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Is there any celebrity that everyone thinks is hot and sexy, but doesn't do anything for you. (Original Post) Boomerproud Jul 2018 OP
For some reason... yallerdawg Jul 2018 #1
Tom Cruise (?sp) fierywoman Jul 2018 #2
Agree about Cruise. He is a smarmy punk. Ohiogal Jul 2018 #3
Totally. Even before the couch jumping, scientology spewing insanity. Squinch Jul 2018 #9
Hee hee I'm 100% in agreement with you on Paul Krugman! Ohiogal Jul 2018 #17
me too ! fierywoman Jul 2018 #44
They all leave me cold. I have never liked the pretty boys. I think that gay men pick out the smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #19
I mostly agree, except for 1986 Rorey Jul 2018 #56
Didn't he play Ted Buddy?? Have never like him after that. a kennedy Jul 2018 #59
He was very good though TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #65
Shut up.........really??? Ok, ok, ok, that's EXTREMELY handsome. a kennedy Jul 2018 #67
AND he's a carpenter TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #70
Re: the Sexiest Man Alive TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #73
First one that came to mind... k8conant Jul 2018 #15
Tom Cruise is my example. Just blech. Coventina Jul 2018 #38
Tom Hiddleston Leith Jul 2018 #4
Hiddleston was superb as Hank Williams...... ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2018 #7
He's a Terrific Actor Leith Jul 2018 #10
I get a kick out of watching him dance TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #20
OMG. He totally does it for me. Coventina Jul 2018 #39
I feel the same way about Channing TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #5
Nope, not into them either. They all kind of look the same to me. smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #21
The brits get me with their accent n/t TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #23
I think that's a big part of it. smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #24
Vin Diesel........ ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2018 #6
Nope, when he started groveling over an Brazilian reporter a kennedy Jul 2018 #60
All the Kardashians Snellius Jul 2018 #8
all of them? nt msongs Jul 2018 #11
They all look like inflatable dolls that have watched too much porn. Snellius Jul 2018 #12
Jennifer Lawrence genxlib Jul 2018 #13
Anne Hathaway n/t Dave Starsky Jul 2018 #14
Wasn't she married to William Shakespeare? n/t Wolf Frankula Jul 2018 #54
And she doesn't look a day over 400 years. Dave Starsky Jul 2018 #58
Benedict Cumberbatch until recently lunatica Jul 2018 #16
I find him odd looking, but he's a good actor. His face is more expressive than handsome TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #22
I think he's very interesting looking. I can't decide if I think he's sexy or not, but he's smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #25
I think he's hot as long as he's in his Sherlock character. Laffy Kat Jul 2018 #31
I'm the same way with "Sherlock", LOL. Laffy Kat Jul 2018 #32
I used to be a full-on Cumberbitch. Coventina Jul 2018 #40
Totally. He does nothing for me. He kind of seems like a big, dumb ox. smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #18
Brad Pitt. calimary Jul 2018 #26
Agree on Brad Pitt. Have a friend who totally has the hots for him. Coventina Jul 2018 #41
kinda just done with celebrity bdtrppr6 Jul 2018 #27
I'm 84----everyone. :-) virgogal Jul 2018 #28
I found most posts hilarious. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2018 #29
If we're not as conventionally attractive as they are we are required to find them attractive? Squinch Jul 2018 #35
Most of them. Laffy Kat Jul 2018 #30
Angelina Jolie democratisphere Jul 2018 #33
Jon Hamm Jane Austin Jul 2018 #34
Most of them, for some reason. malthaussen Jul 2018 #36
Nicole Kidman skypilot Jul 2018 #37
Dead Calm was great, IMO Rorey Jul 2018 #52
He went bald! TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #71
I don't think she did anything to her nose, but she went overboard with the lip injections and botox TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #72
Back when I was a young teen, all the girls were hot for Tom Selleck. Coventina Jul 2018 #42
Most of them. geardaddy Jul 2018 #43
Madonna. Aristus Jul 2018 #45
When I was younger - Christie Brinkley NewJeffCT Jul 2018 #46
Taylor Swift kwassa Jul 2018 #47
The blond leading the bland? red dog 1 Jul 2018 #50
The bland blonde leading the bland. kwassa Jul 2018 #51
I almost forgot - PATRICK DEMPSEY TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #48
Paris Hilton red dog 1 Jul 2018 #49
None of them do a thing for me Rorey Jul 2018 #53
There are some actors I call "soap opera handsome" TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #63
Pretty boys Rorey Jul 2018 #68
Daphne Blake of Scooby Doo fame does nothing for me. Kaleva Jul 2018 #55
Chris Pratt MFM008 Jul 2018 #57
Too white bread for me n/t TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #64
Scarlett Johansen Generic Brad Jul 2018 #61
She's got a hot body though, which unfortunately TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #62
I don't disagree with any of that Generic Brad Jul 2018 #66
She doesn't find herself attractive either TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #69
most all of them, I guess MissMillie Jul 2018 #74

