Kristen Stewart has set off a new wave of concern after confessing she still feels “haunted” by Princess Diana — a revelation that insiders say has crossed from emotional attachment into something far more unsettling.
The comments surfaced as Stewart promotes new projects, dragging back memories of her Oscar-nominated role in Spencer, the 2021 psychological drama that followed Diana during a suffocating holiday at Sandringham. The late princess, who died in a Paris car crash at age 36, has remained a shadow in Stewart’s life ever since.
“I can cry about her at any moment,” the 35-year-old actress admitted in a recent interview, adding that she can’t drive through London or Paris without feeling Diana’s presence. “All the love that poured out of this woman,” she said, trailing off.
But people who’ve worked with her aren’t sure this is just nostalgia.
One insider from the Spencer production told us the chatter around Stewart has become “uneasy,” explaining: “Kristen has always been intense, but when she talks about Diana like she’s still alive, some feel she never fully stepped out of the role.”
Another Hollywood source was more blunt: “When an actor says they’re haunted years later, it raises red flags. It starts sounding like burnout — or something deeper.”
Stewart has long admitted the transformation into Diana hit her harder than she expected. She once described the iconic wardrobe as “armor,” a way of slipping into the princess’s trapped world. She also connected Diana’s struggle with the press to her own Twilight-era fame, calling the constant attention “soul-sucking.”
By the end of filming Spencer, Stewart said she felt “like a shell.” She believes Diana did too — and that eerie emotional overlap continues to follow her today.
Mental-health experts say it’s not uncommon for actors to absorb the trauma of the characters they play, but the language Stewart uses — feeling “haunted” years later — is setting off alarms among fans. One specialist told us the framing could “fuel fears of psychological strain or even hint at a slide toward madness.”
While the speculation swirls, Stewart has quietly shifted gears. She moved behind the camera with her feature directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, starring Imogen Poots and diving deep into themes of trauma, pressure, and emotional survival — topics the actress still gravitates toward.
Whether Diana’s ghostly grip on Stewart is artistic passion or something far more troubling remains the question that has Hollywood whispering.
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