Robert Pattinson has admitted that one of the most infamous stories about him is actually a lie he made up just for fun.
As someone in the public eye, Pattinson knows that a lot of what he says will be heard by millions of people, all across the globe.
The quotes he gives in interviews will be shared far and wide, picked up by news outlets and cited on social media, and that knowledge gives him a lot of power.
In a new interview with The New York Times, Pattinson has admitted to using that power to have a bit of fun, especially when he's locked into an endless loop of interviews to promote one of his upcoming movies.
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Though appearing in front of interviewers is all part of the job for a movie star, Pattinson admitted that when he was promoting the release of Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 in 2011, the only thing people wanted to ask him about was 'being famous'.
"You go into, like, a fugue state," he said of the countless similar interviews.
In order to make things interesting, Pattinson decided to start embellishing some of the answers he gave in interviews, and sometimes he just straight-up lied.
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He recently watched an interview he gave in 2011 in which he claimed he'd seen a 'clown die in a little-car explosion as a child', and remembered that he delivered the story with 'no hesitation at all'.
The actor was obviously good at making up stories, and nothing proves that better than the fact that one particular tale he told ended up getting picked up by news outlets across the globe... including this one.
Back in 2022, UNILAD reported the story that Pattinson once scared off his own stalker after taking them out to dinner.
The actor had claimed the incident took place in 2008; the year the first Twilight movie was released, and while Pattinson was filming in Spain.
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At the time, Pattinson claimed he had a 'stalker' who 'stood outside of [his] apartment every day for weeks'.
However, Pattinson said that he found himself 'so bored and lonely' during his time there that he 'went out and had dinner with her'.
He then said: "I just complained about everything in my life and she never came back. People get bored of me in, like, two minutes.”
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Considering Pattinson was presenting the story as true at the time, it's no surprise it caught people's attention.
But in his latest interview, it's been revealed that the stalker story was just another of Pattinson's tall tales.
The New York Times explains: "Other lies and embellishments he’s told interviewers over the years: that he was a women’s hand model; that there’s a deleted Twilight scene involving coprophilia; that he got rid of a stalker by taking her to dinner and tiring her with his problems."
So, we have to admit, he got us. We'll definitely be more wary about Pattinson's claims next time...
Topics: Robert Pattinson, Celebrity, Viral
Emily Brown