Robert Pattinson Says He's Gay, But His Friends Say He's Joking.

Apparently Robert Pattinson, the star of Little Ashes (oh, yeah, and that Twilight thing), said that he was gay in an interview with MTV. But his friends are saying it was just a joke. The Enquirer reports:

"His gay confession - it's a silly joke!" his close pal Marcus Foster told The ENQUIRER in an exclusive interview.

Foster, a musician who co-wrote the Twilight hit song and grew up with Pattinson, said his pal was simply fanning the "gay joke" flame during an interview with MTV News.

"Rob did it just for fun. He told the interviewer, 'And I am just gay!'" said Foster. "Put it this way, I know Rob very well, and the girls have nothing to worry about. He's not gay."

But the many "Rob Pattinson is gay" rumors heated up when his latest movie, the drama Little Ashes was released. Pattinson plays Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali in the film, and he has a steamy gay love scene with actor Javier Beltran's character, poet Frederico Garcia Lorca.

And Rob claims the "sex scenes were in fact the best scenes".

The best part is that "the girls have nothing to worry about." I mean, I, personally had spent many a sleepless night over this one, and I'm certain that every other girl on Earth did, too. I mean, if this one man was gay, what would we all do? Other than gossip about it, that is...