WHAT TWIGS DISLIKED ABOUT DATING PATTINSON
Singer FKA Twigs has revealed that she hates that people thought she was “odd-looking” until she started dating Twilight star Robert Pattinson and he “validated” her beauty.
The 31-year-old dated the actor from 2014 to 2017, and the duo was even rumoured to be engaged.
In an interview to The Guardian’s Weekend magazine, she said, “People thought I was quite odd-looking, until a white male validated my beauty. That’s frustrating and I still don’t accept it. But if I sing really well, you can’t question that. If I dance well, you can’t question that. If I express myself honestly, or if I’m pole dancing or wushu-ing excellently, you can’t question that. I’ve never felt more beautiful because I’ve never been more skilled. Everything else is ephemeral.”
Twigs and Pattinson split in 2017, and she admitted that it was around this time in her life that everything imploded.
“It felt like I’d made this ornate golden birdcage, and everything was so intricate — like tapestries and beading and beautiful wirework. And I stepped in and I locked the door and I was like, ‘oh my gosh, this is actually a nightmare’. You have family and friends, and you have adult things, like where you live and bills and stuff like that, then your health, maybe your relationship... Everything was in complete turmoil. The only thing that didn’t get smashed or shaken was one or two great friends,” she added.
People thought I was odd-looking, until a white male validated my beauty.
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