For those who were Team Jacob throughout The Twilight Saga, it's one of the great questions
of our time: whatever happened to Taylor Lautner?
The heartthrob was practically inescapable in the early 2010s, but his onscreen career later fizzled.
Let's take a look inside Taylor Lautner's life today.
Taylor Lautner's last small screen appearance in an American TV show came when he played
Dr. Cassidy Cascade in the horror show Scream Queens.
And a paycheck wasn't the only thing that the actor took away from the set of the 2016
second season: shortly after the series wrapped up, news emerged that Lautner was dating co-star
Billie Lourd, a.k.a. Sadie "Chanel #3" Swenson.
"I'm dead."
"You mean like in trouble?"
"No, like dead.
Actually dead."
The pair then appeared to make it official with countless loved-up snaps on Instagram,
while Lautner was soon given the familial seal of approval by Lourd's uncle, Todd Fisher.
Indeed, Lautner was praised heavily by Fisher in a 2017 chat with E! for the comfort he'd
provided during a difficult time.
Lourd tragically lost her mother, Carrie Fisher, at the end of 2016, just 24 hours before her
equally famous grandmother, Debbie Reynolds, passed away.
Todd Fisher said,
"The truth of the matter is, the guy is pretty spectacular.
He's a really deep person, and he has supported her amazingly.
He's stepped up and acted like a husband would act."
Sadly, in July 2017, People magazine revealed that the couple had gone their separate ways.
Three years later, Lourd announced her engagement to producer Austen Rydell.
By September 2020, she surprised everyone when she revealed she'd given birth to a baby
boy, Kingston Fisher.
Less than 18 months after splitting with Billie Lourd, news broke that he was dating a social media influencer.
Unsurprisingly, the news broke on Instagram in October 2018.
The Twilight star could be seen kneeling down and planting a smooch on nursing student Tay
Dome in the Halloween pic in which they both sported outfits from the mid-'90s basketball
classic Space Jam.
Since confirming that they were indeed an item, the two Tays have reportedly been inseparable
- and unsurprisingly, they have continued to showcase their relationship on social media, too.
In March 2020, Lautner penned a gushing message to his boo, which read,
"Happy 23rd birthday to this unbelievable human who I am forever so thankful for.
Nobody I'd rather be quarantined with Tay Dome."
In 2014, Taylor Lautner surprised everyone when he replaced Andy Samberg as the American
oddball in the suburban British sitcom, Cuckoo.
The Twilight star may be widely regarded as sexy, brooding, and very well-paid - but was he actually funny?
Well, suggesting that we'd all perhaps underestimated his talents, Lautner proved to have great
comic timing while playing the nice but dim Dale in the BBC3 hit.
Lautner assumed the role from the second season up until the end of the fourth, when his character
left Lichfield for Sierra Leone with girlfriend Rachel in tow.
However, when his traveling partner returned home, Dale was nowhere to be found.
Instead, the token Statesider for the fifth season was Andie MacDowell, the gold-digging
long-lost sister of the family patriarch, Ken.
It's not known why exactly Lautner decided to leave a role that many critics felt he
was born to play in 2019.
However, in an official statement, he wished his successor well:
"I'm so happy I get to pass my Cuckoo baton to someone as talented as Andie.
She'll do a great job keeping the Thompson family on their toes!
I'll miss everyone on the show - not least Chief Ken.
But not all goodbyes are forever."
Lautner hasn't been on the small or the big screen since.
Animal lovers may well need the tissues after this.
In 2004, a young Taylor Lautner was enjoying filming his first starring role in The Adventures
of Sharkboy and Lavagirl when he was gifted a new canine friend he named Roxy.
The Maltese barely left the actor's side for the next 13 years.
Understandably, Lautner was left devastated when his beloved pooch passed away in February 2018.
Lautner shared an emotional post on Instagram, writing,
"You have brought so much joy into my life for the past 13 1/2 years.
I'll miss you every day but I'll take those memories with me everywhere I go. I love you."
Roxy had previously been a presence on dog lover Lautner's Instagram feed, but his followers
didn't have to wait too long for some new super sweet canine content.
In the summer of 2020, Lautner posted a picture of a new puppy, captioned with, "Got a new
meerkat today."
Robert Pattinson surprised everyone in May 2019, when he landed the eponymous leading
role in The Batman, yet another big screen adventure based on the Caped Crusader.
But should producers need to recast Bruce Wayne in the near future, they could do worse
than to look toward Pattinson's own Twilight co-star.
Nearly a year after The Batman's casting announcement, Taylor Lautner threw his hat into the superhero
ring with a tongue-in-cheek video uploaded to Instagram.
In the short clip, the actor springs out from a green garbage bin while sporting a flimsy
sumo wrestling costume and knock-off Batman mask.
To make matters even stranger, the whole thing is sound-tracked by the iconic theme to Mission Impossible.
However, the unusual audition went down well with most of his followers and has since racked
up over an impressive 1.2 million views.
Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart almost broke the internet in January 2019, when they
made a public appearance together at a surprise party.
The actors enjoyed each other's company while Lautner celebrated his 27th birthday at a
swanky bash organized by girlfriend Tay Dome.
