Like wizards, vampires, and Batman, many of Robert Pattinson’s offbeat stories doled out during dutiful press interviews are in fact, not real.

While the actor’s penchant for fibbing is well-known by now, even Pattinson surprises himself every once in a while by how he masterfully spins tall tales. During an interview with The New York Times Style Magazine published Wednesday, Pattinson revisited a 2011 interview during which he told a bewildered Matt Lauer on live television a completely made-up story about seeing a clown die in a little car explosion as a kid.