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 The gunman who killed 4 at a Michigan church was an ex-marine. 'We heard a big bang,' says churchgoer in Michigan Skydivers leap from plane 2 minutes before fatal crash. Tossed beers, hostile fans take the spotlight at Ryder Cup. Report an error