Over the weekend, we discussed the seemingly damning interview, allegedly given by Liberty Ross’s brother Leopold Ross about the state of his sister’s marriage. The UK tabloid claimed that Leopold had given them an exclusive interview in which he said that everyone knew that Rupert Sanders and Kristen Stewart had been boning for months and months. I covered the story, as did many other gossip and legit outlets. The quotes seemed in direct contradiction to Rupert and Kristen’s “version” of their affair, which was basically that “since we only got caught once, we’ll just claim that was the only time we ever fooled around.” The quotes also seemed to contradict some of the reports that Liberty has already forgiven her husband for his “silly flirtation” with Kristen. And now People Magazine has a weird denial of Leopold Ross’s interview…?

Don’t believe everything you read. Following a new report in British newspaper The People that director Rupert Sanders’s affair with Kristen Stewart was not simply a one-time fling, a source very close to his wife Liberty Ross and her family tells PEOPLE that all quotes from that story are false.

“Contrary to inaccurate reports, neither Liberty Ross nor any member of her family has spoken to the media,” the source tells PEOPLE. “Quotes that are being attributed to the Ross family have been completely fabricated.”

The People report quotes a man purporting to be Liberty’s brother, Leopold Ross, who says, “[Rupert and Kristen's affair] was from the last half of filming and all through post-production, clear into last week.”

Editors at The People did not immediately respond to request for comment and clarification, and sources have maintained to PEOPLE that Kristen and Rupert’s fling was not drawn out.

Regardless, “Rob just isn’t going to be able to get passed the cheating – one time or not,” a source close to the couple tells PEOPLE. “It’s something she always knew he could never tolerate.”

Since news of their infidelity broke, Stewart, 22, and Sanders, 41, both issued public apologies, and sources reported the duo had only been intimate once. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, Robert Pattinson, 26, and Stewart are not speaking to each other and have both left the home they once shared, PEOPLE has confirmed.

[From People]

So, an unnamed source tells People Mag that the quotes are not real… but Leopold Ross hasn’t come out and said anything else to verify or deny the original quotes. This whole thing is so fishy! It feels like Kristen Stewart and Rupert Sanders’ teams are really aggressively pursuing this sketchy “they only hooked up a little bit, there was never a p in her v” strategy. And it’s a dumb strategy. Dumb… and very, very young. It feels like the kind of debate we had in the 1990s with the Clinton scandal and what constituted “hooking up” and “cheating”. It’s not a semantic debate, you know. And beyond that, I simply don’t buy that Rupert and Kristen’s affair WAS brief. Also – Sanders was also seen out in LA yesterday, for the first time since the scandal broke last week. He’s still wearing his wedding ring. Bastard.

Here are some highlights from other Twihardy Meltdown stories:

*According to Radar, Kristen and Rob are having a huge fight over who gets “custody” of their dog, Bear. Kristen is keeping her cat Max, but Rob has always felt that Bear was more “his” animal, although Kristen often played dog-mother to Bear. A source says, “After Rob moved his things out of their Los Angeles apartment, he then told Kristen he wanted Bear. She was heartbroken – they adopted Bear together and she always felt that he was their little baby. But Rob was so hurt by Kristen’s actions he decided that he wants the dog to help him get over what happened. After all, a dog is a man’s best friend and Bear is such a good companion. However, Kristen won’t give up Bear in a hurry. She helped Rob save Bear from Parvo disease, which nearly took its life when it was a puppy. She wants joint custody – and it could get a little messy.”

*Even more sadness, via the same insider: “Before news of the affair broke, Robert and Kristen were looking into the possibility of adopting another dog. They were desperate for a play pal for Bear and scoured petfinder.com, as well as a few high-kill shelters in Los Angeles. But it seems that’s out of the question now.” OMG BEAR IS THEIR BABY. Bear = The New Suri Cruise.

*The Sun (the UK tab) claims that Sparkles “has turned to strangers for help since his co-star Kristen Stewart admitted cheating on him.” A source says, “Robert has resorted to asking strangers out to keep him company. He went out for drinks with a woman staying in his hotel and he told her it was ‘ridiculous’ he had nobody to talk to. He’s been spending most of his days off playing computer games.” Sounds like the first stage of Breakup Grief. Next comes “boning whoever comes around.”

*Remember how some of us were asking if Kristen got a boob job several weeks ago? Well, Kristen might have gotten some new boobs for Rupert. Maybe that’s what he was doing in her car. Checking out her bolt-ons.

*A source claims, “[Rob] was horrified that she issued a public apology to him. It was even more surprising because the two of them had this very specific personal agreement about not ‘going public’ with their relationship, until they both agreed it was the right time. To do it this way — apologizing for cheating on him — ended up being totally unacceptable.”

