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The Internet Is Already Obsessed With The Deeply Chaotic ‘Hot Ones’ Kristen Stewart Interview

She eats wings with a knife and fork, because of course she does.

by Joseph Earp  15 November 2019
Kristen Stewart on Hot Ones

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Kristen Stewart is having a moment.

The one-time Twilight star has spent the last six or seven years choosing only roles that allow her to burn the entire project down. She is in auteur in her own right, a little shimmer of chaos that can make any line feel unusual, and strange, and alien. She never behaves like a real human being. That’s what makes her perfect.

Hell, she’s even imagined to impress critics in the somewhat well-reviewed Charlie’s Angels film — and that’s not exactly a role that you’d expect to necessarily pop. In the hands of anyone else, it’d be a run-of-the-mill action role. In the hands of Kristen Stewart, is a load of delicious staccato nonsense.

To promote that film, Stewart appeared this week as a guest on Hot Ones, the wildly popular internet talk show that sees celebrity guests eat a line of increasingly spicy wings.

To say that she handled the wings well is to understate things. Barely breaking a sweat, Stewart nimbly hopped through questions, reflected on her many outfits, and contended with the great weight of celebrity.

Oh, and she did it all while being deeply, deeply chaotic. Because that is the Kristen Stewart way.

Like, I’m talking ‘eating wings with a knife and fork’ level chaotic. Bear witness to it here:

Predictably, ever since the interview has dropped, the internet has taken on Stewart’s appearance on the show as a symbol of her deep relatability. After all, we’ve all had a raucous emotional trip, like Stewart…

…we’ve all nervously shimmied in anticipation…

…and we’ve all made fun of our good friend Shia LaBoef for his Hot Ones appearance.

Okay, maybe not the last one. But the rest still stands: Stewart is the OG relatable chaos queen, and we thank her for every moment of joy that she adds to our lives.