This just in: Robert Pattinson is married! Or at least…his cardboard cutout is.
Lauren Adkins, a 25-year-old Las Vegas native, has wed a six-foot Pattinson cardboard cutout. OK, maybe the union isn’t technically legally recognized, but she had a dress and a ceremony and everything.
Adkins originally bought the stand-in boyfriend for $20 at a record shop after becoming obsessed with Pattinson’s “Twilight” character, Edward Cullen. She took it out with her and doted on it so much that one of her friends finally suggested she go ahead and get hitched to it.
So that’s exactly what she did.
Adkins bought a ring and wore a white dress for her ceremony at Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel on the Vegas strip. She and her 50 guests even partied with champagne and a five-tier cake at her reception, which cost her a cool $3,200.
“People might think I’m crazy but my flat-pack R-Patz is the closest I’ll get to the real thing and he’s the one for me,” she told the Mirror.
Then the newlyweds honeymooned in Los Angeles, where they hiked to the Hollywood sign…but they had to do it at night because Cullen can’t be in the sun. Remember, guys, he’s a vampire.
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Before you brand Adkins a straight-up crazy person, there’s one thing you should know: The extravagant wedding is actually part of her thesis project at UNLV. She started planning the project two years ago, and raised over $1,200 for it on IndieGogo. She claims she’s investigating how pop culture fantasies and celebrity obsessions cross over into our everyday lives and give us twisted expectations of love.
One thing’s for sure: Adkins’ over-the-top measures better earn her an A+++ on that thesis…this is dedication at its most extreme.
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