London, June 4 (IANS) Hollywood actress Kristen Stewart is facing criticism from officials at a leading US charity after she compared press intrusion to rape.
The ‘Twilight’ star compared stardom to being raped and her dislike about photographers and said: ‘The photos are so… I feel like I’m looking at someone being raped. A lot of the time I can’t handle it. I never expected that this would be my life,’ reports contactmusic.com.
Her comments have sparked outrage in America.
‘Rape is a violation in which one has no choice. A star seeking publicity has choices. Although rape involves loss of privacy, loss of privacy does not constitute rape. Let’s use a little logical thinking here,’ Margaret Lazarus, executive director of Rapels.org, was quoted as saying.
The 20-year-old actress played a rape victim in the 2004 movie ‘Speak’.
‘Kristen Stewart’s comments are regrettable. Portraying a rape survivor in the film ‘Speak’ should have led her to use a more appropriate metaphor to describe the intrusive nature of the paparazzi. Rape is more than an intrusion, it’s a violent crime, that causes serious long term mental health effects for victims,’ said Katherine Hull, spokesperson of the Rape and Incest National Network charity.