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
1. For some reason...
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 08:21 PM
Jul 2018

Kate Winslet does absolutely nothing for me. Not in anything I have ever seen her in (or out of).

All during the movie Titanic, I kept saying to myself, "Jack, let her go!"

Squinch

(50,911 posts)
9. Totally. Even before the couch jumping, scientology spewing insanity.
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 08:44 PM
Jul 2018

Lots of them, actually. Just looking back at the People "Sexiest Man Alive" list, here are the ones I said "meh" to: Matthew McConaghay (I always expect his teeth to sparkle in a disconcerting manner), Bradley Cooper, Hugh Jackman, Harry Hamlin (Harry Hamlin? Really?)

The rest pretty much ARE the sexiest men alive. Though Idris Elba never seems to have won, which, please.

Also, Paul Krugman should be in there somewhere. I love his brain.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
19. They all leave me cold. I have never liked the pretty boys. I think that gay men pick out the
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:23 PM
Jul 2018

"sexiest men alive" because I don't know a lot of women who think they are very appealing. I always preferred kind of offbeat European looking men anyway. I don't go for the all-American cute look.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
56. I mostly agree, except for 1986
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 06:34 PM
Jul 2018

I remember that when Mark Harmon was named "sexiest man", I thought "Of course!"

TexasBushwhacker

(20,137 posts)
65. He was very good though
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 11:33 PM
Jul 2018

He was kind of generic handsome when he was young, but now he's a silver fox



He and Pam Dawber have been married for 31 years, a rarity in Hollywood.

a kennedy

(29,615 posts)
67. Shut up.........really??? Ok, ok, ok, that's EXTREMELY handsome.
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 11:55 PM
Jul 2018
love that they’ve been married all that time.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,137 posts)
70. AND he's a carpenter
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 01:12 AM
Jul 2018

Considering he's the star and one of the producers of NCIS, he certainly could have gotten the biggest, best and newest trailer available. Instead, he bought a vintage 1972 Airstream and redid the entire interior himself. He just seems pretty grounded as actors go.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,137 posts)
73. Re: the Sexiest Man Alive
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 10:08 AM
Jul 2018

It's generally just a publicity campaign. The men almost always have something they are promoting - a new film, TV show or album. I think the publicists all know People's timeline for choosing and go pitch their client(s). That's what publicists do. Why else would they have 3 actors chosen TWICE?

Coventina

(27,057 posts)
38. Tom Cruise is my example. Just blech.
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 02:26 PM
Jul 2018

Even before I knew about the Scientology, I never understood what was supposed to be sexy about him.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,722 posts)
7. Hiddleston was superb as Hank Williams......
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 08:40 PM
Jul 2018

In I SAW THE LIGHT. He did his own singing and guitar playing. Right body type too.

Love his Loki.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,137 posts)
5. I feel the same way about Channing
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 08:38 PM
Jul 2018

Hot body I suppose, but I don't find his face handsome at all.

