--- title: Kristen Stewart on Robert Pattinson And Her Girlfriend description: Kristen Stewart reveals that her relationship with Robert Pattinson did not feel "real life" and she's deeply in love with her girlfriend. canonical: https://time.com/4456629/kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-girlfriend-alicia-cargile/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-17T21:25:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:37.630Z og:title: Kristen Stewart on Robert Pattinson: "It Wasn't Real Life Anymore" og:description: "I don’t want to become a part of a story for entertainment value." og:url: https://time.com/4456629/kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-girlfriend-alicia-cargile/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f2616cde948afaf/6988a2be0b72e3e24d6eaaeb/kristen-stewart-girlfriend-alicia-cargile.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Amazon & Lionsgate With The Cinema Society Host The New York Premiere Of "Cafe Society" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kristen Stewart on Robert Pattinson: "It Wasn't Real Life Anymore" twitter:description: "I don’t want to become a part of a story for entertainment value." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f2616cde948afaf/6988a2be0b72e3e24d6eaaeb/kristen-stewart-girlfriend-alicia-cargile.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kristen Stewart Opens Up About Her Relationship With Robert Pattinson: 'It Wasn't Real Life Anymore' > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage) Kristen Stewart attends the New York premiere of "Cafe Society" hosted by Amazon & Lionsgate with The Cinema Society at Paris Theatre on July 13, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage) Jim Spellman—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 17, 2016 9:25 PM UTC It’s been eight years since [Kristen Stewart](http://time.com/4339097/kristen-stewart-personal-shopper/) first hit the mainstream audience as [Bella Swan](http://entertainment.time.com/2011/11/20/2802351/), the Mary Sue protagonist of the ultimate [vampire-werewolf fan fiction-turned-blockbuster behemoth, _Twilight_](http://time.com/4412849/stephenie-meyer-twilight-thriller/), a role that launched her career and thrust her squarely into the public eye. Stewart formerly dated her [co-star Robert Pattinson](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685%5F1984940%5F1984948,00.html). A media storm ensued, because the pair fulfilled the hopes and dreams of [Bella and Edward](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1946375%5F1946333%5F1946327,00.html) fans everywhere. That appeared to end when a photograph surfaced in 2012, of her kissing director Rupert Sanders, who helmed the [Stewart-fronted _Snow White and The Huntsman_](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/04/spoiler-alert-snow-white-warrior-princess-and-her-forgettable-dwarfs/)). Now, four years later, Stewart has [opened up](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/t-magazine/entertainment/kristen-stewart-the-good-bad-girl.html) to [_T Magazine_](http://entertainment.time.com/2011/11/20/2802351/) about her past relationship with Pattinson. “People wanted me and Rob to be together so badly that our relationship was made into a product,” Stewart said. “It wasn’t real life anymore. And that was gross to me. It’s not that I want to hide who I am or hide anything I’m doing in my life. It’s that I don’t want to become a part of a story for entertainment value.” The lessons she’s learned since her time with Pattinson have aided Stewart with her current relationship with visual-effects producer Alicia Cargile, about whom she says, “I love her so much.” “I would never talk about any of my relationships before, but once I started dating girls it seemed like there was an opportunity to represent something really positive,” she said. “I still want to protect my personal life, but I don’t want to seem like I’m protecting the idea, so that does sort of feel like I owe something to people.” Read the rest of the interview [here](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/t-magazine/entertainment/kristen-stewart-the-good-bad-girl.html). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4456629/kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-girlfriend-alicia-cargile/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4456629/kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-girlfriend-alicia-cargile/"},"headline":"Kristen Stewart Opens Up About Her Relationship With Robert Pattinson: 'It Wasn't Real Life Anymore'","datePublished":"2016-08-17T21:25:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:37.630Z","description":"\"I don’t want to become a part of a story for entertainment value.\"","url":"https://time.com/4456629/kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-girlfriend-alicia-cargile/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Kristen Stewart","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f2616cde948afaf/6988a2be0b72e3e24d6eaaeb/kristen-stewart-girlfriend-alicia-cargile.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f2616cde948afaf/6988a2be0b72e3e24d6eaaeb/kristen-stewart-girlfriend-alicia-cargile.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Amazon & Lionsgate With The Cinema Society Host The New York Premiere Of \"Cafe Society\" - Arrivals","caption":"Amazon & Lionsgate With The Cinema Society Host The New York Premiere Of \"Cafe Society\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Jim Spellman—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4456629/kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-girlfriend-alicia-cargile/","name":"Kristen Stewart Opens Up About Her Relationship With Robert Pattinson: 'It Wasn't Real Life Anymore'"}}]}] ```