Kellen Lutz not dating Miley Cyrus out of respect for Liam Hemsworth and doesn’t want to ‘insult his friend’

Miley Cyrus has been linked to Kellan Lutz (Picture: Invision/AP)

Kellan Lutz has said he has denied himself a romance with wild child Miley Cyrus for fear of upsetting her ex, Liam Hemsworth.
The muscled Twilight hunk, 28, was romantically linked to 21-year-old Cyrus last month after they partied together in the Bahamas, but fresh reports claim he has cooled things with the Wrecking Ball singer out of respect for Hemsworth, 24.
‘Kellan is friends with Liam and doesn’t want to insult him by getting serious with Miley,’ a source has told US OK! magazine.

Kellan Lutz has appeared in the Twilight series and will be in The Expendables 3 (Picture: Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Oakley)

‘Miley came on way too strong for Kellan. All he wanted was to have a good time, and when they first hooked up she told him that was all she was after too.’
The source reports that Lutz ‘feels bad’ after cooling things with Cyrus but felt he had no choice after she came on ‘too strong’.
‘He didn’t expect her to get obsessed with him, because she acts so cool and independent. He feels bad. He never meant to hurt her,’ the source adds.

Liam Hemsworth used to be engaged to Miley Cyrus (Picture: Zak Hussein/Getty Images)

Cyrus and Hemsworth began dating in 2009, becoming engaged in June 2012.
However, the romance fizzled out and the couple split in September 2013 – allegedly due to Cyrus’s wild behaviour.