Others on my not so hot list:

Ryan Gosling
Brad Pitt
Ryan Reynolds

There are some exceptions, but I've just never been into blonds all that much. I find them rather bland. The first time I saw an actor that I thought "DAMN he's hot" was Al Pacino in Serpico. I was 16. Ever since then I've been into short, ethnic guys.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
21. Nope, not into them either. They all kind of look the same to me.
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:29 PM
Jul 2018

Bland, boring. I don't really go for blonds either. Although one exception for me is Daniel Craig. He's kind of a little rough looking, which I like. He also seems to have a brain and is on the liberal side, which helps.

Actually, another blondish-ginger that is quite hot is James Norton, an English Actor who stars in PBS's Grantchester as a 1950's vicar who solves crimes, is fond of drink and Sidney Bechet. He is absolutely dreamy! Kind of challenging my aversion to blond/ginger men.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
24. I think that's a big part of it.
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:49 PM
Jul 2018

They also don't have that cookie-cutter pretty look that a lot of famous Americans do. All the American actors are so boringly generic looking to me. They are pretty, but not sexy. Too boyish and bland looking.

a kennedy

(29,615 posts)
60. Nope, when he started groveling over an Brazilian reporter
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 08:59 PM
Jul 2018

..... To be clear, Diesel does not simply comment that Moreira is beautiful in passing, that would be bad enough. Instead, he repeatedly interrupts the interview to tell Moreira, and everyone else within earshot, how beautiful she is over and over again. Warning, there is some NSFW language in the below video.

https://www.inquisitr.com/3824357/vin-diesels-creepy-interview-with-brazilian-reporter-leaves-her-smitten-videos/

genxlib

(5,518 posts)
13. Jennifer Lawrence
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 09:15 PM
Jul 2018

I just don’t get it. She does nothing for me.

Years ago,it was Brittany Spears. Total Meh.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
16. Benedict Cumberbatch until recently
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 10:15 PM
Jul 2018

I just didn’t see what was so sexy about him.

Then I watched him in Patrick Melrose and fell in love with him. The fastest way for me to find a man sexy is if he makes me laugh and though he plays a highly neurotic alcoholic drug addict there is one episode in which he reacts to some new drug in one of the funniest scenes I’ve seen. I’m not making fun of addictions. The show is a drama and very sad though the humor is super dry British humor which only makes Cumberbatche’s slapstick even funnier.

Now I think he’s get out of here sexy!

TexasBushwhacker

(20,137 posts)
22. I find him odd looking, but he's a good actor. His face is more expressive than handsome
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:37 PM
Jul 2018

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but that's good for an actor.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
25. I think he's very interesting looking. I can't decide if I think he's sexy or not, but he's
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:51 PM
Jul 2018

definitely watchable. So is Eddie Redmayne.

Coventina

(27,057 posts)
40. I used to be a full-on Cumberbitch.
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 02:29 PM
Jul 2018

Then, I got over it.

Still in love with his Sherlock, though.

But, then, I've been in love with Sherlock Holmes since I read "A Study in Scarlet" when I was 13.

To this day, I have a thing for brainy, emotionally unavailable men.

If you're super smart and treat me like garbage, I'm yours. Bonus points for British accent.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
18. Totally. He does nothing for me. He kind of seems like a big, dumb ox.
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 11:21 PM
Jul 2018

I mean, he's not a bad looking guy, but he's not my type. I prefer Europeans with kind of quirky looks. I don't like American pretty boys.

calimary

(81,099 posts)
26. Brad Pitt.
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 12:03 AM
Jul 2018

Nothing. Does NOTHING in the Ring-My-Chimes department.

Channing Tatum is another one. I can't get past his weird wide neck.

And Tom Cruise never moved the meter for me, either. Nor do either of the "Ryans" (Gosling and Reynolds). Meh.

Now, Hugh Jackman on the other hand...

