Thursday November 19, 2009

TAYLOR Lautner is having a tough time coming to terms with his superstar status.

The actor — who plays Jacob Black in the Twilight movie franchise — admits he was totally unprepared for fame and dealing with his legions of fans.

“I really don’t think there was anything that could’ve prepared me for this. There is no way of getting your head round this phenomenon,” he said.

“I think Robert Pattinson handled himself very well in all of this craziness but I don’t think there is any specific way to prepare yourself, you have just got to deal with it all as it comes.”

Taylor, 17, recently insisted his shirtless scenes in Twilight sequel New Moon — which hits theaters Friday — aren’t purely gratuitous.

“There’s definitely reasons behind it for the film,” the buffed up star told E! News.

“When we transform, we don’t have clothes, we have to go find our clothes. And we’re hot, we’re 108 degrees. So it’s not like we’re randomly taking our shirts off for no reason.”

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