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True Blood star Joe Manganiello, who plays Alcide Herveaux in the hit HBO series says that romance for Alcide and Sookie might just be on the horizon! Oh yeah, he also talks about that pesky modesty sock that they make their naked stars wear!

With regard to the possible hook up, he said, “Well, they’re teasing it a bit. Obviously my character’s very close and she has stuff going on with Eric right now, but as you can see from the last episode, the ghost of her grandmother channeled through this medium and told her to not give her heart to the guy she may be falling in love with. So obviously, the door’s still open.”

In the scene above, Alcide comes over to help Sookie find Eric, after he drains her fairy godmother, Claudine. He stripped off nude to change into his wolf form, prompting the interviewer to wonder if wolves wear underwear.

Joe said, “We had long talks about whether werewolves wear underwear or not. In our character research, we decided that, no, they don’t. I was actually wearing what we refer to as ‘the sock’ there.”

The interviewer then asked if it’s better with or without the modesty sock, to which Joe replied, “Before I got on to the show, there were actually people on the show who didn’t wear the sock. [Alexander Skarsgard, for instance?] But, I guess for health purposes we all have to wear the sock.”

Joe actually wears the sock while working with his co-star, a real wolf. He said, “Here’s the thing, when the wolf is present and they bring them out on big thick chains. My brother jokingly sad he was gonna sneak into my trailer and switch out my sock for a sausage casing. But there’s literally a trainer standing in back of me, waving raw meat at this thing to get it to look at me…and I’m naked.”

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