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I’ve been hoping that we would have some big Kristen Stewart-Robert Pattinson news over the weekend, but it looks like Rob is still hunkered down in an undisclosed location, and Kristen is…??? I don’t even know. As there was on Friday, there’s a ton of tabloid BS, some of which is getting wide play because of the lack of anything verifiable. Like, I don’t really believe the report that Rob wants to have a “man to man” chat with Rupert Sanders, but every site is covering that. Anyway, you can pick and choose what you believe. Here are some of the stories that I find interesting:

*Liberty Ross’s brother, Leopold Ross, told the UK publication The People that his brother-in-law’s affair with Kristen Stewart began a while ago. Leopold Ross says: “[The affair] was from the last half of filming and all through post-production, clear into last week.” So, not a “momentary indiscretion” huh? Well, we knew that. Leopold also says his sister Liberty “made some sacrifices for something she thought was worth it, now she knows, right? Five minutes from her home. Doubt it was worth it but it’s life. It might actually make things better in the long run. She wasn’t that happy for a while, but our family is close, she’ll be all right.”

*Rupert Sanders’s father, Michael, spoke to PEOPLE and he sounds like a piece of work. Michael Sanders says: “From what I gather nothing really happened and it is all a lot of fuss about nothing. I should imagine it was something very brief. She is a very pretty girl and when you work that closely with someone for so long, sometimes things happen. [Rupert] is very honorable, hardworking and [a] dedicated father and filmmaker. Of course their relationship [Rupert and Liberty’s marriage] will survive this. This is nothing – they will definitely survive all of this. It is all a lot of fuss about nothing.” Um… Michael Sanders sounds like a douche.

*Theory for WHY Kristen cheated: she was jealous of Rob’s flirtation and friendship with his Remember Me costar, Emilie de Ravin. Kristen was “upset” that Rob and Emilie would go out to eat, and occasionally get a drink together when they worked together in 2009. Sure.

*Kristen and Rob are “not speaking” to each other, according to People Mag’s sources.

*Kristen and Rob are still scheduled to appear (together!) at the MTV VMAs on September 6th. But don’t you think one of them will cancel? Or both.

*A U-Haul truck was seen at the home Rob and Kristen once shared. It’s said that both of them have moved out. One theory is that “Kristen apparently took the hint that Rob wants his space and moved her stuff out of the Los Angeles home they once shared together.” But a source tells HL, “His best friend has asked her to move her stuff out of his LA home. She only moved in two months ago.”

*Katy Perry is “offering Rob support”. Because she wants to get in his pants. Just my opinion.

*Rob was “weeks away from proposing” to Kristen. A source told The Daily Mirror, “Robert hoped to marry Kristen and was making preparations to spring a proposal before she admitted cheating. He had bought the house in Los Angeles to be their home and saw them staying there for a long time.”

*Kristen is now begging Rob to speak to her. A source tells a UK tab, “He’s angry, hurt and upset and is sick of people taking sides ­already. He’s hoping to get two months to himself without Kristen around just to think things through. She has sent him messages asking him to hook up in New York for crisis talks next week, but he wants to be alone.”

So… basically, poor POOR Sparkles. And poor Liberty Ross. I think it’s interesting that family members of Rupert and Liberty are coming forward and saying stuff on the record – and just FYI, Rupert’s dad came out before Liberty’s brother. And I think Liberty’s brother is just repeating stuff Liberty told him, and I kind of believe the Ross side of the family more. I believe that Rupert and Kristen were having an affair for a while – this “momentary indiscretion” story is BS.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

The Great Twihard Meltdown of 2012, also known as “The Kristen Stewart Scandal: When Lip-Biting Gets Real” is still going on. And like the third or fourth day of any news/gossip cycle, the hard(er) news aspects of the story are falling away and it’s just becoming a free-for-all of tabloid coverage and “inside sources” and various outlets going through their archives to declare “exclusive” signs that Kristen was always going to cheat on Robert Pattinson. And additional parties have begun to (allegedly) chime in too. So… let’s get to it!

*Charlize Theron now hates Kristen Stewart. Allegedly! Charlize is friends with Liberty Ross, and a source tells Radar, “Charlize is absolutely fuming with Kristen for having an affair with Rupert. She is very tight with Liberty, has often socialized with the family over dinner and cannot believe Kristin has done this. When they were filming Snow White and the Huntsman, Charlize felt like an older sister to Kristin, and they were always sharing advice. Charlize confided to her new pal about her adoption plans. She even asked Kristin if she wanted to be her baby Jackson’s godmother – that was how close they were. But Charlize had no idea what was going on between Rupert and Kristin and now feels completely betrayed by the whole incident. It’s certainly left Charlize between a rock and a hard place, because she feels great sympathy for Liberty and the kids and yet, she has a sisterly love for Kristin.”

