This summer, the public has gotten better acquainted with Kristen Stewart—namely, her personal life. The 26-year-old actress has been very up front about the fact that she’s found love with visual-effects producer Alicia Cargile. It’s been a while since we’ve heard much about her past with Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson, with whom she broke up in 2013, but during in a new interview with T Magazine, Stewart brought up her time with Pattinson—and the highly capitalized commodity that was their relationship.

“People wanted me and Rob to be together so badly that our relationship was made into a product,” she told the magazine. “It wasn’t real life anymore.”

She went on to say that that the media attention was “gross” to her. ”I don’t want to become a part of a story for entertainment value,” Stewart added. The couple dealt with an extreme amount of attention, particularly when Stewart’s cheating on Pattinson—and subsequent public apology—[became a closely watched news item] (http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kristen-stewarts-cheating-scandal-a-timeline-of-events-2013177).

The experience made Stewart closely guarded when it comes to revealing details about herself. Nevertheless, the Stewart who spoke to T was much more open than the one the public saw while she was with Pattinson. “I would never talk about any of my relationships before, but once I started dating girls it seemed like there was an opportunity to represent something really positive,” Stewart explained about her new perspective on discussing private matters.

She scrolls through her private Instagram account in front of the interviewer, pointing out pictures of herself with Cargile. The couple exists mostly out of the spotlight; the complete opposite of “Robsten.” Kristen Stewart is no longer one-half of a product being peddled by the media, and she’s much happier. “I’m not sad anymore. I’m not saturated anymore. I’ve been dropped back into everyone else’s reality and now I can live again.’