In 2012, a press-shy Kristen Stewart released a public apology to Robert Pattinson, her Twilight costar and boyfriend of nearly four years, after she was photographed kissing Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders. But the disintegration of Robsten then was in part due to just how public their showmance-turned-off-screen-romance had become. Stewart said, "People wanted me and Rob to be together so badly that our relationship was made into a product," adding "It wasn't real life anymore. And that was gross to me."