Coventina

(27,057 posts)
41. Agree on Brad Pitt. Have a friend who totally has the hots for him.
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 02:30 PM
Jul 2018

I guess it's different strokes for different folks.

 

bdtrppr6

(796 posts)
27. kinda just done with celebrity
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 12:15 AM
Jul 2018

hot or not, who cares? we're sinking into oblivion, so i'm not real concerned with who's wearing what.

sorry that's not very friendly. just don't care anymore about vapidity.

Laffy Kat

(16,372 posts)
30. Most of them.
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 01:56 AM
Jul 2018

The men I think are sexy have to look different, not classically handsome. Harrison Ford comes to mind with his adorable crooked smile. I also think a lot of bald men are incredibly sexy, i.e. Michael Avenatti! Woof.

Jane Austin

(9,199 posts)
34. Jon Hamm
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 03:58 AM
Jul 2018

And I agree about Channing Tatum and Ryan Gosling.

Jon Hamm is funny and talented, but I don't find him handsome, except in a wooden way.

malthaussen

(17,175 posts)
36. Most of them, for some reason.
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 12:27 PM
Jul 2018

Everybody's sex object is my "eh, okay I guess."
Then I talk about somebody who nobody thinks is sexy. I must be perverse.

-- Mal

skypilot

(8,851 posts)
37. Nicole Kidman
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 02:04 PM
Jul 2018

Kinda liked her when I first saw her in Dead Calm back in the 80s when she had a kind of natural and athletic appeal and wild, mermaid hair. After she had her nose done and went all sex kitten on us I found her unbearable and still do to this day. She was one of the many, many, many things that made Moulin Rouge unwatchable and for a while she seemed to be in every other movie that hit the big screen.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,137 posts)
72. I don't think she did anything to her nose, but she went overboard with the lip injections and botox
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 01:37 AM
Jul 2018

and I hate that she straightens and bleaches her hair. She had such a magnificent mane!



I miss Juliana Margulies curls too.

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Aristus

(66,285 posts)
45. Madonna.
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 03:45 PM
Jul 2018

(Showing my age a bit...)

She has always been talked about as this sexy bombshell.

I've always found her repulsive.

And apropos the OP, I've always hated Channing Tatum because he reminds me of the kind of guys who used to beat me up when I was a kid. I always imagined that they grew up to be monumental failures who died alone in a trailer park. Channing Tatum gets fame and stardom. Ugh.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
46. When I was younger - Christie Brinkley
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 04:04 PM
Jul 2018

never really thought she was all that attractive. Not ugly or anything, just not that exciting/sexy to me.

Among current actresses, while I consider her reasonably attractive and blessed with a terrific body, I don't think Jennifer Lawrence is as gorgeous as many say.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
53. None of them do a thing for me
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 06:28 PM
Jul 2018

When I was in college I worked in the theater arts department for awhile. Some "hot" soap opera star spent some time there as an "artist in residence". I suppose the guy, whose name I don't recall, was physically attractive, but he was a jerk and he was stupid. That experience changed the way I looked at most celebrities.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,137 posts)
63. There are some actors I call "soap opera handsome"
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 11:10 PM
Jul 2018

They all seem to have these generic, handsome, bland faces, devoid of expression. I don't like pretty boys. Jack Wagner is a good example.



Snore

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
68. Pretty boys
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 12:18 AM
Jul 2018

I'm not a fan of that "soap opera handsome" either. It really doesn't have much to do with their actual looks. It's the attitude. It's the vanity.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,137 posts)
62. She's got a hot body though, which unfortunately
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 11:03 PM
Jul 2018

includes some ugly ass tattoos. Her heart is in the right place politically. Her family received welfare at times and she went to Planned Parenthood as a teen. She is a strong and vocal advocate for our side.

MissMillie

(38,529 posts)
74. most all of them, I guess
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 10:16 AM
Jul 2018

but for me hot & sexy goes way beyond good looks. Intelligence, talent and aura are all part of a "sexy" person.

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