#slate pr

A few days ago shirtless teen hearthrob Taylor Lautner was dropped by his publicist, Slate PR's Robin Baum. I'm not even going to bother clarifying who Taylor Lautner is because if you don't know who he is by now you clearly don't have internet connection in which case you can't even read this post.

With Lautner's young squeaky clean image, teen marketability, and chiseled abs it begs the question as to why Slate PR would willingly drop this future Hollywood star? Sources (if I can put any credit in a source called "The Hollywood Gossip") claim that the decision was made as a result of difficulties the PR agent was meeting with Lautner's father. At first I was wondering why Lautner's dad thought it fit to try and control the younger Lautner's career path. But if teen stars have taught me anything I don't think having Lautner's father on hand to influence him isn't a bad thing.

I'm not too worried for Lautner though. He's been behaving himself pretty well in the public eye (granted I have to confess I don't make a habit of following teen stars) and I'm pretty certain that PR firms are already vying for his attention as we speak.