Bless Kellan Lutz’s heart. I haven’t written about him (or thought about him) in months. But Kellan Lutz will not be ignored!! Kellan has a new TV show, and by that I mean he’s hosting a silly game show called Bullseye, in which contestants do silly stunts and that sort of thing. Kellan also posed with some really beautiful tiger and jaguar cubs and I couldn’t resist. Kellan Lutz + tiger cubs = actually pretty charming. Anyway, Kellan is promoting his new show and he sat down for an interview with Elle. You can read the full piece here (it’s pure Kellan Lutz Magic). Some highlights:
He eats French fries & fried chicken for lunch: “I love me some fried chicken!”
Why he’s not on a low-carb diet: “If I wanted to look like Brad Pitt in Fight Club, yes. But while that looks good, it’s not fun to get that shredded. For me, anyways. I love food.”
He feels skinny: “I feel skinny right now. I like being 215 or 220 when that sh-t is yoke muscle like in Hercules or the Twilight movies, you know? It’s fun getting big, but I haven’t had any time to work out during Bullseye.”
Why he decided to host a competition TV show: “The industry has really changed. When I started acting 11 years ago, there were things you couldn’t do: Movie stars couldn’t do TV. For me, I never had the dream of being an actor. I was going to college to play football and pursue a career in chemical engineering. So when I look at the industry, I don’t have the dream to win an Oscar. But, like, a lot of people get validation, or feel that there’s a level of success that comes from winning awards. Personally, I don’t need that. If I do [win an award], amazing! Look at Matthew McConaughey and what he’s done…I love doing action movies. I love doing comedies. I love doing dramas. And if I do one of those that wins an award, great, but I’m never going to choose a project to win an award. I never thought of myself as a host, but they showed what they wanted me to do and I was like, ‘I want to be on this show.’
Making friends with Twihards: “I’ve always been a people person, but I think growing up as the middle child, I always wanted attention. And during Twilight I learned that if you make your fans your friends, they’re not as crazy. A lot of the actors became so shy that they became unapproachable, which made the fans so crazy that they just wanted to rip their clothes off of them.
On Kristen Stewart & ‘Still Alice’: “I wanted that role of the brother so bad… Brilliant script. Everyone killed it. I mean, what a great movie. I read the script and I was like, ‘I want this.’ I even hit Kristen up and was like, ‘Put in a good word!’ But, regarding Kristen, you know, I’m proud of her for being herself. Times have changed now—there’s a lot of invasion of privacy and a lot of ruined moments. What [the paparazzi] take, capture, and release is often taken as a reflection of who that person is.
His public image: “Honestly, I don’t care. I’m not on social media, really. I mean, I have a secret Instagram that’s like my travel diary that nobody really knows about. I have it for my friends and family so they know where in the world I am. People just have this perception of what I’m like because of the roles that I play. If I get people to believe that I’m this air-headed, unintelligent beefcake, I must be doing a good job. But I know myself: I’m intellectual. I’m intelligent. I have a massive passion for science, mathematics, and writing. But in doing a show like Bullseye, I get to be the real me. I get to talk a lot about physics and when contestants ask me about, you know, ‘When do I jump?’ I can whip out all the variables of trajectory and velocity of speed…And then, with my inventions…I have five patents right now. My latest product is the Blackout Bands, which I use for traveling.
He goes on about Blackout Bands, which are just really dark sunglasses that you can’t see out of. He invented (“invented?”) it when he was photographed on a plane wearing a sleep mask. As for the rest of it… bless him. There’s a lot to enjoy here. “I don’t have the dream to win an Oscar…” Good, because that’s not going to happen, baby. “If I get people to believe that I’m this air-headed, unintelligent beefcake, I must be doing a good job.” Bless. Kellan Lutz says Kellan Lutz is smart, intellectual. Kellan Lutz knows Kellan Lutz is not a dumb meathead.
Photos courtesy of Instagram, WENN.
I appreciated that he added the hashtag #notpets to his pic of adorable tiger and jag cubs.
I appreciated that too, and he really does look so gosh dern adorable. So adorable, in fact, that I don’t even care about the silliness that comes out of his mouth.
It’s the tagline of the foundation he visited. They rescue lions, tigers and jaguars from rich people who had them as pets and gave them a sh*tty life. Look for them on Instagram, best account ever: blackjaguarwhitetiger.
So ii guess he and Kanye could be Mensa members if they wanted to?
If you have to tell people you are a genius, then are you really?
