NEWSTwilight's Jackson Rathbone on Nikki Reed's Fiancé: Paul McDonald Is "An Awesome Guy"
June 7 2011, Published 6:06 a.m. ET
Twilight star Jackson Rathbone is happy for his co-star Nikki Reed's recent engagement to American Idol contestant Paul McDonald, even though he himself is single!
OK! NEWS: NIKKI REED & PAUL MCDONALD ARE "IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL," SAYS PAL ALEXA VEGA
Rumors were circulating that Jackson and his other Twilight co-star Ashley Greene are dating, but Jackson told E! News, "I'm single right now."
But he isn't opposed to co-stars coupling off!
"More power to them," Jackson said. "When you work with someone for a long time, you find everything you love about them."
And the Twilight star does admit that the cast hangs out together a lot.
"We're all so busy, but I do hang out with Ashley a lot, I hang out with Kellan Lutz and Nikki a lot," he shared. "Whenever we have free time we all hang out together."
OK! NEWS: NIKKI REED WOULD "ENCOURAGE" FIANCÉ PAUL MCDONALD TO "DRINK BEER & PLAY GUITAR ALL DAY"
Want OK! each day? Sign up here!
But Jackson is also spending a lot of time with Nikki's fiancé, Paul.
"Paul is an awesome guy, we've actually jammed together a few times. He came to play with 100 Monkeys at our last El Rey show," he said. "He's a great musician, a great guy."
"I love him and I love Nikki."
