Music Taylor Lautner says it's a compliment to be called Taylor Swift's 'best ex': 'I'll take it and run' "No complaints here." By Jessica Wang Jessica Wang Jessica is a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly, where she covers TV, movies, and pop culture. Her work has appeared in Bustle, NYLON, Cosmopolitan, InStyle, and more. She lives in California with her dog. EW's editorial guidelines Published on November 13, 2023 02:05PM EST Taylor Lautner, who has been faring better among Swifties than, say, John Mayer, has been hailed as Taylor Swift's "best ex" — and he has zero complaints. The Twilight star reacted to his popularity among his ex-girlfriend's fanbase over the weekend, telling PEOPLE at a gala event that the title "sounds like a nice compliment to me," adding, "I will take it." Lautner and Swift met in 2009, on set of the 2010 romance comedy Valentine's Day, and dated for a few months. Swift's apologetic breakup ballad "Back to December," from her Speak Now album, is believed to be about the relationship. Taylor Lautner; Taylor Swift. Jamie McCarthy/Getty; Winkelmeyer/Getty for The Recording Academy Lautner told PEOPLE that it was his wife, also named Taylor (yes, really) and a "diehard Swiftie," who informed him that he was the only ex "without a diss track." He added, "So that sounds like a nice thing. I'll take it and run. No complaints here." "In my mind they're not even exes," Lautner's wife added, noting that Swift is a good friend to the two. Lautner recently starred opposite Joey King and Presley Cash in Swift's music video for "I Can See You (Taylor's Version)," a vault track from her Speak Now re-release, that debuted over the summer. In July, Lautner, joined by King and Cash, also made a surprise appearance at the Kansas City stop of Swift's Eras tour in celebration of the video release. Taylor Swift, Joey King and Taylor Lautner. John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management "I've been in front of a lot of people before, but I've never been in front of 75,000 Swifties," Lautner recalled of that big night. "And it's a different level of passion. So that was just pretty surreal. Twilight fans are definitely insanely passionate themselves, so I had experienced a taste of that — [but] never 75,000 of them at once." Swift is currently on the South American leg of her expansive Eras tour, and she'll soon be hitting Asia and Europe next year. Related content: Taylor Swift pulls off a heist in 'I Can See You' music video starring Taylor Lautner and Joey King Taylor Lautner feels 'safe' but is 'praying for John' ahead of Taylor Swift's Speak Now rerelease Taylor Lautner and wife joke about 'post Taylor Swift show depression' after attending Eras Tour