Robert Pattinson And Kristen Stewart's Deliciously Suspicious Romance

By Ben Widdicombe Posted Jun 26th 2010 06:45PM

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are perfect for each other. Perpetually in bad moods, they glower at the cameras and give grumpy sound bites and generally behave as if their money and fame is some vast burden on their young shoulders. Compared to them, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg look like Snooki and The Situation making out in a hot-tub.

Of course, if you're too young to know who Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are, then R-Pattz and K-Stew are probably your romantic role models. If 'Twilight' fans are trusting enough to let a vampire nuzzle their necks, they're hardly going to suspect a studio of being so cynical as to fake a relationship between its stars in order to sell movie tickets. But let's take a closer look at that relationship, shall we?

(And kids -- don't forget to ask a grown-up's permission before leaving an angry comment on this story!)

Even if we believe this toothsome twosome is really a couple -- and we don't, necessarily -- then there was at least some overlap with Kristen's previous beau, Michael Angarano. She was with Angarano on-set while filming 'New Moon,' when she explicitly denied a relationship with Pattinson. ("Rob and I are good friends," she told Nylon magazine, but then couldn't resist the characteristically self-pitying: "It's only natural that we sort of lean on each other, because we're put in the most f***ing psychotic situations.")

Since that flat-out denial, there has been no official update from either of the pair. They were photographed by a small-town blogger on vacation together in Britain in January, and may or may not have "confessed" to Oprah that they're a couple -- off camera, of course.

And in March, Kristen attended the New York premiere of Rob's film 'Remember Me,' which she is not in, although they were not side-by-side. (Pattinson spent the night glued to his co-star, Emilie de Ravin, maybe to make up for the fact that he's so beautiful the film's producers figured they only needed to use one of her eyes and some teeth on the movie poster.)

Perhaps the media wouldn't be so suspicious of the real relationship between Rob and Kristen if there wasn't such a massive financial incentive for them to lead us along. All this speculation that the fictional Edward Cullen and Bella Swan are in lurve in real life is a bonanza for the 'Twilight' franchise -- whose first two films have grossed more than $1.1 billion at the box office worldwide.

Fake relationships have become such a common marketing tool in film and television that we even dubbed it "the Aniston effect" earlier this year when three different 'Dancing With The Stars' couples tried to get us to believe that their chemistry was off-screen as well as on. And if Rob and Kristen really are just following the studio's orders to generate heat for their films, at least it would explain why they're so sour all the time.

Perhaps what is so galling about the pair's miserable attitude is that neither brings as much to their roles as the roles have brought to them. They are journeyman actors playing parts that require no range: Any two out of two million other good-looking drama school grads could do the same jobs just as well.

Yet by being cast, Pattinson and Stewart have not only become cultural icons -- they're also guaranteed a lifetime income which will make them spectacularly wealthy. You'd think that, at least, might be enough for one of them to crack a smile.

Tags: kristen stewart, robert pattinson

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Saturday 26 June

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By qweczq21

ARE smiling.
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By Trystan

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I hate hate hate hate Kristen Stewart. Seriously paparazzi taking her pic is like rape? And if she hates being famous follow Amanda Bynes steps and retire, please just go away!

By ali

Dito for me!!

By Marisol

ugh i hate how she acts so moody all the time like being super famous and rich is so horrible, i cant wait for this whole twilight stuff to be over.

Thursday 01 July

By kim

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It's an old news. She already apologized for using that wrong word, even though she never meant it. The media just wants to make a big deal out of it. That's very courageous of her. Grown-up people used the wrong words everyday, some even didn't care to apologize. As a smart reader, we have to read the whole interview to understand it context. It's too bad that you hate her. Life moves on and it's too bad that you choose to believe some old twisted news.
I love Kristen and so as many fans in the world.

Friday 02 July

By PAULLA

I ALSO HATE , HATE , HATE HER!!! ROB COULD / SHOULD DO MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday 13 July

By liz

I always see them smiling & being very polite in interviews & pics. I agree with Kristen regarding the paparazzi. They should get a real job. Just because someone is an actor/actress does not give the public a right to know every private detail about their life. That's their job. My word, they can't even go to the bathroom without someone trying to take their picture. How would you feel if it where you? It's stalking if you asked me. They pose for pics, have promotions, interviews, etc. Leave them alone when they're not! Some people need to get a life if they read those trashy mags!!

Wednesday 14 July

By Carratala4

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Yet, here YOU are, reading about her...LMAO at you!

By Nico Toscani

They are NOT a real couple. He is queer as a three dollar bill.

By donna m

how would u know?

Because I'm not some stupid, obsessed teenage girl who is looking for a "safe" crush. That's how...

By Angel

Do you know because you've had gay sex with him?

By MissBlue

Well I have to agree that their roles have brought more to them than they brought to the movie..I think they were both very poor choices for the roles, anyone who read the book and actually understood the characters would agree...

Thank god we still have the books to go back and get the real feel from...

Tuesday 06 July

By Shade

They fit the parts perfectly. Why? Because the books are just as lifeless and with out personality as they are. The books are not better then the movies, they are both trash!

By manta

It's kind of funny/ironic that the author asks the actors to smile once and in while and in the photos posted with the story they ARE smiling.
Who cares if they are together, its pretty obvious this author just doesnt like them or the movies. To each his own, but don't try to dump on other people's likes.

By amanda

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By bitemerob

Definitely know who Ethel and Julius were.....spies for the Russians during the FDR administration. Gave the plans for A bomb to Russia. Put to death for treason. That's romantic?

By GrandGayle

Yeah... that is what I thought. I think the author is trying to be brainy and the experience is alien to him. A bit of a posuer.

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