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Explain it to me quickly: is Robert Pattinson trolling us with his horrifying pasta dish?

The actor has shared an unorthodox pasta recipe involving sugar, pre-sliced cheese and an exploding microwave. One Guardian Australia staffer explains it to another, quickly
Robert Pattinson dreams of pasta: ‘You really need to congeal everything in an enormous amount of sugar and cheese.’ Composite: Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images

Hi Alyx. Why is everyone messaging me about Robert Pattinson’s chaotic pasta?

Robert Pattinson, the Twilight star-turned-arthouse-powerhouse, has used his cover profile with GQ as an opportunity to promote his dream business venture. A pasta dish with the same “fast-food credentials as burgers and pizzas” that “you can hold in your hand”. He’s calling it Piccolini Cuscino, or “Little Pillow”.

He attempted to demonstrate his prototype for Zach Baron, who interviewed him over FaceTime in isolation, and it involved cornflakes, burning a burger bun with

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