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There’s a hunky new werewolf on True Blood, and even though I personally don’t think he holds a torch to Taylor Lautner, Joe Manganiello is certainly gonna melt hearts as Sookie’s newest crush, Alcide.

Not only is he cute and burly, but Joe Manganiello is also an appreciative soon-to-be werewolf. About 25 years ago he began praying on the advice of a nun in hopes of ACTUALLY becoming a werewolf. Now I’m pretty sure the nun just advised him to pray, not to pray to be a werewolf, but that’s all hearsay. Suffice to say little Joe was disgruntled and disheartened when each full moon came and passed and he remained a little human boy instead of a wolf-boy. Well two decades later, Joe’s prayers have finally been answered.

“I’m not afraid to admit that I started crying”, Joe told Entertainment Weekly recently, “Here it is 25 years later and my prayers got answered and I’m going to be a werewolf.”

I’m not going to lie it’s pretty adorable he cried. And that he wanted to be a werewolf when he grew up. And that he got it! I feel a lot less lame about the fact that my boyfriend wanted to be a tractor until he was 13. Maybe someday he’ll be cast as a tractor in a hit T.V. show. Just like werewolves and vampires are these days, I’m completely confident tractors will someday be all the rage.

Gallery Info: Various photos of Joe Manganiello.