People magazine says gay Lautner cover is a fake

People magazine said on Tuesday that a cover apparently featuring Twilight actor Taylor Lautner coming out as a gay man was “100 per cent fake.”
         
A spokesman for the magazine said the cover in question is 100 percent fake and it began as a ridiculous Twitter joke that went viral.
         
The fake People cover, dated Jan 7 2012, was circulated on the Internet over the holidays. It featured a picture of Lautner, 19, with text saying “Tired of rumours, the Twilight star opens up about his decision to finally come out.”
         
Social media sites circulated the fake cover, with celebrities like Def Jam’s co-founder Russell Simmons tweeting their congratulations to the Twilight actor before realizing the hoax.
         
“Disappointed that people would joke about someone coming out about their sexuality. Let Taylor Lautner be whoever he wants to be,” Simmons said in a later tweet Monday.
         
A representative for Lautner, who previously dated country singer Taylor Swift, did not respond to requests for comment.
         
The authors of the hoax were not immediately known.

Lautner has previously said that he is straight in a GQ magazine interview.

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