Magazine Scan: GQ: The Reaction: Girl, Infatuated
May 23, 2009 by admin
Filed under Featured Article, Magazines
GQ reviews their April Issue that featured Robert on the cover and interviews some young Pattinson fans.
The Reaction: Girl, Infatuated
As editors of a men’s magazine who put Twilight actor Robert Pattinson on April cover we’re aware of a few things. First, that Pattinson has a very promising career ahead of him. (In his profile, Alex Pappademas declared that Pattinson “seethes like Warren Beaty.”) Second, that our readers agree with us — and a few do so for reasons not entirely related to his acting skills. (Sarah Moore from Raleigh, North Carolina, wrote: “The cover should read “Hide your wives,’ not ‘Hide your Daughters.’ I can assure you that I, and many other twenty-and thirtysomethings, would gladly trample the 15-year-olds to get a piece of that.”) Which brings us to our third point, that, yes, there is a moblike, high-pitched, rabid following of tweens -mostly girls – who are not generally our demographic, who deeply love Pattinson, and who know more about him than any employee wandering the halls at GQ’s headquarters. That is, except for GQ’s in-house Twilight enthusiast and Pattinson-picture-kisser, Raha Naddaf. In an attempt to bridge their world and ours, we recently enlisted Naddaf (27) to reach out to a group of 11- and 12-year-old Pattinson diehards. They kindly took her call during a sleepover.
What do you like about Pattinson?
Abigail: His face.
Olivia: His Sexiness.If he were at your slumber party, what would you ask him?
[simultaneously] Would you marry me?How many times have you guys seen Twilight?
Olivia: TwiceTwice? That’s it?
Olivia: Oh, I’ll watch it more.
Maggie: I saw it three times.How long did it take you to read all four books in the series?
Olivia: A year.
Abigail: I’ve only read the first one.
Maggie: Seven monthsIt took me four days
[Silence]I think I’m a bigger fan than all of you
[More Silence]What do you think about the rumors that Pattinson dated Camilla Belle?
[Thirteen seconds of mortified screaming.]
Olivia: We don’t like her.
[Three-minute conversation about the Jonas Brothers, with one girl concluding, "They wear promise rings, but that doesn't mean anything."]Now for the big question: Do you ever imagine yourselves making out with Pattinson?
[Again with the silence]I do, all the time.
Abigail: We’re only 12.
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May 23rd, 2009 at 11:37 pm
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May 24th, 2009 at 4:58 am
i love Rob….. i like him…..
May 24th, 2009 at 6:49 am
LOL. What a great insight into the opposite worlds of not even teens
yet and the older women love for Robbie.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:39 am
HAHAHAH, this little interview is too cute. Absolutely love it this had me laughing mor than the blog that just doesn’t get the how hot Robert actually is…http://muchmusiclover.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/robert-pattinson/
May 24th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Well I am 14 and I have very different answers to these questions. First of all, my favorite thing about rob besides his
Good looks that these girls spoke of, I like the fact that he is a real person. He seems like someone I can sit down and
Talk with. (if he gave me the light of day). But there is more to
Him than a sexy face.
May 25th, 2009 at 5:27 am
I’m a divorced 30somethng woman, with 2 kids, living in Mizoram, india. I’m madly n crazily in love with Rob. And who cares about Camilla, i hate Kristen, even if they’r just frens… And hi! 2 u, sarah moore, its good 2 know dat other women feel da same way. And u 2 Rafa..
May 25th, 2009 at 5:32 am
So funny. I´m 36, and believe me, if I had been at the kiss auction in
Cannes, I´d payed ANYTHING for a night with Pattinson. These teenage girls
are soooo cute…
PS: I read the four books in a week, and I´m into NC-17 fanfics now…
there I found everything Meyer didn´t deliver.
May 25th, 2009 at 7:34 am
I love your honesty Rafa! Their ’silence’ had me on the floor laughing.
I’m 16 and my favourite thing about him is the way he sings,
I saw the movie seven times at the cinemas and it took me four days
to read all the books, and a week to recover from sleep deprivation
and I too imagine kissing him all the time. Hahaha
May 25th, 2009 at 11:48 am
I’m glad I’m not alone. As you can tell by my sign in name, I’m not a
teenager, but a married mother of two. I guess it makes me feel like a
teenager having a “crush” on someone who’s untouchable. Just like other
actors I’ve like, I haven’t felt guilty about because they were my age,
but Robert is so young compared to myself. Oh well, it’s the joy of just
having another great looking actor to look at.
May 25th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
It’s amazing the affect he has on women of all ages but interesting to see
the different ‘fantasies’ from the different age groups.
I think Rob is and extremely talented and intriguing person and look forward
to the next step in his career – I hope he can weather the hype.
Like Nadaf I have many fantasies of what I’d do with him alone and I’m 38,
I must say no celebrity has ever had this affect on me even when I was 12.
May 26th, 2009 at 7:40 am
This is awesome!! I completely agree with Sarah. My favorite bumper sticker reads” you may be closer in age to Robert Pattinson, but lets face it, you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you got it”