I’ve known Robert Pattinson was and is a boozehound for a long time. There are stories about him during production of the first Twilight film, sitting in his hotel room, hammered, while all of the rest of the cast were chilling out. Sparkles often references alcohol and liquor in his interviews, but over time, it seems like his life is less alcohol-focused. You know what I mean? When you’re 20, your life can revolve around when and how you’re going to party and get wasted. And then a few years pass and it no longer becomes your focus, although you’re probably drinking and partying about the same. Anyway, The Enquirer claims that Sparkles’ friends and family are worried about his blatant boozehound tendencies.
Robert Pattinson’s drinking problem has his friends and family fearing he’s going off the deep end. In a bizarre British interview, Pattinson recently admitted he’s lonely and often sits in his hotel room getting loaded.
“I just hang there and get drunk,” the actor confessed. “It’s terrible. No one ever asks me to do anything. When I’m not working, I’m still one of those people who calls up their entire phone book to say, ‘Hey, what are you doing? Are you doing anything tonight? Can I go with you?’”
Pattinson has been dating Kristen Stewart since 2009 – but apparently he is still lonely and drowning his unhappiness in booze.
“Rob’s drinking has been a concern for a while now,” a close source told The Enquirer. “He’s adored by millions and his career couldn’t be better, but he’s sitting in hotel rooms waiting for the phone to ring. He sometimes questions his fame and says it isn’t worth it. He’s clearly having issues with stardom and we want him to get help before he turns into a Hollywood casualty.”
Back in September 2010, Robert turned a recording session into a booze-fest where no music was recorded. And his drinking has only gotten worse, says the source.
“It seems like Rob’s been turning to the bottle more and more often. He’s been living the wild life in LA – and needs to get his act together before it’s too late.”
[From The National Enquirer, print edition]
I’m probably going to sound ignorant, but I always feel like the British (and Europeans in general) have a different (better, healthier) attitude towards alcohol and alcohol consumption. I think Americans tend to fetishize alcohol, and when someone drinks too much, they are just labeled an “alcoholic” and told to stop completely. Other countries don’t see it as so black-and-white, IMO. Now, is Sparkles an alcoholic? Or does he just drink to waste time, because he’s bored or whatever? Because it’s fun for him? I don’t know. I would tend to think that he’s not an alcoholic, he just likes to drink, but he could probably stop or limit himself if he wanted. We won’t know until he starts showing up to awards shows, drunk off his ass and slurring his words. Surrressly.
Sparkles: “Does anybody else see that elephant? *HIC*”
Sparkles: “BOOOOOOOBS. *HIC*”
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Agreed on the “European” theory. We Americans are lightweights who have criminalized alcohol.
I agree Kaiser. I think Europeans are able to drink just to relax and it isn’t considered as big of a deal there, hence the 18 year old drinking age. Myself, I only drink to get drunk which is how many Americans are. I don’t drink very often but drink a lot when I do.
@Cidee not so much in California. Alcohol consumption is kind of admired here. The theory does hold, California has a lot of immigrants from more alcohol friendly countries, so if Sparkles wants to party (at less than LiLo levels) welcome to LA!
Ummm…. I’ll say that Europeans who live on the continent have a better relationship with alcohol, but the Irish and the Brits are another story all together.
I’m not an authority, but I’ve travelled a lot, so, grain of salt obviously. In Europe-proper, I noticed people drink because they like the taste, and the ritual and because it goes well with food and because it’s a good social lubricant. In Britain, people drink to get WASTED. Young people in particular drink to pass out, it’s not about the consumption of beer or wine, it’s about getting messy drunk. In Ireland, every Friday night I’d walk home at 4 am to see people pissing themselves and police peeling wasted people off the pavement. There, it is totally normal to have over a dozen pints on a regular night. Now, I love me some beer, and I enjoy wine with food but this, to me, is NOT HEALTHY.
It must really tick the rags off that Robert won’t give them anything to go on so they grasp for straws to sell their shit gossip.
My husband and I drink about 4 times a week, during the week and once on the weekend. We don’t get crazy wasted everytime either, we drink to relax and it’s legal to do that.
I used to babysit for a german woman and she would tell me that you can drink at 18, and thought it was crazy how you have to be 21 in usa because it makes alcohol look more appealing to younger kids. I totes agree! I know I partied hard in my teens and 20’s and half of it I don’t remember, thanks to black outs lol
He might have a problem though if he’s using it to stop thinking of whatever is bothering him.
Don’t care much about if he drinks too much, but I saw Water for Elephants a few days ago and jesus christ he is a freaking TERRIBLE actor. I don’t think he showed one emotion besides pain the entire time. It looked like it hurt when he smiled too.
As Mika said, in most of Europe and Scandinavia, drinking is more of a cultural thing. But in Britain it’s much like in America where people drink more for drunkenness.
“In Britain, people drink to get WASTED. Young people in particular drink to pass out, it’s not about the consumption of beer or wine, it’s about getting messy drunk”
I’m really very sorry to say that this is a big problem not only in Britain or Ireland, but in many European countries. It doesn’t matter if we are allowed to drink at 18, it’s common to see very young people (14 years old and even younger ones) late at night completely drunk passing out or vomiting around…
this was, quite possibly, the funniest post ive ever read on cb! hahahaha
I always thought the drinking to get wasted thing was odd, and I know people who do it. I mean, I’ve been wasted before, but it’s always an accident!