Several photos of the pair ended up on Instagram during the night, including one posted by
celebrity hairdresser CJ Romero, captioned,
"Damn K looks sexy.
T is a pretty little liar.
And I look like I'm ready for bed."
Lautner also uploaded a handful of pics alongside a thank you message to his nursing student
girlfriend, in which he claimed, quote, "I've never been more surprised in my life."
Of course, this wasn't the first time that Lautner and Stewart had reunited since the
Twilight series wrapped.
In 2015, Lautner showed up at the premiere of Stewart's action drama American Ultra.
Two years later, the pair were spotted attending a Los Angeles afterparty.
However, fans shouldn't expect to see them sharing the screen in another Twilight installment any time soon.
When asked about the possibility of returning to the franchise at the 2018 Toronto International
Film Festival by ET Canada, Stewart sarcastically replied,
"Oh, yeah, sure ... Yes, absolutely.
Honestly, start sending scripts my way.
Let's start building this."
In April 2019, Taylor Lautner witnessed his younger sister, Makena Lautner, getting engaged
to her partner, Jacob Moore.
It was an occasion the Twilight star seemed more enthusiastic about than perhaps even
the bride-to-be herself, as the actor took to Instagram the morning after to express
his joy that there would soon be a wedding in the family.
Taylor wrote,
"Last night was one of the biggest moments of my life.
My best friend, also known as my baby sister, got engaged to the love of her life."
He added,
"I could not be more proud of the woman that you have grown to become and I don't know
where in this world I would be without you.
The love that you two have is truly one of a kind and I cannot wait to watch the rest
of your guys love story play out.
Congratulations Jake and Makena!
I love you both more than you know."
Makena's engagement came just a year after she underwent heart surgery for a second time.
She suffers from tachycardia, a condition which can lead to a heart rate of more than
300 beats per minute.
Unsurprisingly, Taylor shared his pride as she recovered from the operation, posting on Instagram,
"Couldn't possibly look up to this little/not so little girl any more.
You are much braver than I Makena Lautner. Love you so."
When Makena and Jacob married in May 2020, her big bro shared a slideshow of photos from
the big day alongside a sweet caption.
It seems like Taylor Lautner is quite the shrewd investor.
In 2012, he reportedly purchased a 10,000-square-foot mansion in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood
of Chatsworth for just $1.86 million, over $300,000 less than former San Diego Charger
Marcellus Wiley had apparently paid seven years prior.
When the Twilight star put it back on the market in July 2020, the property was worth
roughly $4.2 million, per Variety.
Interestingly, the buyer this time around was another NFL star, Atlanta Falcons running
back Todd Gurley.
Lautner had supposedly given the building's exterior a fresh lick of paint, as well as
installed a new large swimming pool complete with a bar.
But for the most part, the luxurious pad remained in the same state, meaning the heartthrob
had more than doubled his investment.
It's not known why Lautner decided to sell the house.
Perhaps he realized he didn't need two multi-million dollar properties within 40 miles of each other.
Ever fancied getting your mitts on a used Loewe Madrid leather bomber jacket once worn
by the 2010 Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards' Hottest Hottie?
Well, you had your chance in May 2020, thanks to a charitable bit of wheeling and dealing
from the one and only Taylor Lautner.
Lautner decided to clear out his wardrobe to raise funds for relief efforts relating
to the global coronavirus pandemic.
The actor announced in a since-deleted Instagram post, according to ET Canada,
"Spring cleaning!! Selling tons of new and used clothes from my closet!
Proceeds to support those affected by COVID-19"
Lautner was selling everything from tank tops and trousers, to shorts and sportswear through
the online marketplace, Poshmark, including outfits he'd sported on the likes of The Ellen
DeGeneres Show and Scream Queens.
But you may have needed a small fortune to fork out for your favorite item.
Indeed, while some of Lautner's sartorial choices were going for as low as 10 dollars,
others were priced at nearly $2,000, according to Metro.
The former teen idol was following in the footsteps of One Direction's biggest solo
success, Harry Styles, who sold "Stay at Home" t-shirts for approximately $30 on his website.
Taylor Lautner might not have graced a film set since 2016, but he's hardly short of a dollar or two.
In fact, according to Celebrity Net Worth, he reportedly still has a mighty $40 million to his name.
It turns out that the actor's various multi-million dollar swanky pads and $200,000 Mercedes have
barely made a dent in the bank balance he largely accrued from his performances as Jacob Black.
However, Lautner took a while to reach highest-paid Hollywood teen status in the early 2010s.
He allegedly received a relatively average $1 million for his first appearance in the
Twilight franchise.
That figure then went up to $4 million for the sequel, and then $7.5 million for the
third chapter, with the actor also receiving a 2.5 percent cut of the latter's profits.
Lautner's biggest payday came with the two parts of Breaking Dawn, for which he earned
a whopping $25 million.
Lautner's super-sized pay checks didn't end there, either.
He also raked in an impressive $7.5 million for his first post-Twilight venture, Abduction.
It's perhaps little wonder then that the actor has been more than happy to spend his post-acting
years enjoying the fruits of his labor.
In fact, considering he's still only in his twenties as of this video, it looks as though
Lautner could easily afford to never step foot on a film set ever again.
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