Being a celebrity can't be easy. Having random strangers know weird facts about your personal life, being followed constantly by the paparazzi and needing three bodyguards to just walk down the street would put a damper on things. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are photographed in almost every single thing they do. Britney Spears has gone a bit bonkers due to the constant media attention. The media's newest love affair is the beautiful Twilight star Mr. Robert Pattinson.

So what makes Robert Pattinson's moment in the sun more cringe worthy than all those other celebrities? It's the Beatlemania but Pattinson is taking it on all alone. The Beatles had three other band mates to lean on when the high pitched screaming and squealing of the girls got to be too much. They had someone else who understood what they were going through. Instead, Robert Pattinson weathers the storm of celebrity solo, unable to even lean on his fellow Twilight costar and endlessly rumored girlfriend Kristen Stewart for support.

"I'm kind of a paranoid wreck. I've eaten a lot of room service." Pattinson told Entertainment Tonight on the set of New Moon. "Now it's funny, you can't even get through to people on the phone. They won't even let you ring people up. I can't even ring down to reception and say let them up. I have to literally go down and carry them," he added about his increased security.

Twilight obsession has become a pandemic and Robert Pattinson is at the center of it. "They are in denial. They think I am Edward Cullen." Pattinson has said. With such a romantic, heroic figure to live up to, the actor must feel as if he can never please his fans.  In another interview, when asked about greeting fans, Pattinson responded, "It is bizarre. People come from three states away and walk up to you trembling. I feel that I am at a disadvantage here because I can't provide this mystical thing that they came for in the two seconds that we have."

Countless fans will tell you that their obsession, although initially started by the idea of Edward Cullen, has moved on to Robert Pattinson himself. The shy, modest young man who has left his ego at the door captivates new fans each day with his gorgeous photo shoots, endearing interviews, and silly charm. Whether it is his GQ interview where he explained he microwaves things for fun or his Interview Magazine spot where he claimed to stop looking like a girl at the age of 12, Pattinson never seems to say the wrong thing.

"You see all these people that surround you and you think that one way or another you have to please them. I want to please them. They are the reason I get to do this job. I just worry I don't please them - but I don't know what they want." Pattinson says. But it seems all they want is Robert Pattinson: every photo, every second, every rumor, every word and every detail. Until then, let's just hope Robert can get a good night's sleep and avoid being hit by anymore New York City cabs.





-Kim Wetter, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
(Image Courtesy of WENN)
Sources: NYTimes, Interview Magazine, Reuters, GQ, The Insider