# Celebrities you find strangely attractive **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367 "2004-07-29T02:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/101 "2004-07-31T05:42:19Z")
Whew, somebody else said Ron White. I can’t really understand it- he’s an overweight, middle-aged, chain-smoking redneck who possibly drinks more than he should. Why in the name of Og is he so freakin hot to me??!! Maybe because he makes me laugh my ass off?? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/102 "2004-07-31T13:44:18Z")
> [@easy e](#): > > He’s mine, first. Ever since those commercials started airing, I’ve found him oddly attractive. He’s just so damn helpful. He’d have to wear a trenchcoat all the time. All in good time, all in good time…I don’t have to be his _first_ wife or anything. 😉 I know what you mean about “ever since those commercials started airing:” I liked him best when the ads were still _X-Files_ spoofs. I know that his first name is Brian, and he used to play football…I used to be able to remember his last name, too, but it’s not hard to find online. I think there’s even info about him on the Sprint website. They’re using him less and less in the ads now: he just shows up at the end of most of them. ☹ > [@](#): > > I never thought about it until reading his name earlier, but Dennis Leary is rather attractive. Plus, I love a smartass. Heh, I mentioned Denis Leary, too. You want him first and I’ll take Sprint PCS Guy first? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/103 "2004-07-31T14:37:17Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > Whew, somebody else said Ron White. > I can’t really understand it- he’s an overweight, middle-aged, chain-smoking redneck who possibly drinks more than he should. Why in the name of Og is he so freakin hot to me??!! Just so you know, you’re not alone! Just the other day, my insurance agent and I were talking about him and she was saying that she didn’t know what it was about him, but… then she hesitated and I filled in the rest: “But he’s drop-dead sexy, isn’t he?” She seemed relieved to know she wasn’t the only one who thought so! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/104 "2004-07-31T14:48:26Z")
Oh man, I just remembered another one: [John Hannah](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001314/). He’s a biggie. Definitely. Quite possibly bigger than anyone else I’ve mentioned. Wow, I can’t believe I didn’t think of him until now! (Among other things, he was Jonathan in the _Mummy_ movies and James – the ‘alternate reality’ love interest – in _Sliding Doors_.) ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/105 "2004-07-31T15:50:49Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Oh man, I just remembered another one: [John Hannah](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001314/). He’s a biggie. Definitely. Quite possibly bigger than anyone else I’ve mentioned. Wow, I can’t believe I didn’t think of him until now! > > (Among other things, he was Jonathan in the _Mummy_ movies and James – the ‘alternate reality’ love interest – in _Sliding Doors_.) I looooooooove John Hannah. I feel in love with him in Sliding Doors, but the love keeps growing. But then I’m a sucker for a Scot. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/106 "2004-07-31T17:01:14Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Are they actually on the linked page? I only thought they were present after you actually clicked to view the pictures. If there are naughty things in the link I linked, then I apologize and the mods can remove the link. Oh, no, not on the directly linked page, but on the page with Paige. And there’s not much on Paige on that page. Sorry to scare you, but thought I’d throw out a warning in case anyone clicked on the Paige page without thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/107 "2004-07-31T17:16:18Z")
**Briana Shook** , who dominated the woman’s steeplechase at the olympic trials (but was DQ’ed), is some kind of hotness. She’s got a nose ring, which I normally find repulsive but she makes it work. Oh so hot. **Tina Fey** is also in on the orgy. ~S&S ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/108 "2004-07-31T23:37:17Z")
Someone mentioned hobbits, but they left out my favorite, Sean Astin. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/109 "2004-08-01T00:14:38Z")
We need a word for the hobbit attraction. “Hobbophilia” maybe? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/110 "2004-08-01T00:33:57Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > We need a word for the hobbit attraction. “Hobbophilia” maybe? 🙂 I believe the term is _Pervy Hobbit Fanciers_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/111 "2004-08-01T06:24:03Z")
Brian Keith and Brian Dennehy. And Alex Trebek. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/112 "2004-08-01T06:58:27Z")
Michael Imperioli, from The Sopranos. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/113 "2004-08-01T07:22:02Z")
> [@MidnightRadio](#): > > Someone mentioned hobbits, but they left out my favorite, Sean Astin. Heh, I feel absolutely no attraction towards him whatsoever. In fact, the LOTR DVD commentary made me dislike him, since he was always going on about being so fat. I was like, “dude, get over it, you’re not that much heavier than you normally are.” ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/114 "2004-08-01T22:59:05Z")
I always thought Carnie Wilson was adorable before she lost all the weight. ---
**Author:** ![The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_world_s_most_deadliest)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/115 "2004-08-01T23:39:24Z")
I second Michael Ian Black. Have loved him since he stuck his tuckus in $240 worth of pudding. Although to be fair to the OP, he is conventionally attractive - what bone structure! I’ll admit that after watching Blue Velvet, **Kyle MacLaughlin** really boiled my noodle for a while. Because of this temporary infatuation, I even watched **Dune** again. \ I will find a time machine to take me back to meet **David Byrne** circa _Stop Making Sense_. So artsy, so brilliant, so skinny, so hot. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/116 "2004-08-02T06:44:15Z")
I just saw another promo for the show “Entourage” on HBO, so I guess I have to fess up with another one: [Jeremy Piven](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005315/). ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/117 "2004-08-02T14:45:31Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > I just saw another promo for the show “Entourage” on HBO, so I guess I have to fess up with another one: [Jeremy Piven](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005315/). Jeremy Piven is hot hot hot. And so is whatsisname? From _Swingers_? Jon Favreau - that’s him. Vince Vaughn’s not to shabby, either. Chalk me up as another Kevin Spacey fan - I wouldn’t kick him outta bed for eating crackers. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/118 "2004-08-02T14:59:15Z")
I find Michelle Akers, formerly of the US Women’s Soccer Team, to be smoking hot, even though she does have a big-time mullet. Hell, virtually everyone on that team in the last five years has been smokin’. Mia Hamm=teh hotness. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/119 "2004-08-02T15:25:31Z")
Okay, here I go. :o : **Hal Sparks** - He’s funny and cute **Philip Seymour Hoffman** - I have no idea why I find him attractive, but there you go. **Matthew Broderick** - I always thought Ferris was sexy. I also have a girl crush on **Tori Amos**. She’s unconventionally, yet stunningly beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Margalita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@Margalita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Margalita)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367/120 "2004-08-04T17:02:31Z")
I find [Randy Newman](http://www.randynewman.com) incredibly sexy. I have a vision of myself lounging on a piano drinking a martini while he sings ‘Short People’ to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/257367.md?page=7)