*Radar also points out that two months ago (in late May), Kristen took Rupert’s daughter out for ice cream during the SWATH press junket. Radar is billing this as some kind of “proof” that Kristen and Rupert were a lot closer than previously thought, especially with a source claiming, “During the press junkets for Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen was already close to Rupert’s kids. She treated his eldest daughter to ice cream in Los Angeles when there was a break in her press interviews back in the latter end of May. At that time no one suspected anything was up – there was no reason to – but looking back at it now it seems pretty suspicious. The affair could have started back then – and everyone was blindsided. Why else would you take out a married man’s kid for ice cream?” Um… of course, it does seem like a cold thing to do in retrospect (“Come and have ice cream with daddy’s mistress!”), but really… I think Kristen was just being nice to a kid, you know? Eh.

*Rob Pattinson is “deeply depressed” and “He doesn’t know what to do. He doesn’t know if he should forgive her or not.” This according to Us Weekly’s sources. Rob is also “beyond devastated. He’s so heartbroken. He’s shocked she could hurt him and humiliate him this way.” Additionally, Kristen is “very angry at herself. She’s really not blaming anyone but herself.”

*Hollywood Life has a source who says: “Rob is not taking Kristen’s calls and he isn’t much of a texter as they don’t text each other. Not only has he left the house they share but he is leaving the situation all together cold turkey to have time to himself and deal with it on his own terms. He currently wants to be as far from Kristen symbolically and physically right now while he deals with what has happened.” It’s believed that Rob is still in California, and that he will be staying in America for the time being. I guess he’s staying with friends?

*Brandi Glanville has chimed in! Brandi tweeted, “I’m not happy with this K stew BS. 2 close to home. Same story, friends with the wife and kids & f**k the husband when we think no one is looking. My last quote of the day on this subject- Home-wreckers come in pairs #ittakes2.”

*Hollywood Life’s screaming headline: “Robert Pattinson Leaves Kristen Stewart — Who’s Keeping Bear?” Bear is their dog. I hate myself for actually wanting to know who has custody of poor Bear.

You know what? I’m guessing that People Magazine has an exclusive story this afternoon in which Rob Pattinson’s publicist comes out and says Rob dumped Kristen. That’s just my theory/bitchy-Cassandra-prediction.

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Throughout the day today, CB, Bedhead and I have been emailing each other theories as to what Rob Pattinson was going to do about his girlfriend’s wandering biscuit. My theory is that Rob’s team – the publicist, the manager, whoever answers directly to him – is encouraging him to leave, to dump Kristen Stewart and to publicly distance himself from her. Bedhead theorizes that Summit (the home of Twilight) will encourage him to stick with Kristen, at least until the end of the year so that they can promote the last film of the lucrative franchise. CB just hopes that Rob will dump Kristen, but doesn’t think he will.

But it’s looking like he might!! People Magazine reports that Rob has moved out of the LA home that he shared/shares with Kristen. Incidentally, this is the same home that Kristen returned to after her romantic tryst with Rupert Sanders.

Robert Pattinson has packed his bags.

Following Kristen Stewart’s public apology for having a fling with her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, the 26-year-old actor has left the Los Angeles home he shared with Stewart, PEOPLE has confirmed.

“I’m not sure they’ll be able to recover from this,” a source says of the couple of three years, who met making the Twilight trilogy.

In seclusion and not in contact with Stewart, 22, the British star “is heartbroken and angry,” says the source.

A “devastated” Stewart, meanwhile, described Pattinson as “the person I love and respect the most” in her apology following revelations of her indiscretion with Sanders, 41, a married father of two.

“Kristen really loves Rob more than anything,” says an insider. “He’s all that matters to her right now.”

[From People]

Robert Pattinson is our new Katie Holmes!!!! He grew some balls and walked away!! Except that it doesn’t feel like a reason to celebrate, right? Because it just feels really sad, because – despite the epic conspiracy theories to the contrary – I think Rob really and truly loved Kristen. It was the way he was always defending her, the way he always had her back, that’s what made me think that he just flat-out adored her. And now he’s having a hard time, but I’m glad his instinct is to leave. Fight or flight, fight or flight, fight or flight.

Meanwhile, Gossip Cop has an “exclusive,” a hilariously Twihardy story about how Kristen didn’t REALLY sleep with Rupert. Because she only got caught grinding on him and making out with him, I guess.

A lot has been written about Kristen Stewart cheating on Robert Pattinson with Rupert Sanders in the past couple of days, and Gossip Cop has been talking to sources and thoroughly investigating non-stop.

One giant misconception needs to be corrected right away. As Stewart stated in her apology, she had a “momentary indiscretion.”

She passionately kissed Sanders, “a mistake” for which a source close to her tells Gossip Cop she truly “feels awful.”

