True Blood star Stephen Moyer has denied that eh views Robert Pattinson as competition, saying that he is young enough to be his son.

Moyer stars in vampire TV series, True Blood, whilst Robert is the star of the Twilight vampire movies.

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Moyer said: “No, [he is not competition]. I could be his dad. I’d have to have started young but…

“I think there are worse things for a teen to be enraptured with than Twilight. I can understand why you would give someone that book and say, this is good, it’s about a chaste love affair, please fall in love with Robert Pattinson.”

He added: “Our show’s very different, of course, and has its place. Although sometimes I’ll get 10 or 11 year olds coming up and asking for my autograph, and I say, ‘Have you seen that show?’ and they go, ‘Yeah, love it’.

“I couldn’t sit in the same room as my mother and watch that show. I mean, it’s seriously racy.”