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Thousands of articles have theorized about the relationship between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, but rarely has one been as asinine as PopEater‘s latest effort.

“Perpetually in bad moods,” Pattinson and Stewart give “grumpy” sound bites and “glower at the cameras,” sneers the site… next to a photo of the pair smiling.

But PopEater isn’t satisfied to prove its point merely with the observational and photo editing skills of a wet sock.

How about some condescension?

Compared to Pattinson and Stewart, “Julius and Ethel Rosenberg look like Snooki and The Situation making out in a hot-tub,” chortles PopEater, scoffing, “If you’re too young to know who Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are, then R-Pattz and K-Stew are probably your romantic role models.”

Ah, yes, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. A couple executed in 1953 for atomic espionage. And, apparently, the gold standard for being “grumpy.”

If we didn’t know better, we’d say PopEater invokes the Rosenbergs (and Snooki!) while patronizing its readers because it has no actual case to make.

Oh, but it tries.

The main thrust of the article exploring their “deliciously suspicious romance” is that Pattinson and Stewart have faked it “to sell movie tickets.”

Here’s a summary of PopEater’s “argument”:

*** Stewart denied a relationship with Pattinson in a Nylon magazine interview while filming New Moon, saying that she and he were “good friends.”

OK. She gave that comment a year and a half ago. Why is this relevant?

*** Stewart and Pattinson were photographed “by a small-town blogger” on vacation on the Isle of Wight.

Yes. Um. What’s the point? They went on vacation because… they aren’t really dating?

*** Stewart and Pattinson “may or may not” have revealed (off camera) their relationship to Oprah Winfrey.

They didn’t. And if they had, so what?

*** Stewart attended the premiere of Pattinson’s Remember Me.

Yes, she did. Girlfriends regularly attend premieres. Platonic friends regularly attend premieres. Past and future co-stars regularly attend premieres. What does her presence have to do with a conspiracy to sell out theaters for, say, Eclipse? Especially when PopEater makes a point of saying she and Pattinson didn’t have much contact that night?

(Which itself is inaccurate. Gossip Cop was there the whole night. Pattinson and Stewart spent the entire after-party in a VIP area with a select group of friends and family.)

And… that’s pretty much all the article offers in the way of “specifics.”

PopEater then writes, “Perhaps the media wouldn’t be so suspicious of the real relationship between Rob and Kristen if there wasn’t such a massive financial incentive for them to lead us along.”

They don’t own Twilight. Their salaries have already been negotiated. That’s the beginning and end of their “financial incentive.”

“If Rob and Kristen really are just following the studio’s orders to generate heat for their films,” blusters PopEater, “At least it would explain why they’re so sour all the time.”

Wait.

So Summit’s grand plan is to force Pattinson and Stewart into faking a relationship that makes them “sour” with the press? Of course. Because everyone knows “sour” people with a “miserable attitude” are a huge draw at the box office. It’s why Andy Rooney’s been the decade’s biggest motion picture star.

There’s also this: It’s an awfully big commitment to pretend you’re dating for a few years (and five films) to the exclusion of dating other people.

But the biggest problem is that PopEater’s main argument doesn’t even makes sense.

If Stewart and Pattinson are forced into a publicity stunt relationship, wouldn’t it stand to reason that Summit would want it to gain… publicity?

The two stars shun the paparazzi. They avoid being photographed holding hands, kissing, etc. If, for instance, Summit planted Stewart at Pattinson’s Remember Me premiere to make it seem like they’re in a relationship… why would Pattinson walk the red carpet with co-star Emilie de Ravin? If they “forced” them to vacation together, why would it be on an island with zero paparazzi?

If they conspired with their studio to perpetuate a “fake relationship,” wouldn’t they be photographed just once holding hands and kissing on the red carpet or “accidentally” spotted around L.A. having romantic dinners together?

If this were a “fake relationship,” we’d see more photos of them together, not less.

The only thing “fake” here is PopEater’s premise.

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Caution: The following report spread by Showbiz Spy goes very wrong, very quickly.

“Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are looking for a house in London!”

Yep, that’s the first line. We warned you!

“They’ve obviously changed their minds about the Isle of Wight then!”

