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There have been speculations that Kristen Stewart's highly-publicized affair with "Snow White and the Huntsman" director Rupert Sanders was why she's excluded from its follow-up, "The Huntsman: Winter's War". The rumors have been swirling for more than a year now, but it's only recently that the actress opened up about the real reason why she's not part of the sequel.

Speaking to Variety for its cover story, Stewart denied that the scandal got her fired. She said she voluntarily passed on the offer to reprise her Snow White role because she thought none of the scripts she'd read were good enough.

"I read a few scripts," Stewart told the publication. "None of them were good. None of them were greenlight-able. And I had a meeting with Universal about the places where the story could go. Maybe Chris was more into it. I actually don't f**king know."

"The Huntsman: Winter's War" indeed turned out to be a disaster. Despite some A-listers attached to the project like Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Jessica Chastain and Emily Blunt, it failed to impress critics and flopped at last month's box office.