Fun fact! Shakira is in Mensa (I luurrrve La Shaki).
Luke from modern family is too. Now that kid is a brilliant actor. Never saw that coming!
Really not that hard to get into MENSA actually. You take the test and you’re either invited or not. They don’t tell you your score, just invited or not and if you want to join, please pay $$$. I took the test just to see if I would be invited. I was. I don’t think I’m a genius by any measure. Smart sure and maybe lucky at tests. I opted not to join, sort of felt a bit like a scam really. If I don’t know my score, how do I know I really qualified? Or did they just want my $$?
Because people that are actually smart run around to brag about how smart they are all the time, right Kellan?
And I wouldn’t agree with this:
“And during Twilight I learned that if you make your fans your friends, they’re not as crazy.”
Being to friendly to your fans has turned out to be a pretty bad approach for many more famous people.
If you encourage the fans to be your friends, they will one day assume they are your friends. And they will want the privileges of friends and expect you to be available for them 24/7.
Be nice and respectful to your friends, but don’t encourage them to cross the line to creepy and intrusive.
Fans just aren’t as crazy about Kellan Lutz because he’s just not as great or famous.
Exactly.
The problem with treating fans like friends is, heaven forbid, if someone has a mental issue, it can be very dangerous to give them that feeling of access, priority, and direct communication.
I can’t help but be amused by him. Someone is giving him bad career advice though…hosting a reality show is a dumb move. He should try and transition to the type of cable TV show where looking pretty is more of a requirement than being able to act.
It was probably the only job he could get. He’s not exactly a big box office draw..
Also – he has so much thick foundation on in the pic with the glasses, yikes.
I’m sorry, I couldn’t read the rest of the article past the headline, because the premise of Lutz being a beefcake, in the first place, was not believable. He should stick with something that can pass the suspension of disbelief threshold.
Ha! Very true. Unfortunately, I kept reading.
What’s with these guys lately? They have to keep telling you how hot they are?
If women were saying sh_t like this, imagine the blowback. And coincidentally, the guys who have been complaining about attention being given to their hot looks, aren’t guys who I find attractive, on appearance. Then they say stuff like this, and I’m certain my initial non-attraction was on point.
He reminds me of Jessica Biel. “Why isn’t my career taking off? It must be because people are so distracted by my looks! My beauty is a curse!” I wonder if their managers feed them this kind of b.s. to save their egos.
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Oh dear. I wouldn’t say he comes across as stupid, but “intellectual” wasn’t the first word that popped into my mind, either. I guess he’s doing a good job. Except I haven’t seen his movies.
He sounds more intelligent than a lot of young actors. Of course, that’s not saying much.
Real intellectuals don’t have to run around saying they are intelligent, but to give him credit – Kellan “Kellan Lutz” Lutz really doesn’t sound that dumb in comparison to some people we read about. But it’s not even close to being an intellectual. It only means that I don’t sit with my mouth open, thinking “WTF did I just read?” whenever he gives interviews. He’s definitely smarter than any Kardashian or real housewife of whichever circle of celeb hell.
P.S. Didn’t he run around saying he will win an Oscar one day, just a few years ago?
YES. Same interview when he talked about himself in third person, lol. That’s where it came from.
He lacks self-awareness, that’s his problem really. I don’t think he’s stupid as in he’s incapable of grasping complex concepts but he comes across as stupid when he talks ABOUT HIMSELF. Which is what he does every time he opens his mouth. Maybe he was brought up in a house where everyone thought he was the greatest thing on earth and all the attention was on him ad he doesn’t even realise how bad it looks to others or maybe there are some other issues there – I don’t know. But he’s not very self aware because he clearly lives his life constantly thinking about how others perceive him.
Every time this guy gets made fun of In this site, I have to run to IMDB to figure out who he is. And then I’m always surprised he’s in things I’ve watched because I never remember him.
“Trajectory and velocity of speed”… are not actual things… Sigh. I can’t even bother with this one.
Yep. His use of the phrase “velocity of speed” let me know just how much he knows about physics. That would be zero. Bless his heart.
He’s benn talking with Charlie Hunnam, hasn’t he?
