Celebrity | celebrity Why Robert Pattinson Smells Awful Twilight, New Moon star is really just fending off the paps By Evann Gastaldo Posted Nov 23, 2009 9:34 AM CST Copied Kellan Lutz, left, and Robert Pattinson arrive at the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday Aug. 9, 2009, in Universal City, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) Robert Pattinson has a reputation as more than just every tween’s heartthrob: He apparently stinks, and New York finally found out why. “If he doesn’t change his clothes and the paparazzi get pictures of him in the same outfit all the time, then they can’t sell the pictures,” the Twilight star’s onscreen dad says, going a step further to take responsibility for the stink: “That’s what I said he should do.” How do his co-workers deal? “You know what, I think maybe out of a defense mechanism, I don’t sniff him,” says co-star Ashley Greene, while New Moon director Chris Weitz adds, “I can smell him coming, that’s the nice thing.” Read These Next Backlash for Trump nominee who said he has 'a Nazi streak.' The massive AWS failure exposed a big problem with the internet. A man ended up dead after trying to steal from Spirit Halloween. White House called off Trump-Putin summit. Report an error