Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart Romance...

Poor Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. It seems Bruce Willis started a trend. Now other A-list celebrities are jumping on the "diss Rob and Kristen" bandwagon. The latest A-lister to emerge and diss their onetime fairy tale romance and messy break-up is none other than Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie. The Salt star recently dissed the couple formerly known as Robsten by calling their onetime fairy tale romance a "showmance." Which means that their agonizing, heartbreaking split was nothing but a farce played out for publicity. Ouch.

According to La Jolie, the nonstens have been right all along--for four long years to be exact. In other words, the studio ordered RPattz and KStew to get together and feign a love affair to promote the Twilight Saga franchise. Hey, they're actors, right. So, part of their job was to act like they were in love. Angie thinks it's a shame Rob and Kristen knuckled under to the studio's pressure, because when Kristen was caught cheating with Rupert Sanders, it all came tumbling down. Angie says, they're "both suffering." Of course, Kristen is suffering a bit more than Rob. Her career is possibly damaged forever, whereas Rob just looks like a fool. Ah, sexism.

"You play along when younger but end up realizing it's a bad idea," Tweeted Angelina Jolie on the Jolie Project Twitter account on August 31. "Studios gain, but you don't. (Kristen - Robert thing : classic)"

Well, Angie certainly made it clear that she was talking about Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart and their mock romance and embarrassing split. It was never a romance at all, but an attempt by the studio to get the "most bang for their buck." The studio wisely realized that the fans would invest even more emotion in the Twilight franchise if they thought the actors playing Edward Cullen and Bella Swan were in love in real life. Angie apparently believes the then young, unknown, and far from financially secure Rob and Kristen were easily influenced (or paid off) by Summit. Tough.

So there you have it. The bottom line is: Who cares? With all due respect to the Twihards, whether RPattz and KStew were madly in love or just making a few extra bucks (or in their case, a few extra million) by pretending to be off-screen sweethearts, the world will still spin on its axis, there will still be death and taxes, and life in this corner of the universe will muddle on. Fans over the age of eighteen should try to get lives instead of pathologically cathecting intense emotional energy into the lives of famous people they will probably never even meet--let alone befriend or hook up with.

As for Bruce Willis, his video parody Twihard with a Vengeance was funny. If Robsten really was a fake couple, they probably had a good laugh watching it. And if they were for real, they'll no doubt find it funny a few years down the road. Time heals.

Â© Hope Carson 2012

Hope Carson is the author of 2 books: A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker and A Thousand and One Night Stands: The Life of Jon Vincent. You can follow her on Twitter.

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cindy d d Sep 1, 2012, 11:27pm UTC

Awww, poor Angelia is pv'ed that Brangelina has been soooo knocked off the covers of the movie mag rags by a way cooler, hotter, younger couple. "Showmance", please! What's going to happen when two totally beautiful people get stuck in a film together, the get together! No one forced that romance, those sparks were real. What a bloozo idiot that Angelia appears to be.

Salem Saberhagen Sep 11, 2012, 10:49am UTC

Yeah, I'm soooooo sure that Angelina is soooooo 'pissed' that she has been knocked off the covers of the vicious and nasty tabloid mags that print lies about her! Buy a clue! Angelina would be relieved, more than anything.

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C Klauss Sep 2, 2012, 3:23am UTC

Yeah, I knew that old skank would have something negative to say about Robsten. Face it, Brangelina just doesn't excite the masses any more. Robsten is young, hot and just oozes with sexual chemistry (the real, honest kind....not the stick the leg out and pose kind.) Robsten has always been discrete and not tried to flaunt their relationship--and that makes it even hotter!

Salem Saberhagen Sep 11, 2012, 10:47am UTC

Angelina never speaks negatively about ANYONE! Wtf is wrong with you?

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sue forbes Sep 2, 2012, 8:47am UTC

these celebs are just jumping on the bandwagon to sound judgemental lets face it she had the finger well and truly wagged at her when she got together with brad pitt most fans thought she was the reason brad and jenifer aniston broke up. thoes who live in glass houses shouldnt throw stones angelina wouldnt have any windows left with all the stories over the years about her in the press billy bob thornton comes to mind to quote the bible although i am not religious he who hasnt sinned cast the first stone, i think people need to take a step back and start letting celebs have something we all love and posess it's called a private life. if kirsten stewart had threw enough money at the pap with the piccys noone would have ever heard about this story in the first place it would have been between her rob rupert and liberty and for them to sort out in private. thats what this story is really all about some pap and prob some person leaking the story about kirsten and rupert too make a buck or two. lets face it guys jounalist seem these day to take lessons in how to ruin someones life rather than report on a proper story. i for one am fed up with these gutter trash stories in the press on tv and on the internet lets have some real news like how governments are working to help their own people, charity workers, etc

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Salem Saberhagen Sep 11, 2012, 10:46am UTC

Um, Angelina Jolie doesn't even have a Twitter account! That account was a parody account by a fan and has now been removed by Twitter. A cursory glance at it would have revealed that, it was so obvious it stuck out like dogs proverbial. This is yet another chance for people to slam Angelina over something she never even did! I'm effing sick of it!!!

C Klauss Sep 11, 2012, 11:28am UTC

If that wasn't her Twitter account and someone else posted it, then my apologies to Ms. Jolie for my comments. Can you tell that I love Robsten and this whole thing is just making me crazy? But I do feel badly that I trashed Ms. Jolie when she didn't deserve it.

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