That’s the second line from Showbiz Spy. Pattinson and Stewart “changed their minds” about what, exactly? The time the media floated news about them moving to an island where they vacationed, a completely empty rumor Gossip Cop busted twice? Pattinson and Stewart changed their minds about nothing. When it became apparent Isle of Wight talk was Wrong, outlets changed their minds.

But the third line is most telling: “Anyway!”

As in, “Anyway, who cares about facts?”

This way the site can quickly move on to the next Robsten rumor having set the following precedent: Anything published that winds up not happening can just be attributed to minds changing.

The latest story claims the “Twilight” stars are “looking to set up home in the British capital” to enable their families to become better acquainted.

Not true. None of the sources who spoke with Gossip Cop believed there was a single fact backing up the rumor of Robsten shacking up in London.

And since it’s an awfully thin story, it’s then padded with loose talk that Stewart and Pattinson have been “told to put their careers ahead of their red-hot romance.” “Everyone, from their management to the studios involved in their upcoming movies, is worried [Rob and Kristen] will start to become… distracted,” according to an E! Online item that raised eyebrows. The couple is still together, the narrative goes, but “got a slap on the wrist.”

Gossip Cop has talked with people connected to the Stewart and Pattinson industry hierarchy, and it simply isn’t true that the studio or anyone else has a say in their personal lives.

To repeat a point we’ve made often: Let’s leave status reports on Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson to Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, and without some of the disturbing strategies employed before.

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Like a bad meal coming back to haunt you, so too is this bad dish about a Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart “love nest.”

Yesterday, the Daily Mail reported, “Twilight star Robert Pattinson wants to buy a house on the Isle of Wight, where he plans to live” with Kristen Stewart. The article went on to claim that “after a romantic New Year on the island they intend to buy a home there.”

Really?!

The paper even quoted an unnamed source saying, “He just wants a quiet English life, which is why he brought Kristen over for New Year.”

And while the Isle of Wight — off the coast of England — would afford Pattinson a more private life, this rumor, which surfaced a few days ago, is still not true.

Sources (re)assure Gossip Cop Pattinson and Stewart are not — repeat, not — moving to the isle. 

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When it comes to the stars of “Twilight,” the usually unrelenting gossip mill has been quiet. There have been fewer outrageous claims, fewer contrived stories…

But now this…

“Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart might be relocating!”

Uh oh. Here we go.

Because they were “hardly bothered” while ringing in the New Year in Ventnor, on the Isle of Wight, Pattinson and Stewart “are thinking about buying a house in the secluded area,” according to rumors.

According to an “insider,” Pattinson and Stewart were so happy to be (mostly) left alone during their Ventnor visit, “They’ve talked about buying a property on [the] island for when the pressures of Hollywood get too much.”

Gossip Cop will stop this Wight there.

We know it’s great fun for sites to mix and match phrases Mad Libs-style with Pattinson and Stewart, so “moving together” and “Isle of Wight” were bound to come up. But the stars are not planning to become Ventnor residents.

Even though we’d understand their desire to escape the media who hound them (and still get most things wrong), sources tell us Pattinson and Stewart are not moving to the isle.

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Some outlets are still angling for Gossip Cop end-of-the-year dishonors. Maybe they should just resolve to sit out for a while.

Your (ahem) “trusted” source for Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart news, Entertainment & Showbiz, has decided this morning to clear up their relationship status once and for all.

According to the site, Pattinson and Stewart “are no longer dating each other.”

Huh?

That’s right. “Even if you come across photos of them together and hear the news of Kristen visiting Robert,” the site warns, do not be “misled.” The two actors “are just friends.” How does E&S know? Well, when Stewart dated Michael Angarano, she “never hid her affair,” but the actress “has not opened up about her relationship with Robert Pattinson.”

Let’s follow the “logic” here. Stewart once had a boyfriend and spoke openly about him, so her reluctance to address her relationship with Pattinson (after two years of life-altering fame and predatory media frenzy) means there isn’t one?

Here are the facts. The “Twilight” stars welcomed the New Year together on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England. They posed for photos with a fan outside a grocery store in the island’s seaside town of Ventnor.

And here’s Gossip Cop‘s take. A site that asks you to ignore what evidence does exist while supporting its own theories with baffling logic… is probably more wrong than Wight.

UPDATE: After Entertainment & Showbiz got Gossip Copped, they pulled down the post. 

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