I don’t want to be the most famous guy on the planet, but I am the most famous guy on the planet. Yesterday, I was at Disney Land, the greatest place on earth, and at least 25 people came up to me and said aren’t you a Cullen? And I said, No I am not a Cullen. In real life, I am a Kellan. Get it? Get it? Anyway, if Kirsten and Rob, who are like my real life sis and bro, if they would just be like me, Kellan, and loosen up and stuff, not clam up like a, well like a clam, then they could have more fun with fame, and maybe also be the most famous person on the planet at the same time. I really don’t want to be the most famous guy. I just am. But even the most famous guy in the world cannot get all the good parts. I really wanted to be in the Magic Mike sequel, and Channing Tatum, he is such an awesome bro, he really wanted me to be in it too. But they already had so many guys, and Channing thought I was just a little too large to be in the movie. They wanted a bro that weighed around 190. If I get down to 190, I am skin and bones. I love whole milk, chocolate chip cookies, and steak too much to get that skinny. Even for my dream part. But Channing is great. He and I are best friends, seriously. We follow the bro code, you know? Hmm, I just made a rhyme. Or did I? Know. Code. Know. Code. This one’s hard.
Oh my gawd, this is brilliant. It’s almost as brilliant as Kellan Lutz.
Applause!
You’ve just blueprinted the most awesome new ride at DisneyLand ever:
Journey to the Last Thought of Kellan Lutz’ Mind
You have made my day! I actually burst out laughing in my cubicle like a crazy person at this! and FYI – you write much better than Stephanie Meyer. 😉
If he didn’t have that delusional self-confidence, he wouldn’t be in Hollywood. They all need it to survive.
Sure, Jan.
Ha. I want this on a t-shirt.
He got into Chapman, so there must be something between his ears. Unless he got in for sports, like a lot of morons I went to college with.
I can’t rag on this guy too hard- he’s pretty good natured, and seems down to earth. After all the God awful Duggar posts- Kellan plus tig and jag cub pics= good feels!
Kellan Lutz is an intellectual? The moral of the story therefore must be: Spelling “a part” correctly is HARD.
Intellectuals don’t refer to themselves as intellectuals. Just saying.
Exactly!
I do :p
I find it hard to take anyone seriously as an “intellectual” if they don’t know the difference between “apart” and “a part”.
Well, that’s all just apart of them being intellectuals and everything… sets them a part from the rest of us.
The next Dolph Lundgren! Except Dolph actually has the degrees…..
Let’s not diss Kellan. He is a chemical engineer or was on that tract. You have to be fairly intelligent especially in math and science to get admitted.
He said he wanted to be one…which is slightly different than actually being on track in a real way.
I can’t hate this guy. Just look at that picture of him with the cubs. And you know what, I’m rooting for him to get an Oscar.
No, sweetie, you’re not.
I have known several extremely intelligent scientists who couldn’t spell or write to save their lives. As in, forgot verbs. In their master’s thesis. Some of the most intelligent people come off as a box of rocks.
^This.
Babes, if you gotta say it, it most certainly ain’t true.
“Still Alice” Kristen’s brother was his dream-role?! The guy has like three lines in the entire movie! That pretty boy from “It’s Complicated” did just fine. There was no need for Kellan Lutz’ serious acting skills to pull it off.
If he’s so intelligent, why does he continually wear a tanner, bronzer or foundation that doesn’t suit his coloring? He always looks weird to me. I can’t get past the color of whatever it is that he keeps putting on his skin. He almost looks jaundiced to me.
Awwww…he seems like a lovable doofus. And those dimples are absolutely adorbs.
re: his instagram tagline…. “a part” of the pride, not “apart”, dear.
Intellectual, indeed.
Eh, I still like him. Seen, not heard. Am I right ladies? Haha….ha.
Does he really not use social media that much? I do like celebrities who don’t post everything,down to almost what bowl movement they had that day.
I follow him on Facebook. He primary uses it for charity and promotions. Not a whole lot of super personal things about him so he is pretty smart on that end.
I can’t hate on this guy. He was on Seth Meyers’ show the other night (I think it was a rerun) and seemed very sweet. He was talking about how his high school teacher got him interested in experiments and projects. Very down-to-earth, funny, and charming. I didn’t even recognize him at first–with blonder hair and none of that Twilight makeup, he looks much cuter. Personally, I find him way more endearing and attractive than Chris Pratt and wish he was the one with big action career now instead of “Let’s talk about how I likes killin’ the animals and stuff” Pratt.
Google patents only lists two patents under his name. Cannot believe I followed that up.
I have to say I could barely stomach the first 2 twilights. But this kid is actually pretty cool & smart. I watch the “real housewives” & WWHL & he has a photographic memory & was extremely cordial. Nice kid. Hope he does well.
I suppose part of my definition of “intelligence” includes not feeling the need to pick on people and put them down because I think I’m smarter than them.