{"id":464708,"date":"2026-02-10T00:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/464708\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:13:10","slug":"kristen-stewart-was-told-her-career-would-go-better-if-she-didnt-publicly-date-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/464708\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Stewart Was Told Her \u2018Career Would Go Better\u2019 If She Didn\u2019t Publicly Date Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back when Kristen Stewart was dating her Twilight costar Robert Pattinson in 2009, she was the envy of millions, but she felt uncomfortable that the relationship was commodified. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to walk down the street holding hands, and it sucked,\u201d she said<\/a> of avoiding photogs, adding, \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to give it to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wed to screenwriter Dylan Meyer since 2025, the 35-year-old came out as bisexual in 2017 and gay the following year. But in a new interview, Kristen reveals that she was counseled to keep her relationships with women hidden. \u201cI\u2019ve had conversations with people I\u2019ve known, loved and trusted, and still do, who thought, \u2018Your career would go better if you didn\u2019t go outside holding your girlfriend\u2019s hand,\u2019 \u201d she told ABC News<\/a>. Unlike with Rob, she bristled at hiding.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was like, \u2018So you want me to live a partial life?\u2019 \u201d She refused, saying she prefers to make a statement: \u201cI [want to] make the world a more open and accepting place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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