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Kristen Stewart opens up about girlfriend Alicia Cargile: ‘I’m really in love’

The actress opens up about her love life in a rare candid interview, speaking about new love Alicia Cargile and her previous ex, Robert Pattinson.
Kristen Stewart, Alicia Cargile

Kristen Stewart has opened up about her girlfriend Alicia Cargile for the first time, telling Elle the couple are better than ever after weathering a few rocky patches early on in their relationship.

Speaking candidly about her new, happier outlook on life, the Twilight star revealed, “I think also right now I’m just really in love with my girlfriend. We’ve broken up a couple of times and gotten back together, and this time I was like, ‘Finally, I can feel again.’”

Kristen and Alicia are pictured at LAX Airport on May 19. Photo: Getty

Alicia, who works as a visual effects producer, was first rumoured to be dating Kristen in early 2015 after her highly-publicised breakup with co-star Robert Pattinson. The pair later broke up in October of that year, before reuniting a couple of months ago after Kristen split from French singer Soko.

Over the course of their on-again, off-again relationship, the couple have been snapped holding hands, enjoying lunch dates and going for coffee runs together, and Kristen’s mother Jules Stewart even gave Alicia her seal of approval in an interview with the Sunday Mirror last year.

Kristen and Robert’s relationship famously hit a hurdle in in July 2012, when the actress was caught in a steamy embrace with director Rupert Sanders. Photo: Getty

However, this is the first time Kristen has publicly confirmed the relationship in the media, and it’s clear her low-key romance with Alicia is miles away from the whirlwind surrounding her previous relationship with Robert.

“When I was dating a guy I was hiding everything that I did because everything personal felt like it was immediately trivialised, so I didn’t like it,” she told Elle.

“We were turned into these characters and placed into this ridiculous comic book, and I was like, ‘That’s mine. You’re making my relationships something that it’s not.’”

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Kristen hinted that it all changed when she began dating Alicia.

“I was like, ‘Actually, to hide this provides the implication that I’m not down with it or I’m ashamed of it’, so I had to alter how I approached being in public. It opened my life up and I’m so much happier,” she said.

Alicia accompanied Kristen to the Cannes Film Festival this year, where they walked the red carpet together. Photo: Getty

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