Robert Pattinson has been calling Los Angeles homebase for years now. It’s unusual for a British actor his age – most of the other younger Brit actors can’t get home to England fast enough. But not Sparkles. He’s owned a few homes in LA, and I think he’s currently renting a smaller property in a gated community. Over the past six months or so, he’s talked a lot about why he likes LA and why he’s decided to call it home. But not so much anymore? In a new interview with The Independent, Sparkles says he might be done with LA. You can read the piece here, and here are some highlights:
Sparkles on selling his big mansion in LA: “The house was so amazing. I wasn’t really thinking when I got it. I was just living in LA and had been living in and out of hotels, and you have money for the first time.”
He might be done with LA: “If you are the kind of person who needs to be pushed into doing something, then Hollywood is not the right place, so I think I might be done with Los Angeles. I’ve just realised that in the past few weeks. I think I need to spend more time in London, or just move around a bit more. I’ve been in LA for six or seven years or something and it’s weird. The more you stay there, especially as an actor, the more you think you need to be there, that you’ll be missing out on something by leaving, but you are not really. It’s a fun city, though, but you are permanently on holiday there. I feel like I’ve been on holiday there since I was 22.”
He self-obsessed: “I self-obsess a lot. When I’m doing interviews I’m always waiting for some stupid remark to come out… I try to avoid getting into any subject where I’m locked into something. It’s not like I’m a politician or something. I used to be so dumb in interviews, I used to try and make jokes all the time and everyone is thinking, ‘this guy is a moron, he’s just been saying dumb stuff for years and years’.”
Doing character work: “It’s quite nice doing small parts. Then the film isn’t totally reliant on what I do in it, so I get to work with who I want to work with and it’s not my fault if it doesn’t make any money.”
“It’s not my fault if it doesn’t make any money…” says the movie star who only does small, artsy movies these days. I mean, don’t get me wrong, he’s making smart and interesting choices these days, but many directors are hiring him because they hope he will bring some of his Twihard fanbase to their artsy movies.
As for his new-found dislike of living in LA… I think it might be because he’s dating FKA Twigs. I believe FKA Twigs lives full-time in London. She’s come to visit him in LA – they were spotted holding hands in Venice Beach two weekends ago or something. But maybe he’ll move back to London because of a girl. Wouldn’t be the worst reason. Meanwhile, FKA Twigs has been the victim of internet trolls, harassment and racism online because of her thing with Sparkles.
Robert Pattinson’s new girlfriend FKA Twigs has been the target of a barrage of online racist abuse since her relationship with the former Twilight star become public — and she’s decided enough is enough. Speaking out via her Twitter account on Sunday, September 28, the half-Jamaican, half-Spanish singer slammed the internet trolls who have been leaving her racist messages, and proved she wouldn’t be bullied.
“I am genuinely shocked and disgusted at the amount of racism that has been infecting my account the past week,” the 26-year-old singer, real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett, wrote. “Racism is unacceptable in the real world and it’s unacceptable online.”
Pattinson, 28, and FKA Twigs started dating last month, as Us Weekly exclusively revealed. Last week, the couple went public with their romance, cuddling up together in a car and holding hands while out in Los Angeles. Internet trolls — some apparently fans of Pattinson, some fans of his ex-girlfriend Kristen Stewart — have been leaving unpleasant racist remarks on the award-winning singer’s Twitter feed ever since, suggesting the actor has made a mistake in his choice of girlfriend. But whatever the internet trolls say, Pattinson and FKA Twigs are happy.
“They are trying to avoid making a spectacle of their relationship, but at the same time both enjoy going out with their friends,” a source told Us.
“They connect on music, which is something that Rob keeps pretty close to his heart,” the source continued. “A lot of his close friends are musicians. He loves her voice, he loves her sense of style as well, how unique she is.”
It IS unacceptable. I can’t believe the Rob-loonies and Twihards are attacking FKA Twigs. Enough. Robsten is broken. Sparkles can date anyone he wants to date.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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