Robert Pattinson gets A-list beef jerky from Jay Leno

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How can Robert Pattinson know he’s made it? According to Jay Leno, it’s the beef jerky.

That’s what Leno insisted on ‘The Tonight Show,’ where Pattinson graced the couch Friday to promote his new romance epic ‘Water for Elephants.’

Recalling his recent road trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans, where he filmed ‘Breaking Dawn,’ Pattinson mentioned stopping Texas and patronizing a roadside joint that claimed to sell the world’s best beef jerky.

Leno surprised him by having a bundle of the snack flown in for their chat. ‘That’s when you know you’re a star, when you have jerky flown in,’ Jay said.

Pattinson also found some insight into his own popularity when Jay’s other guest, comedian Whitney Cummings, confessed her RPattz obsession.

‘You’re responsible for me and my last boyfriend breaking up,’ Cummings said.

‘I kind of need to date someone who can fly, I need to be someone’s spider monkey. I need someone with diamonds in their face,’ she said of Pattinson’s on-screen vampire persona, Edward Cullen.

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-- Matt Donnelly
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