# Allegedly "hot" celebrities that are really not as attractive as they are purported to be **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125 "2014-08-08T21:51:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/1 "2014-08-08T21:51:48Z")
aka…the BaldDude has questionable taste and judgment in evaluating “celebrity attractivity” I co opted this from another thread…which celebrities whom are usually considered super attractive to most people, just don’t rate all that high on your scale? I’d say…Julia Roberts, Johnny Depp, Mick Jagger! David Bowie and Madonna…anyone else care to add to the list? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/2 "2014-08-08T22:20:01Z")
Mila Kunis ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/3 "2014-08-08T22:45:18Z")
Angelina Jolie ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/4 "2014-08-08T22:47:54Z")
Ryan Gosling. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/5 "2014-08-08T22:58:55Z")
Adam Levine. Sofia Vergara. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/6 "2014-08-08T23:00:22Z")
Scarlett Johansson is a 7-8 when she is dolled up. When she isn’t she is a 6-7. Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox also. Fox looks like drugs have aged her 20 years. Apparently the girl from the twilight movies is considered hot too. I don’t get it. I once read about online dating sites that women who are ‘weird pretty’ got hit on more than women who were conventionally pretty. Weird pretty women were considered plain or ugly by a lot of people, but some people considered them really hot. Conventionally pretty women were hot, but not as hot as the ‘weird pretty’ girls to the people into that. I wonder if women like Johansson, Jolie & Fox are ‘weird pretty’ and I just don’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/7 "2014-08-08T23:04:21Z")
This thread will contain the name of every A-list actor before we hit post #50. Meanwhile, someone should resurrect the thread about how hot the Wendy’s and Progressive girls are, and Cafe Society will give of the SDMB nerd vibe like an interstellar beacon. ---
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/8 "2014-08-08T23:12:37Z")
I don’t understand why Bradley Cooper gets so much love. To me, he looks greasy, scruffy and weasel-faced, like a used car salesman. Also, Channing Tatum. I guess people like him for his body, but how can the ignore the fact that his head is a giant thumb with Mr Potato Head ears glued on? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/9 "2014-08-08T23:25:16Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I once read about online dating sites that women who are ‘weird pretty’ got hit on more than women who were conventionally pretty. Weird pretty women were considered plain or ugly by a lot of people, but some people considered them really hot. Conventionally pretty women were hot, but not as hot as the ‘weird pretty’ girls to the people into that. Like me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/10 "2014-08-09T00:03:51Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Mila Kunis Oh you cray-cray 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/11 "2014-08-09T00:11:16Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > This thread will contain the name of every A-list actor before we hit post #50. […] You think you can keep us from posting by attempting to encapsulate the thread in this fashion? Never! My hot-but-not pick is pretty much any A-lister before their makeup people, their hair people and for all I know their skin-buffing people get hold of them. Also, Gwyneth, Gwyneth, Gwyneth. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/12 "2014-08-09T00:54:09Z")
Megan Fox is the default answer to this. She has replaces Pamela Anderson in this capacity. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/13 "2014-08-09T00:58:08Z")
I’ll add another vote for Angelina Jolie. She’s not ugly or anything, and I have no problem with her acting; she just doesn’t do anything for me. I’ll also second Mila Kunis, who isn’t even the [hottest Mila in Hollywood](https://www.google.com/search?q=milla+jovovich&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Q3HlU_C6FcSIogSq24KoDA&sqi=2&ved=0CLABEIke&biw=1280&bih=809&dpr=0.8). But I don’t understand what **Wesley Clark** is saying about Scarlett Johannson, who I would call either the hottest woman in Hollywood, or possibly a close second after Helena Bonham Carter. She seems conventionally attractive to me, not weird… but she’s a really, really fine specimen of “conventionally attractive”. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/14 "2014-08-09T01:00:32Z")
> [@Kiyoshi](#): > > Also, Channing Tatum. I guess people like him for his body, but how can the ignore the fact that his head is a giant thumb with Mr Potato Head ears glued on? Yes! While we’re at it: Brad Pitt. I just don’t see what anybody sees in him. And that goofy-looking guy from _Scrubs_. Apparently some people think he’s hot. I am baffled. He’s _anti_ hot to me. Like actively irritating-looking. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/15 "2014-08-09T01:04:16Z")
Carmen Diaz was _stunning_ in **The Mask** , but everything since then she is at best “meh”. This is due largely to her losing way too much weight in pursuit of the Hollywood anorexic ideal. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/16 "2014-08-09T01:56:48Z")
Joan Rivers ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/17 "2014-08-09T02:09:56Z")
I don’t get what women see in Ashton Kutcher. > [@Chronos](#): > > But I don’t understand what **Wesley Clark** is saying about Scarlett Johannson, who I would call either the hottest woman in Hollywood, or possibly a close second after Helena Bonham Carter. She seems conventionally attractive to me, not weird… but she’s a really, really fine specimen of “conventionally attractive”. Not sure if I’d call her the hottest or close to it, but Scarlett is certainly a fine specimen of a woman to me in every way. Seen her on David Letterman, and also really liked how she carried herself. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/18 "2014-08-09T03:06:42Z")
Any of the Kardashians. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/19 "2014-08-09T05:05:13Z")
> [@BaldDudePeekskill](#): > > …Julia Roberts, Johnny Depp, **Mick Jagger**! David Bowie and Madonna… I can’t recall anyone, ever, at any time claiming that Mick Jagger was remotely good-looking. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125/20 "2014-08-09T05:08:47Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Joan Rivers Stop hanging out in old age homes. 😃 My choice: Sarah Jessica Parker. Maybe acceptable with a bag over her head. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegedly-hot-celebrities-that-are-really-not-as-attractive-as-they-are-purported-to-be/695125.md?page=2)