Kristen Stewart Opens Up About Being Bullied for Unshaved Legs & More

Posted by , on June 5, 2012 at 10:20 am

 Kristen Stewart Opens Up About Being Bullied for Unshaved Legs & MoreWe all have our struggles when we’re growing up. Either we’re dealing with feeling left out, being different for assorted reasons (sexuality, weight, etc.) or we’re just grappling with all of the negative treats that puberty brings to the table. You know, things like unwanted body hair and body odor. Remember the first time you needed to shave or wear deodorant? It can be an awkward topic to broach with a parent.

As we (and Us Weekly) have said time and time again — stars, they’re just like us! Kristen Stewart opened up to Vanity Fair this month about all of the struggles that have plagued her near-perfect life, which is currently characterized by a beautiful British boyfriend and a bank account that likely rivals small nations. It wasn’t always Balmain gowns and Converse on the red carpet for Kristen. ”Look at a picture of me before I was 15,” she told the magazine. “I am a boy. I wore my brother’s clothes, dude! Not like I cared that much, but I remember being made fun of because I wasn’t wearing Juicy jeans. I didn’t even think about it. I wore my gym clothes.”

She also reveals that she didn’t always have such a thick skin — and that her stubbly legs caused quite a stir in her middle school locker room. “But it’s not like I didn’t care that they made fun of me,” she told Vanity Fair. “It really bothered me. I remember this girl in sixth grade looked at me in gym and was like, ‘Oh my God! That’s disgusting — you don’t shave your legs!”

Poor K-Stew. Things didn’t get easier when Stewart found fame with Twilight. She tells the magazine: “You can Google my name and one of the first things that comes up is images of me sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe with my ex-boyfriend and my dog. It was taken the day the movie came out. I was no one. I was a kid. I had just turned 18,” she recalls. “The next day it was like I was a delinquent slimy idiot, whereas I’m kind of a weirdo, creative Valley Girl who smokes pot. Big deal. But that changed my daily life instantly. I didn’t go out in my underwear anymore.”
We may not be famous, but we certainly don’t leave the house wearing only our underwear. That said, we’re glad Kristen has finally been able to embrace the many complicated changes that fame brings.

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  1. You know, things like unwanted body hair and body odor. Remember the
    first time you needed to shave or wear deodorant? It can be an awkward
    topic to broach with a parent.

  2. SANDRA ROSE VILLALUZ says:

    CONSIDERING  KRISTEN  WORE T-SHIRTS AND FITTED STRAIGHT LEG  JEANS,WHEN SHE  WAS MUCH YOUNGER  THERE  REALLY  THAT  MUCH  NECESSITY FOR  SHAVING  AND  DEODERANT.SHE  WAS  A   CHILD.     KRISTEN  HAS  BEEN ACTING  SINCE  SHE  WAS  VERY  YOUNG.  AND  FROM  READING  THE ARTICAL  NO  ONE  WAS  POLITE  ENOUGH  TO  MAKE  A  SUGGESTION  TO HER  FEMINIE CHANGES.     FROM  MY  POINT   OF  VIEW  INSTEAD  OF HELPING  OUT  POLIETLY  THEY   TRIED    EMBARSING  KRISTEN  AND  BY  DOING  SO  THEY  JUST   ENDED  UP  SHOWING   THIER  JELOUSY  ALOHA  KRISTEN  YOUR  BEAUTIFUL.  WHEN  YOU AND ROBBY  POSE TOGETHER  THE TWO  OF  YOU  ARE  MAGIC AND GORGEOUS ALOHA SANDRA

  3. Lill says:

    Brava!!!!!!

  4. Vinniegc says:

    Ugliest woman in Hollywood!

  5. Guest says:

    Shaving by 6th grade? Kristen is a blonde therefore her stubble would have barely shown at all. I agree with Sandra, the other girls were just showing their jealousy. I feel sorry for anyone who was bullied. What you do with yourself afterwards shows us how strong you really are. Go Kristen.

  6. Melanieziegemeier says:

    It dont matter if you are blonde, you still get hairy legs, and I dont understand the “old enough to wear deoderant” everyone is old enough to wear deorderant, its meant to get rid of order or do kids not sweat anymore these days? ifshe was gross enough to walk around at 12 years old in shorts with disgusting, hairy legs than she disgusts me even more now, not only can she not act and have gigantic chipmunk teeth and look like she got hit by a car and cant make a speech to save her life but now I know that she was also a hairy. smelly kid

  7. tam says:

     Based on what you wrote, one can only assume you were and still are a very mean person with serious inferiority issues.  There are constructive comments and then there is just plain mean.  Kristen Stewart is ultra talented and stunningly beautiful.  Who we like or don’t like is just a matter of preference…I have no doubt that when you look in the mirror, you see perfection.  Perhaps you should look a little deeper.

  8. Psnacks says:

    You ignorant child. There is nothing disgusting about body hair. Quite obviously you are just a little fool who has been raised on media and money, and made to think that the lighting effects, makeup, professional hairstyles, clothes, and a perfect little shaven body are what people SHOULD look like. Well, guess what? Reality check – all of that is only good for TWO things: Hollywood, and porn.Based off of your slimy attitude, I would have to say Hollywood is FAR out of your reach. Undoubtedly, however, it was being made fun of for being a hairy, smelly kid yourself that made you into the snob you are today – a pathetic shell to hide who you really are from the world, because you’re too scared and weak to deal with and accept WHAT THE WORLD IS REALLY LIKE.

    Try and have fun while you still can, because it’s all going to blow up in your face before you even know it.

  9. Mr B says:

    Kristen Stewart opens up her hairy legs?………………kinda gross

  10. Ray Eme says:

    the pot explains her acting ability…