I never drink to get wasted. But I drink daily, a cider, a beer, some wine, a rum cocktail, what ever. Never drunk, but pleasantly buzzing. Why? Because it goes with food and with friends, too, and honestly, some of our drinks taste good. I daresay we make great beer compared to what’s being made in the States and Western Europe. 18 is our legal drinking age as well. So you go, Rob.
anait is correct. Wander around any European city on any night of the week and you’ll be stunned by the mobs of completely wasted 20-somethings stumbling around and hurling on the street. This “Europe is so much more sophisticated than America when it comes to alcohol” idea simply isn’t true. That is, unless hordes of drunks throwing up in the gutter is your idea of sophisticated.
As for Sparkles, if he does have a drinking problem, it would be the only interesting thing about him.
Yeah, student towns in Holland have drunks on the streets every night. So I dont think Europe is that much different.
The city that ‘Ive been to with the most drunks casually on the streets is Kyoto, Japan. That was INSANE.
He is so boring this is the best they could come up with. He gets wasted or not, it doesn’t make him more interesting.
With regards to European style drinking, it all comes down to the kind of people you hang out with and your age. After a certain point, you feel like having a beer at home watching a movie, instead of in a club getting your ears torn by loud music.
Good god.
i really, really, really want to see him go baddddddd for a while, just to prove he actually has intense feelings about something, anything. he’s so beautiful, so very, very sweet but boring.
like go Christoph Waltz mental in one of his roles, or get caught french-kissing and groping a MALE paparazzi, or Helen Mirren. And then Russell Brand. And then have a threesome with both of them, and oops, accidentally leak a video of it.
Something like that.
Robert, you need to break out some CRAZY dance moves RIGHT NOW! 😀
He did show up to an awards show drunk and slurring his words. It was an MTV awards show (don’t remember which one) and he and Kristen and Taylor presented a Twilight clip or something. If you can find the clip, you’ll see he totally slurs. But I would have to be drunk to be on stage and not awkward, too, so I don’t care. Rob is English. He drinks beer. What of it?
I’d be more concerned about his cocaine use, than his alcohol use. I wonder if that has toned down.
Amsterdam, London, Montreal, all home to raving party people who make a ton of noise and gets wasted, pissed drunk in the streets every weekend. Makes my native SoCal look pretty tame!
This young guy, Robert Pattinson, is not boring, he is english. He has humour and is “en demi-teinte” (sorry, I don’t know how to say it). It’s his nature, his culture. He is true, natural. And he is not like your american so professionnal actors or fake stars, alway doing the show. He is himself, that’s all. The show is on the screen.
The British relationship with alcohol is not what I would call “healthy”.
Yes, young people everywhere get wasted, and often make it the centre of their night, but binge drinking in Britain is a huge problem. And having spent time living throughout Europe and North America, I’d say it’s most alarming there. I can’t put my finger on why, exactly. If it is the sheer volume of booze, or the spirit in which it is done, or the fact that there is no change in behaviour with age… but I’m a big drinker by western standards, and every time I drink in Britain or with Brits, I can tell you it’s not the same.
Pic #2 of RP very funny. Snockered or stoned? That second pic of RP & RW is hilarious.
The booze certainly would explain a bit- the self-effacing interviews with admissions of moodiness,self-pity, and tears. Maybe dude has a mood regulation issue. Not such a far stretch to place a higher percentage of such in the performing population. The grandiosity pulls them in.
Or put another way, is it the hootch that is causing the self-imposed isolation, or the self-imposed isolation which beckons the hootch (hooch???)?
i know this is not politically correct, but he really looks like he has a developmental disorder
I think he’s not an drunk because it’s not like you are hearing stories that he’s late for work, etc. It’s not like it’s interferring with his work life. Most likely he’s a typical 20 something who still likes to get loaded frequently on his off time. At least he does it in a hotel where he doesn’t need to drive home!
“And he is not like your american so professionnal actors or fake stars, alway doing the show. He is himself, that’s all. The show is on the screen.”
Agree
How devastated will the Twi-hards be in 20 years if Pattison turns into another Leif Garrett?
Oh God, his fans have arrived. He is not different but hides his addictions. His image is created so bored housewives who think Twilight is the right type of romance would follow him. But he is only relevant as long as he plays the sparkly vampire and parades that butch co-star as his girlfriend to sell the Twilight storyline. How else to keep interest in something so bad?!
Young people are the same everywhere. I’ve studied abroad in Spain and in France. Heck in Spain they have what is called here “botellon.” Young kids gather in specific spots in different cities where they bring their own alcohol and blatantly drink out in the open (there really isn’t an open liquor container law out in public here and the cops don’t care). Then after botellon, they hit the clubs and bars so it’s basically pregaming out in the open.
And yeah I’ve heard about the Irish and Brits drinking heavily just to get drunk. Trust me, young Europeans are not more sophisticated when it comes to alcohol.
A past British boyfriend was (and still is) a pretty heavy drinker. But I only saw him wasted once in the 7 months we went out. The only thing about it that bothered me, is how badly alcohol ages you (to say nothing of what it does to your insides). This poor guy was younger than me and looked 10 years older. Sometimes he’d start with the beers or whiskey at 10 in the am! But he was a total workaholic and was insanely productive even though he drank pretty much continuously (worked from home).
Holy Dinah, Crash. If that’s what you consider a “pretty heavy drinker” what do you consider a “heavy drinker”?
*needs to go to Crash’s parties*
Sparkles, err, Robert, always seems to have that hangover look with his eyes half closed and mouth half open. Also that last picture of him leering down at Resse’s bust is hilarious. 😛
LOL @Zelda! Um..someone who is walking into the walls at all times?? I don’t know!
it looks like that elephant is crying.