Kristen Stewart's Bad Attitude

“I don’t really think they do,” said Perez Hilton, who frequently blogs about why he hates Stewart . “I don’t think [fans] like her as much as the other actors in Twilight, and what’s really interesting is to see the fans’ blossoming relationship with Taylor Lautner, because he’s very happy and outgoing and thankful to be a part of the film.”

Indeed, Lautner—who plays Stewart’s eager suitor in New Moon—has quite a different public persona than Stewart. He embraces his fanbase and has endured an endless stream of questions from reporters about his bulked up physique without copping an attitude.

That kind of openness and unremitting cheeriness is something audiences have come to expect from today’s stars. So it’s disconcerting to fans when Stewart flips off the paparazzi, or refuses to comment on the endless rumors about her supposed relationship with co-star Robert Pattinson.

Many, like Bianca Valle, like that Stewart “speaks her mind” but wish the actress could muster up some more enthusiasm for Twilight.

“I don’t like when she looks like she is taking things as a joke,” she said. “She’s just not into it. It’s weird.”

Stewart is the first to acknowledge that she’s uncomfortable giving interviews and doesn’t like talking about her part in the film.

“You get a slew of all these bullshit questions like, ‘What’s it like to kiss a vampire?’ and ‘How much do you love Robert?’” she told Nylon magazine in March.

Even her own father has said Stewart doesn’t like Twilight.

When asked why his daughter hadn’t presented alongside Pattinson at the Academy Awards earlier this year, John Stewart told Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush: “When it’s a great movie, not just one that makes a lot of money.”

Cara Watters, a 21-year-old senior at George Mason University was so “disgusted” after watching an interview with Stewart on an entertainment news program that she decided to launch a Facebook group called “I hate Kristen Stewart.”

“I just remember that she was extremely awkward, and I think that when you enter into acting, there are repercussions,” she said in a phone interview. “You should know how to hold yourself during appearances. She can’t say anything without twitching or stuttering.”

Stewart, meanwhile, feels that she deserves a level of privacy despite being an actress.

“I know that people are really funny about ‘Well, you chose to be an actor, why don’t you just f—ing give your whole life away?! Can I have your firstborn child?” she told Entertainment Weekly this month.

Despite Watters’ hatred for Stewart, she said she’s still planning on seeing New Moon.

“I hate her so much, but I’ll still watch it—and I know that sounds weird,” she said. “I’m not watching it for her, but I still think I’ll be sitting there extremely angry. I feel like she’s not happy with the role she’s playing—she’s not excited about the movie.”

For Stewart’s part, there seems to have been a recent epiphany that her negativity might harm her relationship with Twilight fans.

“I’ve gotten a lot more comfortable about talking about myself and knowing that what you say, people are really going to take into consideration,” Stewart said at a press junket for New Moon at the Four Seasons earlier this month. “That always intimidated me so much.”

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Amy Kaufman is an assistant editor at The Daily Beast. A former reporter for The Wrap, she has also written for The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times.

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