who doesn’t. Kirsten’s look is certainly unusual – at best – but if nothing else it fits her. She still gets a decent amount of work in Hollywood, so clearly some people find her attractive and a decent actress.

I don’t think it’d hurt Kirsten to throw on a clean shirt once in a while… and maybe make friends with her iron on occasion. But she’s got a point about a good personality being better than a good dress.

There have been some rumors that Dunst is back with ex-boyfriend Josh Hartnett. Josh often rocks the grunge look too, so they make a lot of sense to me. Neither has confirmed anything, and they strike me as the kind that could happily stay hookup buddies, so it’s hard to guess what’s really going on. I swear I saw photos of Kirsten wearing a guy’s clothes that could easily have been Josh’s, but with her fashion style it’s hard to say.

Here’s Kirsten – in a reasonably normal outfit – out and about in Tribeca after having lunch in a local restaurant on Friday. Images thanks to Splash.