Robert Pattinson Says He Sold Stolen Porn Mags at School (Audio)

Before he gained fame as brooding vampire Edward Cullen in the “Twilight” film series, Robert Pattinson was involved in a slightly seedier endeavor — porn piracy.

Pattinson appeared on Howard Stern’s radio show Tuesday and discussed an array of topics, including his past as a purveyor of pilfered pornography.

“I’ve never actually said this before,” Pattinson told Stern. “I was, like, stealing porno magazines and selling them at school.”

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Pattinson’s sticky-fingered entrepreneurship earned him a pretty, if tainted, penny, the actor said, noting we would sell the magazines for “like 20 pounds … like 30 bucks.”

Alas, as with many porn careers, the cockiness that sparked Pattinson’s enterprise also proved to be his downfall, as the heartthrob-to-be graduated from swiping a magazine or two at a time to a more wholesale pilfering.

“I got so cocky that I would take the entire rack,” Pattinson told Stern, recalling how a store employee caught him with a porn-stuffed backpack and gave him two choices — calling the cops or calling his parents.

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Pattinson opted for the latter, but the employee also informed the future star’s school, leading to his expulsion.

Listen to Pattinson describe a dark chapter of his past below.

Party Report in Pictures: Madonna, Justin Bieber, Robert Pattinson, Sofia Vergara, Joe Manganiello (Photos)

Madonna reaches down another generation, partying with Kendall Jenner and Justin Bieber at Up&Down in NYC this week, the top party pic.
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The private jets took off from Vegas and landed in NYC for the Met Gala on Monday night, May 4.
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How to upstage the Met Ball? Miley Cyrus and Diddy tucked in to a booth at Richie Akiva's Up&Down after party.
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Rihanna hosted Keri Russell and Elizabeth Banks at her Up&Down bash.
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Jessica Alba never goes to clubs and rarely to parties like this.
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Usher being Usher at the D’USSE and Armand de Brignac hosted mega bash.
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Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez
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This was Bieber making his way in to the spot on 14th st.
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Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union were already ensconced.
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Tonya Lewis Lee and Spike Lee
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Lady Gaga kisses Alexander Wang on the way in to the actual Gala hours earlier.
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Amal Clooney (far left, with George, and the future Manganiellos) might have felt the pressure at the "Fashion Oscars" after poor reviews at the Golden Globes.
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Robert Pattinson with Kate Hudson. That neckwear is called a "cross tie".
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Barry Diller peeks out from behind Diane von Furstenberg.
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Beyonce, still on top.
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Designer Jeremy Scott turns Madonna in to the Pope.
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Lee Daniels revealed that Naomi Campbell is coming back to "Empire".
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While Rihanna's "Yellow Brick Road" dress inspired memes.
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These two garnered few headlines.
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Hailee Steinfeld and "Pitch Perfect 2" director Elizabeth Banks hit one of the top after parties, Michael Kors' bash.
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Joel McHale rolled in all smiles.
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Royal photographer Mario Testino with Sienna Miller and a guest at the Kors party.
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Kate Mara gave an over the shoulder on the way in to the Mark.
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Director Baz Luhrmann hung with host Kors and model Karolina Kurkova.
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Miguel performed at the party, which was oddly sponsered by Itunes. Apple never sponsors events - they don't have to.
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Vergara began her day on Howard Stern giving a much-discussed interview about her frozen embryos.
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Solange Knowles found her quiet place after last year's intra-family elevator fight.
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Wendy Deng Murdoch and Ivanka Trump flank "The Great Gatsby" director.
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Tori Spelling, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris got West Beverly High back together for a WE tv event to raise awareness for Canine Companions for Independence. It will air on David Tutera's "CELEBrations."
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Meanwhile, Kiernan Shipka, Dakota Fanning and Victoria Justice headlined NYLON's Young Hollywood Party with BCBGeneration at Hyde Sunset on Thursday.
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Olivia Culpo hung with Justice inside, as "Awkward's" Jillian Rose Reed and Mollee Gray caught up at the annual big spring bash.
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Ray and Shannon Allen, Associate Publisher Sarah Mirmelli, and Violet Camacho made the cut for Haute Living's Haute 100 Dinner in Miami on Wednesday night.
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In Miami, you don't get a permit for your event unless there is a yellow Lambo parked out front.
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Chuck Lorre Productions President Bob Broder handed the gavel to WME partner Richard Weitz, incoming Board President of the Friends of the Saban Community Clinic at Jar on Monday night.
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Power lawyers Tom Hoberman, Blair Berk, and fresh off the fight, Showtime boss David and Andrea Nevins at the Saban dinner.
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Earlier on Monday, Roland Martin, Johnny Gill, Cedric the Entertainer and Anthony Anderson made an impromptu boy band at George Lopez's Golf fundraiser for his foundation. Sabra Salsa sponsored.
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On Monday night, Scooter Braun, the artifacts of "Back to the Future II," and Dan Liguori headlined a party launching Zodiac vodka's new expansion in to California.
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The arrivals at the Zodiac event downtown, an infrequently used space on Seaton St.
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