Taylor Lautner admitted that 'Twilight' fans' Team Edward/Jacob debate affected his relationship with Robert Pattinson

Taylor Lautner opened up about how his real-life relationship with co-star Robert Pattinson was impacted by the Team Edward vs. Team Jacob debate from the Twilight movies. On Thursday's episode of The Toast podcast, the actor, 30, made an appearance with his wife Taylor Dome Lautner. He admitted he'd "be lying if," he said the iconic fan arguments over who was the superior character between his and Pattinson's characters didn't have an impact on him. Lautner reminisced, "I was so young. I was 16 when Twilight came out, 17 for New Moon and Eclipse. I completed the franchise when I was 19 years old." He continued that "traveling the world and being in different cities and having thousands of screaming fans either take your side or the other guy's side," was a "very strange" experience. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Image credit: Vogue[/caption] "Like, we're a team. We're both just trying to make the best movies … but it was a little bizarre, the competitiveness," Lautner remarked. "There wasn't a competitiveness between me and Rob, but having that constant reminder, it definitely had an impact."

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Taylor Lautner also recently discussed how "being viewed as having this unbelievable body" in Twilight was tough for him on his brand-new podcast, The Squeeze, despite the fact that body image issues are typically linked with women. "When I was in it, when I was 16 through 20 years old, starring in this franchise where my character is known for taking his shirt off every other second, no, I did not know that it was affecting me or going to affect me in the future with body image," Lautner said. "But now looking back at it, of course, it did, and of course, it is going to." Also read: The Late Olivia Newton-John To Be Honored In A State Memorial Service In Australia [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Image credit: E! Online[/caption] On another note, Lautner said in an interview in January 2022 about the new generation of Twilight fans who were discovering the series for the first time as a result of it being available to stream on Netflix at the time. He also talked about his acting career from his early years as a child through his early 20s, "I'm super thankful for what I did experience, but I did miss out on a lot of just normal-life things, like going to college." Lautner remarked, "I wanted to take a step back and enjoy life and spend some time with my family and friends. And I met my fiancée out of it, so it all worked out."