But that’s essentially the extent of it. Reports of Stewart and Sanders having a long, full-on “affair” or implying that it was in any way, shape or form sexual are NOT TRUE.

Stewart and the Snow White and the Huntsman director kissed passionately, but they NEVER HAD SEX.

A lot of rumors will continue to come out over the next few days – and even more photos of them kissing last week – but it’s important to stick to the facts about what actually happened between Stewart and Sanders.

[From Gossip Cop]

SMH. Who believes this sh-t but die-hard Kristen fans?

By the way, the full photo set of Kristen and Rupert’s romantic tryst has come out. Some of the Robsten sites have the photos, but those sites keep crashing. I’m putting up some links and don’t be deterred if they don’t work right away – try here and here.

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To recap the Kristen Stewart situation, go here and here and here. This is where we are on our coverage of The Great Twihard Meltdown of 2012: Kristen Stewart (22) and her married SWATH director Rupert Sanders (41) were caught by a paparazzo in various compromising positions last week. Us Weekly got their hands on the exclusive photos, they gave a chance to Kristen Stewart to respond, and she did, first with a “source”-heavy sympathy piece in People Magazine, then with a direct statement to media outlets, apologizing for her “momentary indiscretion” and directly telling the world she regrets hurting the man she loves, Robert Pattinson. Of course, there’s a ton of additional crap, but that’s why you should just go and review our previous coverage. This post is about the Us Weekly exclusive, now that I’ve gotten a chance to read the whole thing. Here are some more highlights, and keep in mind that I’m writing these up as I’m reading the story for the first time:

*Us Weekly and the lucky paparazzo who shot these photos claim that Kristen was the one who was “throwing caution to the wind” more than Rupert. Rupert comes across as fidgety and nervous. Kristen seems… young. Headstrong. Dumb. The paparazzo says, “He seemed more cautious. She was lost in the moment. It was clearly all she was thinking about.”

*I’m getting the impression that this particular incident happened because Rupert called Kristen, and she drove to meet him (it seems like he walked to the meeting place, a secluded parking lot), and she drove around. At one point in the story, Rupert “guides” her, showing her where to park when they go to a lookout point (and makeout spot).

*When their makeout session was over, Kristen dropped him off three blocks from his house, and he walked the rest of the way home. Kristen then drove to Robert Pattinson’s house. COLD.

*After discussing the details of HOW SHE CHEATED, Us Weekly then analyzes Kristen and Rob’s relationship, and how long her affair might have been going on. Sources say Rob “pushed” Kristen to be more open about their relationship but “she resisted”. But in the past few months, she seemed to be loosening up, showing Rob more affection in public and generally being more pleasant. Which in retrospect totally means she was fooling around.

*A source: “Rob worships the ground Kristen walks on and would marry her in a second. But she likes to keep him in his place, and it definitely works. He couldn’t love Kristen any more than he does now. He would do anything for her.”

*During filming of SWATH, Rob noticed that Kristen was growing distant, not returning his calls, and she seemed particularly stressed. So Rob traveled to the set more, and “as far as he knew, the extra TLC worked.” Kristen seemed “lighter” when he was around. Rupert even spoke(at the SWATH premiere) about Rob’s presence on the set: “Yeah, there was occasionally a guy in dark shadows in a baseball cap on set. Rob and Kristen are both very down-to-earth, very nice people. We all became very close friends.” COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Rupert pitched the film to Kristen a long time ago during a meeting in Vancouver. During SWATH promotion, Kristen said, “It’s really rare when somebody tells you an idea and then they actually achieve it, and, uh, I’m very proud of him.” Kristen would even hang out on the SWATH set when she didn’t have to film any scenes. Cough.

*During the production, Rupert gave Kristen a copy of Joan of Arc to inspire her. Rupert on Kristen: “We had a lot of conversations, seeing through her eyes.” PANTSLESS CONVERSATIONS.

*Rob’s friends warned him that Kristen was a heartbreaker! One friend told him that Kristen would dump him as soon as the franchise was over. Another insider said, “He thinks she’s The One. But she just doesn’t love him as much.” ICE COLD BITCH.

In closing, I am wondering about poor Rob Pattinson right about now. This is what I was thinking about in the gym: I bet Rob’s PR team is telling him, “Dude, you’ve got to dump her, and dump her publicly. You’re already seen as a total p-ssy. You need to sack up and dump her cheating ass, or dudes will never, ever go see your movies after Twilight.” But I’m betting that Rob’s first instinct will be to forgive her, and try to work through everything. It will all depend on how honest she is, how long the affair was going on, and how awkward the publicity tour in November is going to be. Notice I’m not really gaming Rupert’s marriage to Liberty Ross. Mostly because I hope Liberty has already contacted a divorce lawyer, in which case she doesn’t need my advice.

