Twilight's Stewart spreads lesbian rumour 

Source: ReutersKristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart has claimed she is a lesbian in order to defuse rumours about her lovelife.

The 19-year-old actress refused to be drawn on rumours that have repeatedly said she is dating her Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson, 23, and says she is going to come up with different ways of avoiding the question.

"I've thought about this a lot. There's no answer that's not going to tip you one way or the other. Think about every hypothetical situation: OK, we are. We aren't. I'm a lesbian. I'm just trying to keep something," she told Entertainment Weekly when quizzed on the rumours.

"If people started asking me if I was dating my other co-star Taylor Lautner, I'd be like, 'f**k off!' I would answer the exact same way."

The actress also insisted she would have answered the question honestly if it hadn't been turned into such a "big deal".

"I probably would've answered it if people hadn't made such a big deal about it. But I'm not going to give the finding an answer," she added.

"I know that people are really funny about 'Well, you chose to be an actor, why don't you just give your whole life away?!"

Stewart admitted she and the British actor are "close" but just friends.

"I understand why you would assume that, when we lean on each other for support, there must be something more," she said.