Movie Stars: Pattinson, Robert–Pressures on Shape of Male Body

Robert Pattinson Says He Ate Only Potatoes for Two Weeks as a Detox

GIZA, EGYPT - DECEMBER 03: Robert Pattinson attends the Dior Fall 2023 Menswear Show on December 03, 2022 in Giza, Egypt. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Robert Pattinson has shown his concern for the shape of his body in movie like Twilight and The Batman, but the actor has been vocal about the “insidious” body standards men face, in and out of Hollywood.

“Even if you’re just watching your calorie intake, it’s extraordinarily addictive — and you don’t quite realize how insidious it is until it’s too late,” Pattinson told ES magazine in a new cover story. While he said he had never struggled with his own body image, he has “basically tried every fad you can think of, everything except consistency.”

Pattinson added, “I once ate nothing but potatoes for two weeks, as a detox. Just boiled potatoes and Himalayan pink salt. Apparently it’s a cleanse… you definitely lose weight.”

Pattinson previously spoke about his workout regimen (or lack thereof) for “The Batman,” telling GQ ahead of the film’s release, “I think if you’re working out all the time, you’re part of the problem. You set a precedent. No one was doing this in the ’70s. Even James Dean — he wasn’t exactly ripped. Literally, I’m just barely doing anything.”

The actor later admitted that those comments “came back to haunt me” in an interview with MovieMaker. “I just always think it’s really embarrassing to talk about how you’re working out,” Pattinson clarified at the time. “You’re playing Batman. You have to work out.”

In the ES magazine story, he recalled, “I got in so much trouble for saying that I don’t work out, even from my trainer, who was like, ‘Why would you say that?’”

Pattinson teased his upcoming film “Mickey 17,” directed by Bong Joon-ho: “The movie is so crazy, it’s a completely different style of working.”

Mickey 17 is set for release in March 2024.

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