Twilight Star Kristen Stewart Says She Will "Probably Not" Stay in the United States

Kristen Stewart has been asked whether she plans to stay in America. Her answer was not a yes.

In an interview with The Times of London, reported around January 26, 2026, the Twilight star was asked if she will remain in the United States. She said: "Probably not. I can't work freely there. But I don't want to give up completely." It was a short answer, but it carried enough weight to spread around the world within days.

In the same interview, Stewart spoke about the political climate under President Trump. "Reality is breaking completely under Trump," she said. "But we should take a page out of his book and create the reality we want to live in." The second half of that quote is easy to miss. She framed Trump's approach as something to learn from, not only something to criticize.

Her comments came as she discussed her work behind the camera. Stewart called Trump's threatened tariffs on foreign-made films "terrifying." She explained that she shot her directing debut, The Chronology of Water, in Latvia, because making it in America "would have been impossible to do in the States." The film is based on Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2025. Choosing a European location for a first feature is not unusual in the film business, where tax credits and lower costs often decide where a movie gets made.

The tariff threat she referred to dates to 2025, when Trump said he wanted a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States. He argued that foreign incentives were pulling production away from Hollywood and hurting American film workers. Supporters of the idea say it would bring jobs back to California and other states. Critics in the industry say it would raise costs and be hard to apply to films that are shot in several countries. Details of how such a tariff would actually work have not been spelled out.

The interview spread quickly. Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Fox News all reported her remarks, each with its own framing. On social media, many posts turned her words into a firmer headline, saying Stewart is "planning to leave" the country. That goes further than the record. The graphic now being shared makes it look like she has already made up her mind. Her actual words were "probably not," followed by a statement that she does not want to give up completely.

Stewart is not the first entertainer to talk about leaving the country over politics, and many who said so in past years never moved. She has not announced a move, a new home abroad or a date for leaving. What she has said is that she finds it harder to work freely in the United States right now, and that she chose to film her first feature as a director overseas.

The difference between "probably not" and "planning to leave" may sound small. But when a quote travels this far, the exact words are what readers should be judging, and those words are on the record.

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