Oh, and Radar has a story about Sparkles being “devastated”. A source says, “Rob is in shock that Kristen cheated on him, he is absolutely devastated. But right now he doesn’t want to say anything in public until he figures out what he’s going to do. Rob is really hurt by Kristen. Catching her cheating is not at all what he expected from her.” POOR SPARKLES.

UPDATE: Page Six says Kristen and Rob were fighting backstage at the Teen Choice Awards too. A source says, “Rob and Kristen were having a long and intense conversation backstage, and he looked miserable, heartbroken and humiliated. She was pleading.” Another source said after learning she’d been caught in the act, Kristen had begged the photographer not to publish the pictures, then was forced to own up to Rob late last week, adding, “Rob is deeply in love with Kristen and is very jealous when other men hit on her. This will crush him.”

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For the love of….!!!!!!! Kristen Stewart has just issued a statement to People Magazine regarding The Great Twihard Meltdown of 2012: Kristen Stewart Gets Some Married Dong. For those you who haven’t been paying attention today, Kristen was photographed in a compromising position with her SWATH director, Rupert Sanders, and the photos (exclusive to Us Weekly) are not Photoshopped, and everything Us Weekly is reporting is true. Kristen cheated on Sparkles with a married man and father of two. Here is her statement:

“I’m deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I’ve caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected. This momentary indiscretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I’m so sorry,” Stewart said in a statement Wednesday.

[Via People]

First of all, “this momentary indiscretion”???? Like, since she only got caught once, she’s only saying it happened once. As for the Rob thing and her public declaration of love – I think it’s a really interesting move. A public apology – public groveling, really – to the man she loves? And it’s like she’s asking him not to dump her.

Hollywood Life has been doing stories all morning, some of which is original reporting that seems to contradict both of these ideas. One, a source tells HL that Kristen and Rupert spent a lot of time together on the SWATH set last year: “Kristen would go up after every take to Rupert and have a super engrossed conversation, analyzing everything. It was really weird. But it didn’t seem like a romantic thing, at the time.” Us Weekly is also saying that the affair began on set and that Sparkles was so concerned when Kristen “wouldn’t call him back for a few days,” he eventually came to the set to keep his eye on her. To make matters worse, sources tell HL that Rob found out about Kristen’s infidelity on Monday when Us Weekly contacted him. The source says: “Robert actually found out about this via his people sometime on Monday when people at US Weekly contacted his people to tell them they were going to run the story. Kristen did not tell him about her cheating. Robert was completely blindsided by the news.” OUCH. That really sucks.

Meanwhile, HL has a fuller version of what went down with Us Weekly’s exclusive photos. Some highlights:

During the afternoon of July 17, Kristen was on her way home from the gym when she received a phone call. The 22-year-old quickly turned her black Mini Cooper around, according to Us Weekly, and ended up in a deserted parking lot where a curious photographer waited to see WHO the Twilight star was waiting for. Low and behold, her 41-year-old SWATH director, Rupert Sanders, reportedly appeared.

“Kristen was sitting with her back up against the driver’s-side window, and this guy was kissing her entire body,” a witness tells Us Weekly. At one point Rupert reportedly looked startled and pulled away, but the two went back to smooching quickly. Eventually, according to the report, Rupert looked nervous again and the two left the parking lot.

But it didn’t end there. After making out in an abandoned parking lot, the two allegedly drove off to a new location.

“He was all over her,” at every stop, the witness tells the mag. The pair ended up in a secluded trail in LA, called Pacific View Trail, which provides a view of the Hollywood sign. The two reportedly stayed in Kristen’s car – slouching and kissing — until it appeared to be safe to leave. When the two stepped out, according to the report, Kristen leaned against the rail with the Hollywood sign in the background while he allegedly caressed her hand and the side of her body.

“She was swept up by the moment,” a witness tells the mag. However, the two kept their guard up when people walked by.

“A few people would walk by, and as soon as they heard a voice, they would split up and walk in other directions,” a witness tells the mag.

At one point, when a group of people walked by with a dog, Kristen and Rupert reportedly went back to her car — but then continued kissing! About 20 minutes later, Kristen allegedly dropped Rupert off three blocks away from his house where he lives with his wife, Liberty Ross, and their two kids. Kristen and Rupert reportedly kissed one last time and he walked the rest of the way home.

[From Hollywood Life]

Does that sound like a one-time thing? Nope. It sounds like two people who are so used to sneaking around they got tired of the game and they got lazy and they wanted to be bad in public. I’m really starting to get a hate-on for Rupert too – how old is this dude? 41 years old! And he’s doing teenage makeouts in cars and sh-t? WTF?

