Taylor Lautner is taking all the New Moon thunder from Robert Pattinson.
Late-night host George Lopez chats with Taylor Lautner to discuss how he achieved his new body for the film. George asks: "I also know you gained 30 pounds of muscle. What kind of diet?" © Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos
Lautner shares the ordeals of his "New Moon" Diet and his love for his new found celebrity on Thanksgiving night with George on the "Lopez Tonight" Nov. 26 on TBS.
Late-night host George Lopez chats with Taylor Lautner to discuss how he achieved his new body for the film. George asks: "I also know you gained 30 pounds of muscle. What kind of diet?"
Taylor: "The eating part was definitely the most challenging."
George: "You don't eat like hamburgers? It's done the right way, right?"
Taylor: "Yeah, definitely. I had to stay away from the ice cream and all that kind of fun stuff. But a lot of meats and a lot of carbs. Getting into the gym was the easy part for me because I was motivated and I knew what the character required. But the eating was challenging."
George: "What would your diet consist of?"
Taylor: "Meat patties, sweat potatoes, raw almonds and like every two hours I couldn't go two hours without eating and of course these disgusting protein shakes."
George: "Now you've got celebrity fans, right?"
Taylor: "It's so weird this story. This was a year ago at the 'Twilight' premiere. Just showed the movie and we are walking out of the theater. There's tons of fans and we hear all of these high pitch voices and we hear RAH...RAH, TAYLOR...TAYLOR. We are turning every direction possible...pictures..sign autographs and all of a sudden I hear this deep voice behind me...TAYLOR, TAYLOR. I turn around and I'm like...that's an interesting one....and I look back and this guy walks up to me and he goes 'Hey, ugh...my daughter is a huge fan and I'm a huge fan is there any way I can get a picture with you...I'm Jamie Foxx.' I was like...Are you kidding me? Can I get a picture with you?"
A Lopez audience member and fan asks: "You seem so modest and down to earth. How do you stay so grounded with all the hype that goes on around you?"
Taylor: "I spend time with the same people. I spend time with my family and my friends before I've made new friends, which is fantastic. But I think its just the matter of surrounding yourself with that inner group and I mean you guys all the fan all the hype or whatever their allowing me to do what I love to do and that's to make movies."
Audience member and fan: "We love Jacob. Go Team Jacob!"
Tune in to "Lopez Tonight" tomorrow to watch the full Taylor Lautner interview along with Kristin Cavallari of "The Hills" and LMFAO perform "LaLaLa" Thursday, Nov. 26 at 11 PM ET/ 10 PM CT on TBS.
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