Taylor Lautner. (AAP)
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Australia's GQ magazine has been forced to apologise to Twilight actor Taylor Lautner after they published a "hateful" gay question that offended fans.
The GQ reporter was chatting to Lautner about a dinner he had with Milk director Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who are both gay, when he asked if either of the men had hit on him.
But the 19-year-old shut down the question, replying: "No definitely not. I think they know I'm straight."
Black was furious about the interview, taking to his blog to slam the magazine.
"Mr GQ writer… Are you a homophobe?" he wrote.
"Above and beyond this clear attack on my character, I'm shocked that GQ would allow their writer to lean on the scurrilous, outdated stereotype that gay men are by nature sexual predators."
"Leaning on lies, myths and stereotypes about gay people is hateful, harmful and outdated."
Following the global attention, GQ editor Nick Smith used the magazine's Facebook page to apologise.
"We apologise if anyone was offended by anything in the article. It certainly wasn't our intention to paint anyone in the story as a sexual predator," he wrote.
"The point we were actually trying to push was that Taylor is irresistible to virtually everyone — regardless of sexuality or gender."
Lautner is yet to comment on the controversy surrounding the article.
Australia's GQ magazine has been forced to apologise to Twilight actor Taylor Lautner after they published a "hateful" gay question that offended fans.
The GQ reporter was chatting to Lautner about a dinner he had with Milk director Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who are both gay, when he asked if either of the men had hit on him.
But the 19-year-old shut down the question, replying: "No definitely not. I think they know I'm straight."
Black was furious about the interview, taking to his blog to slam the magazine.
"Mr GQ writer… Are you a homophobe?" he wrote.
"Above and beyond this clear attack on my character, I'm shocked that GQ would allow their writer to lean on the scurrilous, outdated stereotype that gay men are by nature sexual predators."
"Leaning on lies, myths and stereotypes about gay people is hateful, harmful and outdated."
Following the global attention, GQ editor Nick Smith used the magazine's Facebook page to apologise.
"We apologise if anyone was offended by anything in the article. It certainly wasn't our intention to paint anyone in the story as a sexual predator," he wrote.
"The point we were actually trying to push was that Taylor is irresistible to virtually everyone — regardless of sexuality or gender."
Lautner is yet to comment on the controversy surrounding the article.
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