Kristen Stewart is bisexual and dating her personal assistant Alicia Cargile, her mother has confirmed.

Kristen, 25, split from long-term love Robert Pattinson, 29, two years ago.

The Twilight actress is notoriously private about her love life, but speculation about her relationship with Cargile has been rife since they were photographed cosying up together at Coachella music festival in April.

Her mother Jules Stewart, who also works in Hollywood as a script supervisor, has given her blessing to the relationship.

‘What’s not to be accepting about her now having a girlfriend? She’s happy,’ she told the Sunday Mirror.

‘She’s my daughter, I’m just her mom so she knows I would accept her choices.

‘I’ve met Kristen’s new girlfriend, I like her. What’s not to accept? She’s a lovely girl.’

Jules continued, ‘I feel like people need to be free to love whoever they want.

‘I accept my daughter loves women and men.

‘It’s OK to be who you are in my world. We all choose our friends so we should be free to choose our lovers.’

‘People are good to do whatever they like as long as they’re not hurting people or breaking the law.

‘I have gay friends, family members, I’m accepting of people, we are all free to choose who we want to love.’