Robert Pattinson Plays Dumb About the Appeal of Hair He Can’t Stop Touching

We’ve pushed Defamer’s overworked, underpaid Twilight Bureau as far as it can go this week, and why not: Variety now reports that the film will pull in $US30 million today, establishing it on the lower end of the 20 all-time best opening-day grosses. Among other attributes, Robert Pattinson’s dense, unruly mop of hair has been of particular interest to the ticketbuying public, whose every tousle, stroke, pat and otherwise swoony self-grooming invariably culminate in hormonal yelps of appreciation from his female fan base. But when asked by Ellen DeGeneres today about that hair’s appeal, Pattinson simply raked through it once more — and once more, and once again, and again — in dumbfounded wonder before confessing, “I have no idea.” As the accompanying hair-touching highlight reel suggests, however, we think someone doth protest too much. On the other hand, if we only washed our hair once a month (if that), we’d probably have the same curiosity. Carry on, Rob. [Ellen]