That 70′s Show veteran and MTV Punk’d host/producer Ashton Kutcher will be replacing Charlie Sheen in the hit CBS sitcom Two And A Half Men. If that announcement didn’t quite hit the popularity contest, this goofy remark from the 33-year old will.

“Nice meeting you! My name is Robert Pattinson, and I am a gay vampire.”

Ooh! Now that caught your attention.

It was pretty hard to weigh whether Kutcher was just being funny at the expense of Pattinson when he said that on a Brazilian talk show which showed the actor introducing himself to a small troop of girls.

The exchange continues:

Ashton: What is his name in the movie?

Girls: Edward! Is he gay?

Ashton and Host: No, who?

Host: Who said that?

Girls: You!

Ashton: No, I said, “What is the name of the vampire?”

Team Edward has taken the remark seriously, calling the actor ‘lame’, ‘tasteless’, ‘insecure’, and ‘inferior’. Even Taylor Lautner got sucked in the talks, getting compared to Pattinson. Poor Taylor, and poorer Kutcher who should’ve known better than to diss a Twilight vampire with gazillions of victims, err…fans. I meant fans.

To the loo!