Attacks on Robert Pattinson's hygiene are completely ridiculous

March 26, 12:05 PMTwilight ExaminerAmanda Bell

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Recent reports by MTV, the Sun Times and others are attacking Twilight, New Moon, and Little Ashes star Robert Pattinson for his personal hygiene -- as if things couldn't get more ridiculous for the handsome thrust-into-the-spotlight beau.

Bill Zwecker from the Chicago Sun Times writes "On the one hand, there's buzz from some staffers that the British actor's 'typical European aversion of daily showers' has people sticking up their noses in disgust every time they get close enough to get a whiff of him." Despite official denials such as those from co-star Kristen Stewart's people saying (with latent pun) "Hogwash" and "Where do these stories come from?" Zwecker still maintains 'Having listened to all this, I must report several colleagues who did Twilight interviews last fall did claim Pattinson threw off a bit of a stench.' This, Zwecker states beyond the assertion by a "New Moon rep" that "It must really be a slow news day."

The Chicago Sun Times isn't the only "reliable" source of news projecting these foul (pun quite intended) stories upon us.

MTV put out an article today as well. Jocelyn Vena with MTV wrote a story called "Robert Admits to Lazy Hygiene Habits," which, though basically recanting up rogue lines from past interviews of Rob, asserts the same idea. Says Vena, "Robert Pattinson may be too busy working on New Moon to do anything about his reported body odor. But the real story is that Pattinson doesn't seem to care about the whole thing. You see, in an interview recently posted online, Pattinson admitted to regularly letting his hair go unwashed."  Citing unidentified crew members, Vena writes:

"Earlier this week, a source 'who works very closely' with Pattinson on the Vancouver set of New Moon revealed the actor's dirty little secret to the world. 'He stinks. I mean, it's awful. He never showers, and it drives people on the set crazy,' the source said of Pattinson's personal hygiene. 'He completely reeks,' a second unidentified crew member added."

I personally think that it is Rob's unbelievably honest candor that has gotten him into trouble, here. Despite what may be the truth behind these allegations, sensationalism and the media go hand in hand. While it is very endearing, in my book, to see Rob tell truths instead of giving reporters feathery side-steps when asked simple questions, it is obviously doing more harm than good with his media attention of late. In an interview on Leno, Robert Pattinson sat next to the lovely Heidi Klum, who told him that he might regret his charming sense of honesty in the long run.

Poor Rob. With the constant media frenzy surrounding him, the grace and dignity with which he addresses both the media (paparazzi aside) and his fans, the constant and ground-breaking success of his current works, and the beautiful photographs that continue to make headway across the globe of his clearly washed hair, that there would be more positive news surfacing from such sources. But alas, this is America, and we do love a scandal (for instance, see my response to attacks on Kristen Stewart). Too bad.

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