Robert Pattinson On 'The View': Wears Bra, Calls Betty White 'Sexiest Woman In America'

Sexy, sparkly vampire Robert Pattinson's presence on "The View" today was announced in the usual way: a gaggle of shrieking girls outside the studio, eagerly confessing to the camera that they've been waiting there since 4:30am in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the actor's trademark chin scruff. Oh, ladies, it's just so crazy the way you lurk on the streets in search of R-Patz... but we totally understand.

Rob walked onto the set to thunderous applause and the screams of every girl in the audience, after a brief clip from new film "Remember Me" showed him affecting an American accent and smoldering at costar Emilie de Ravin across the table at an Indian restaurant. Sporting unkempt hair, a gray suit, and a cream-colored shirt that was half-untucked at the bottom and half-unbuttoned at top, he looked like he'd just rolled out of bed.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Accompanied by Emilie, who looked beautifully polished and pulled-together by comparison but was mostly ignored throughout this interview, Rob exchanged an awkward hug with Joy Behar and Barbara Walters (who looked like she was considering a stealth butt-grab on His Patzness) before sitting down to chat. One girl in the audience couldn't stop shaking and crying at the sheer awesomeness of being in the same room as him, but no crazed female fans rushed the stage — possibly because Rob's whole family, including his mom and his two older sisters, were all sitting front-row.

After complimenting him by comparing his performance in "Remember Me" to the work of James Dean, Barbara Walters asked whether Rob felt any trepidation at moving on from the Twilight franchise to do a different kind of film. Turns out, he read and fell in love with the "Remember Me" script before the first installment of Twilight had even come out. As impossible as it is to imagine a time before Twilight was the mass-merchandised juggernaut it is today, Rob reminded viewers that the first movie's fate wasn't such a sure thing, saying, "It was such a steep learning curve. At the time, we didn't even know they were going to make sequels."

After a break and another clip from "Remember Me," Rob talked briefly about his emotional connection to his character in the film. How did he identify?

Said the actor, "I think everyone feels lost. It's about accepting being lost, finding the positive sides of it."

Joy Behar, looking for something more, leaned toward him and asked, "And when were you lost?"
After a pause, Robert grinned. "I was trying to find a bar the other night..."

Finally, the conversation inevitably turned to more steamy territory, as Sherri Shepard asked whether he was nervous about the film's love scenes with Emilie. Robert stuttered and flubbed for a moment before turning to Emilie for help. "Well, you seemed really comfortable," he said. So, Rob was uncomfortable? Apparently, yes — as a result of a little problem, um, down there.

"They didn't have a modesty pouch," he explained, referring to the little slips of cloth used to cover an actor's naughty bits during nude scenes. "The modesty... bandaid. The costume department had to make one out of half a bra."

"What?" Joy Behar blurted. "But it's the wrong shape, isn't it?!"

Is it?! Sadly, nobody learned anything more about the size and shape of Robert's "Pattinson" (Elizabeth Hasslebeck broke in to protest on behalf of his mother, who was looking the slightest bit embarrassed) — but we did get the answer to the OTHER burning question on everyone's mind. Would Robert ever date an older woman?

Grinning, he answered, "I think Betty White is one of the sexiest women in America!"

So the answer's yes, then? SWOON.

Would you age sixty years for the chance to date R-Patz?

Tags Barbara Walters, Betty White, Emilie de Ravin, Joy Behar, Remember Me, Robert Pattinson, Sherri Shepard, The View, Twilight