Kristen Stewart Regrets Comparing Fame To 'Being Raped'

Known for hating the spotlight, "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart recently stuck her foot in her mouth by comparing paparazzi photos of herself to images of a woman being raped. Thankfully, the young actress has seen the light.

"I made an enormous mistake," she told People magazine. Ya think, K-Stew?

Kristen shared some bizarre sentiments in the July edition of British Elle magazine:

“It's so... The photos are so… I feel like I'm looking at someone being raped. A lot of the time I can't handle it,” the 20-year-old actress said when asked how she feels about being photographed in her everyday life.

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"I never expected that this would be my life... What you don't see are the cameras shoved in my face and the bizarre intrusive questions being asked, or the people falling over themselves, screaming and taunting to get a reaction.”

The paparazzi may make life difficult for celebrities, but we doubt an actual victim of rape is saying their experience felt "like being Kristen Stewart."

Thankfully, Kristen has attempted to clear this up with a contrite statement to People.com:

"I really made an enormous mistake – clearly and obviously," Stewart, currently in Korea to promote the new installment of the Twilight series, "Eclipse," told PEOPLE exclusively. "And I'm really sorry about my choice of words...

Kristen's shocking faux pas was compounded by the fact that she's not ignorant to the serious traumas that rape can unleash. She played a rape victim in the 2004 film "Speak" and has done public service announcements for RAINN, an advocacy group.

Stewart now faces the irony of the public thinking that the actress isn't aware of the ongoing issues affecting rape victims. "People thinking that I'm insensitive about this subject rips my guts out," she said. "'Violated' definitely would have been a better way of expressing the thought."

Source: [People, Fox News]

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