UPDATE: Rupert Sanders issued a statement too – because that doesn’t look like two lovers coordinating their messages AT ALL. He says, “I am utterly distraught about the pain I have caused my family. My beautiful wife and heavenly children are all I have in this world. I love them with all my heart. I am praying that we can get through this together.”

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

I’m not sure why we’re even pretending there’s any other story out there besides this Kristen Stewart thing. For the younger, Twihard-y set, this story is bigger than Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise. This thing is EPIC. Did Kristen Stewart cheat on Robert Pattinson with her SWATH director Rupert Sanders? Did Rupert go down on Kristen in the back of a car? Did Rob already know before now and he’d already forgiven her? Are Us Weekly’s exclusive pics Photoshopped? What does it mean for Kristen’s career if she gets branded as a 22-year-old homewrecker who slept with a married director (with children)? Celebitchy, Bedhead and I have been analyzing this all morning, and I’ve developed some theories. Plus, there’s some additional information. Let’s get to it. God, I love bullet points!

*First, you can see Us Weekly’s exclusive pics here. Check them out before the Tumblr site gets a take-down notice!

*The Telegraph has a piece about Us Weekly’s photos and how they’re totally Photoshopped. Their evidence seems to be that “the offending [Us Weekly] article has now been removed from the magazine’s website following accusations – mainly from die-hard Kristen fans on Twitter – of Photoshop trickery, thus suggesting their claims are entirely false.” Except that Us Weekly took the article down for a little while, and then put it back up, and it’s still up now.

*Other “Photoshop evidence” includes the theory that the photo used on Us Weekly’s cover – allegedly of Sanders embracing Kristen from behind – is actually an older photo of Kristen and Rob. I swear, I HAVE seen a photo that looks a lot like that of Kristen and Rob, so there is a chance that the inset image is Photoshopped. Although I’m looking at the larger image inside the magazine, and maybe not.

They claim that Kristen’s face has been digitally imposed onto Ross’ body, pointing out that the shoulder in the picture is extremely bony, unlike Kristen’s, but very much like Sander’s model wife’s, and also that the hairline matches Ross’. Some Kristen fans have even posted the photo from which Kristen’s face appears to have been lifted – ironically it’s a picture in which she is seen with boyfriend Robert Pattinson. Another theory is that the inset photo is of Rupert and his wife, and Kristen’s face was ‘Shopped in.

*Everyone is now talking about Rupert’s wife, Liberty Ross. She’s a model and actress (she appeared in SWATH and Madonna’s W.E.), and she’s mom to Skyla and Tennyson. There were some reports that she called into an Aussie radio show this morning to “confirm” that she was the one in the photos, not Kristen – but the radio station says it wasn’t her and they haven’t been in contact with her. Liberty did have a Twitter account, but she took it down yesterday after her last tweet: “Wow”. Incidentally, Liberty played Kristen’s mother in the film. Ouch.

*POOR SPARKLES. That’s what everyone is saying now. Poor, poor Sparkles who just got his heart broken by a mean, Chuck-Taylor-wearing-lesbian who cheated on him with a dude!!!! Twihards are in full-on meltdown, obviously. Sparkles might be crying about it too. Interestingly enough, in a Vanity Fair Italia interview a few months ago, Rob did discuss infidelity in general terms, saying: “There is one thing I’ve never understood, why people cheat. My parents met when my mom was 17 and my father 25, they are still together and seem very happy. I grew up believing that you can be together all of your life. I understand the impulse, but not how you can maintain two relationships for long. And though I understand that cheating can happen to those who have children, because the stress can make people stray, I can’t really understand how someone free of any commitment could possible choose to have four women at the same time. It must be like hell for a man. There is the idea of the saving love, I believe it. I’m not mushy but I have a romantic soul. Having grown up with two older sisters I have a deep respect for women. Sex and feeling for me go hand in hand. I’m not interested in casual relationships, I need to know people.” WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Does that mean he’ll forgive her?! GAH!!!

*A lot of people seem to think that we should give Kristen the benefit of the doubt because she has not issued any direct statements thus far. I think the photos speak volumes (if you believe the photos are real), but beyond that, I think it’s interesting that People Magazine got the confirmation from a “source” close to Kristen – the source told People, “Kristen is absolutely devastated. It was a mistake and a complete lapse in judgment. She wasn’t having an affair with Rupert. It was just a fleeting moment that shouldn’t have happened. She never meant to hurt anyone. She’s a good person who just made a bad choice.” That sounds like the first step of Kristen’s rehabilitation tour, although I think it was a bad PR move. Basically, People Mag got the go-ahead from someone close to Kristen to confirm the photos in some kind of “context” which would half-heartedly justify her actions.

