Kristen Stewart gives paparazzo a tongue-lashing in L.A.

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Actress Kristen Stewart arrives at the premiere of the film “Personal Shopper” at the Carondelet House on March 7, 2017, in Los Angeles.

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Kristen Stewart during promotion of her newest film, “Personal Shopper,” at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles.

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Director Kristen Stewart from the film, “Come Swim,” photographed in the L.A. Times photo studio, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Jan. 20, 2017.

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Ask any pre-teen girl and they’ll tell you Kristen Stewart has it made -- she clinched the coveted role of Bella in the blockbuster “Twilight” franchise, after all. But long before she was cast in the vampire romance, Hollywood had already taken note. From her breakthrough role opposite Jodie Foster in “Panic Room” to her nuanced performance in Sean Penn’s “Into the Wild,” we look back at Stewart’s standout roles. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Kristen Stewart was voted the least sexy Hollywood actress in a poll of British men in February 2013. The poll conducted on behalf of U.K. gadget website MenKind (presumably to lure folks into its selection of Tetris Mood Lights, Zombie Gnomes and Star Wars Jedi Dressing Gowns, items likely to land on a woman’s least-sexy list). (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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All those Chanel fashion shows she attended must have paid off. In December 2013, Kristen Stewart was named the new face of the iconic French fashion house’s Métiers d’Art Paris-Dallas collection campaign, shot by designer and creative director Karl Lagerfeld. The country-western-themed campaign is set for release in May 2014. (Cooper Neill / Getty Images for Chanel)

By Nardine Saad

July 31, 2013 3:34 PM PT

Hey, Kristen Stewart, tell the paparazzi how you really feel.

The “On the Road” star, who’s never been a fan of this particular shade of limelight, went berserk when a shutterbug tried get an informative glimpse of the 23-year-old actress as she was standing by a Los Angeles building Monday, according to TMZ, which obtained the footage.

Stewart colorfully told the photographer — in a manner that isn’t fit to repeat on this particular news site — to go away. When he asked her why, she didn’t hold back.

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“Because you’re a piece of ... and don’t deserve to breathe the same air I do,” she said.

It’s unclear what prompted the profanity-laced tirade, but it was very clear that Stewart was furious even before the camera started rolling.

KStew has fiercely guarded her personal life ever since she was launched to super-stardom with the wildly successful “Twilight” films. But her now-defunct romance with vampire-saga costar and off-screen love interest Robert Pattinson has further fueled the it-girl fire.

A clip from Monday’s footage shows the “Snow White and the Huntsman” star yelling next to a dumpster behind a fence, with another woman waiting out front. When the photographer proceeded to ask the actress about ex-boyfriend Pattinson, Stewart wised up, said nothing more and just followed a handler into a waiting vehicle. She and Pattinson reportedly called it quits last May after four years of dating.

Maybe she can text pal Katy Perry for a bit of solace?

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