In closing, I think I should just say… I’m not going to take any victory laps on this one. We got a bunch of emails last night from anti-Kristen people telling me that I had Kristen’s number all along. While I do think my take on Kristen was right – an unprofessional, try-hard poseur, too “affected” and too concerned with her own image, and a player of the boys in her life – I’m not happy about being right. Kristen just f—ked up this dude’s marriage, she cheated on a dude who (I believe) adores her, she severely damaged the Twilight brand (the studio is going to be PISSED), and she’s going to be blasted in the press for a long, long time. It sucks for everyone involved.

Oh, and Kristen really is Angelina Jolie’s tabloid heir, isn’t she? I’ve been saying that for a while. Now Kristen is going to be called a homewrecker for the next decade too.

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Hell hath no fury like a Twihard scorned — is that how the saying goes? Well get ready for some furious fans (of Robert Pattinson), for Us Weekly has revealed its latest cover story, which states in no uncertain terms that Kristen Stewart cheated on Pattinson with her Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders, who is married to British model Liberty Ross. From the cover itself, it’s obvious that Us even has photos of the duo’s very indiscreet public displays of affection. This is going to get very ugly. Poor Sparkles! Here’s Kristen and Rupert (along with Sam Claflin) at the industry premiere of SWATH and the scoop on the Us cover story:

Robert Pattinson’s biggest fear has been realized.

On July 17, the 26-year-old actor’s girlfriend and Twilight costar, Kristen Stewart, 22, was caught in a series of steamy rendezvous with her Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders, 41 — and only Us Weekly has the photographic evidence.

Sanders — married to British Vogue model Liberty Ross, 33 — has two children, ages 7 and 5. During his marathon makeout session with Stewart, “it seemed like they couldn’t get enough,” according to one photographer.

Reps for both Stewart and Sanders had no comment.

[From Us Weekly]

Meanwhile, People adds to the story with details that the affair was a one-time thing that happened quite recently, which I guess means that Kristen and Rupert weren’t getting it on during production. Not that it matters to Liberty Ross how frequently or recently her husband was cheating with a lip-biting eye-roller:

The relationship between Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson has been rocked by the revelation that the actress had a brief fling with a married director, sources tell PEOPLE.

“Kristen is absolutely devastated,” says one source. “It was a mistake and a complete lapse in judgment.”

The hookup with Stewart’s Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders occurred recently, the source says.

“She wasn’t having an affair with Rupert. It was just a fleeting moment that shouldn’t have happened,” says the source. “She never meant to hurt anyone. She’s a good person who just made a bad choice.”

A rep for Sanders, who is married and has two children, could not be reached for comment. A rep for Stewart had no comment.

Stewart, 22, and Pattinson, 26, were all laughs just days ago at Comic-Con, even joking about their on-camera smooching scenes.

[From People]

Yuck. It’s such a cliché to think of a married director sleeping with his young starlet, and it’s just plain disgusting as well. Let’s assume that the blame shall be equally placed on both parties, for both Rupert’s wife and Sparkles have every right to be upset at what went down from their respective errant lovers. Naturally, Kristen will probably be the subject of much more ire than Rupert as a result of their fling, which isn’t right at all. The guy is married (and has kids), for god’s sake, and he can’t bother to keep it in his pants. Just gross all around.

Photos courtesy of Us Weekly and Fame/Flynet

Robert Pattinson covers the new September issue of BlackBook magazine. I’m not a huge fan of BlackBook, just because I don’t have a clear idea of what kind of magazine they’re trying to be (fashion, film, pop culture, hipster, what?!?), and I’m not aware of any of their celebrity interviews actually making news. Meaning that their celebrity profiles are often dull and a regurgitation of stuff we’ve already read many times before. I guess I should give the magazine credit for this Sparkles profile then – they were trying to do something different. It just didn’t work. The profile is written from the perspective of Robert Pattinson’s heart. Like, his organ. It’s really strange. You can read the whole thing here, and here are some of the highlights:

Rob just quit smoking: Rob just quit. Now he carried these silly glowing electronic cigarettes and sits in the backs of cars sucking them, watching this face, still in the reflection and gliding by outside, as he is driven around.

Buying his first car: “The first time anyone said anything about my being famous was when I tried to buy a car a few years ago. It was an ’89 BMW convertible for $1,000 I found on Craigslist. I went out to the hills to take it on a test drive and, of course, almost crashed. A few days later I went back to pick it up. I had said I was an actor and the guy had looked me up. When I went back, he said,’Dude, do you realize you’re #2 on IMDB?’ I thought, ‘S–t, now I can’t ask for the 200 bucks off.’”

He likes being confused: “I’m easy to please,” Rob says. “When I don’t understand something, I’m immediately interested.”

Premiering Cosmopolis at Cannes: “I was kind of sh-tting myself,” says Rob. “I lost my mind,” Rob says. “I was preparing myself to fight with 1,500 people. I was so amped up.” The stakes were high for him. He had fallen into Twilight by what he calls “luck.” And, since he had signed a contract, he was carried by the tide. You might say he was chauffeured, or at least driven.“I was just kind of running around with my pants down and my shoelaces untied and, amazingly, not falling. Until this. I thought, ‘Oh f–k!’ Most people get 15 years of doing movies nobody sees. Now I’m at Cannes.”

Sparkles on giving interviews: “I once started a rumor on Entertainment Tonight that there was a deleted scat sex scene in Twilight and it didn’t even get picked up. I thought, ‘What the f–k? I’m giving you this stuff! You try to say things in the perfect way but you know unless you say something stupid, from which people will make you look like a dick, you’re not going to have sound bites. And if you don’t say anything stupid, someone’s going to make something up anyways.”

He’s not marrying Kristen Stewart… yet: “There was a magazine, with these pictures, saying I was getting married. No one ever knows what is true or what isn’t,” he says exasperatedly. “Even my own mum called to ask me if it was true.”

Post-Twilight friendships: “My circle of friends narrowed pretty quickly.” Says Rob, “I like to be the parasite, not the other way around.”

[From BlackBook Magazine]

Ugh. At one point I got excited because I though Rob said something really sweet about Kristen, but it turns out that his “heart” was the one who said it. You know what? Having read the whole piece, I think Rob’s publicist should definitely put a call into BlackBook, because that was the worst Sparkles magazine interview I’ve ever read. He’s known for giving great interviews too, which is what bugs me in particular. He’s a GREAT interview – witty, quotable, self-effacing, hilarious. And BlackBook barely spoke to him, merely filling in the piece with a load of BS in the “voice” of his “heart”. UGH.

But… I do kind of like the photo shoot. He looks very cute here.

Photos courtesy of BlackBook via Thinking of Rob.

Maybe I’m showing my age (better than showing my ass), but when I was growing up, all of the younger celebrities that I admired were childless. It was part of the deal those days – 20-something actresses and singers weren’t all that interested in settling down and having babies. I can’t imagine being 13 years old today and looking up to someone like Kristen Stewart (who is 22), and hearing about how she wants a baby. I’m not getting all judgmental and “celebrities should be role models” about it, I just can’t ever remember being a kid and admiring some really young celebrity who was into babies. It’s a zeitgeist thing – Generation X was all about having babies in their 30s. Generation Whatever (what is this generation called? I forget – but Generation Whatever is a great name!) is all about teen pregnancies and getting married at 21 and that stuff. Anyway, Us Weekly says that Kristen Stewart is all about babies. SPARKLE BABIES.

Life imitating art! Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were bitten by the baby bug while playing parents in November 16′s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. On set, Stewart, 22, and Pattinson, 26, connected with 11-year-old Mackenzie Foy, who plays their half-vampire, half-human daughter, Renesmee.

In rare unguarded moments for the fiercely private couple, they let themselves imagine life as parents. “They would talk about how they would raise their own children,” a set source tells Us Weekly. “Kristen would say, ‘Well, I’d never do this or that.’ Sometimes it would start off as a joke, but you knew they were really thinking about it.”

And, when the couple — who has been together for three years — attended a friend’s wedding on June 23, they seemed more interested in what comes after marriage: the baby carriage.

“Kristen was talking to a pregnant guest and told her that she would love to have a baby with Rob,” says the source. “She thought it was so cool — at one point she touched the woman’s belly to feel the baby kick.”

Pattinson, for his part, has long known that Stewart is the mother of his future children.

“He is over-the-moon in love with Kristen,” says a Twilight source. “For him, she’s The One, so it’s just a matter of when they decide to have kids.”

[From Us Weekly]

This seems suspiciously well-timed to go along with the early stages of Breaking Dawn Part 2’s promotion, sure. But it could also be for real. I’ve always said – it will be interesting to see what happens with Kristen and Rob once the franchise is over. At this point, I do think they’ll stay together for another year or so afterwards, but after that… God knows.

And can we please stop talking about Sparkles and Kristen as if they’d ever do the film of 50 Shades of Grey? I hate to put it in these terms, but both of them are “too good” for that project. Incidentally, both Kristen and Sparkles got questions about 50 Shades while at Comic-Con, and they’re responses were of the “JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL” variety. Sparkles was asked what he would do if a copy of 50 Shades was right in front of him, and he said, “I would just sit there and lick the pages.” When Kristen was asked if she, Sparkles and Taylor Lautner have a 50 Shades book club, she said “That would be disgusting.” And back to the casting stuff – people, please. It’s going to end up being cast straight out of the CW. No actor of any kind of serious profile wants this mess. Stop mentioning Michael Fassbender or Ryan Gosling or anyone of that caliber. It’s going to be someone like Ian Somerhalder or Jared Padalecki (I had to look him up).

Photos courtesy of WENN.