# Celebrities you find strangely attractive **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2011, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433 "2011-02-24T08:48:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![BarefootOkieGal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BarefootOkieGal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarefootOkieGal)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/121 "2011-11-18T00:44:27Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > At the laundromat today, I saw rising actress Carey Mulligan (best known for “An Education” and the sequel to “Wall Street”) [on this magazine cover.](http://www.fashionpeach.com/images/carey-mulligan-vogue1.jpg) She’s flat as a board, has an unflattering hair cut with a shaky dye job, and doesn’t have particularly agreeable facial features either. Yet I’ve always thought of her as very sexy. Any other celebrities you find attractive for a reason you can’t explain? I was madly in love with Johnny Cash when I was a kid back in the 60’s, and everyone laughed at me - but hey, take a good look at him when he was a young man and you’ve got to agree that he was a very manly-looking man and had a pretty good build on him! I’m fascinated by DJ Qualls. (Lord, he’s skinner than I am!) And Mickey Rourke in Iron Man. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/122 "2011-11-18T01:12:03Z")
> [@Miss\_Sunshine](#): > > Eminem (there is something about him that makes you want to jump him.. must be his bad boy image) I agree with Eminem, but again, not to keep, but to play… Also, [Tommy Flanagan](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3612523520/nm0281107)…but I love an accent! God forbid I travel to Scotland or Ireland, I may never come home! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/123 "2011-11-18T01:23:24Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Since this thread has been bumped, I thought of another one: [Kris Holden-Ried](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390285/). He’s not really my type, and I didn’t think anything much of him in **The Tudors** and can’t even remember his role in **Gossip** despite having seen it 3 times. But there’s something very sexy about him on **Lost Girl** that I can’t quite explain. I have to agree with you. I hadn’t seen him in anything before, and I thought he was awfully weird looking when I first saw him on “Lost Girl,” but he’s totally grown on me. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/124 "2011-11-18T01:37:21Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Mr. Gold - Rumpelstiltskin - on “Once Upon A Time”. He is mesmerizing. I didn’t notice this before in time to edit…but it’s not just you. Every time he’s on screen - in Maine, mind you, not the fairytale land - I keep finding myself thinking that if he was my age, he’d probably be pretty hot. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/125 "2011-11-18T02:00:52Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Michelle Beadle of Sports Nation. There’s nothing strange about this one at all. I think she’s WAY hotter than [Erin Andrews](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=erin+andrews&gs_sm=sc&gs_upl=0l0l3l416l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&biw=1600&bih=799&pdl=300&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbm=isch&q=erin+andrews+hot&revid=897892677&sa=X&ei=M7zFToXQF8eztwenr_HHCw&ved=0CD8Q1QIoAg&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=435283546a4204a7&biw=1600&bih=799). ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/126 "2011-11-18T02:10:50Z")
> [@Miss\_Sunshine](#): > > Eminem (there is something about him that makes you want to jump him.. must be his bad boy image) Aw, I came in to say Eminem. I’m also strangely attracted to Jason Mewes of **Clerks** /“Jay and Silent Bob” fame. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/127 "2011-11-18T02:16:26Z")
I also love [Alan Cumming](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4077040128/nm0001086) - even though he is not at all my type. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/128 "2011-11-18T03:03:23Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > I also love [Alan Cumming](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4077040128/nm0001086) - even though he is not at all my type. And you’re only sometimes his. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/129 "2011-11-18T03:06:17Z")
[Carla Hall](http://www.carlahall.com/about/) I had never even heard of her before Top Chef S8, but there’s something about her. She certainly has a “distinctive” facial structure, and not one that I’d typically call attractive. But I can’t look away. 😃 She was certainly striking as a model [back in the 90s](http://www.pleasewelcomeyourjudges.com/2011/03/top-chefs-carla-hall-as-fierce-90s.html), not in a traditionally “sexy” way but beautiful nonetheless. Doesn’t hurt that she was probably the most likable, friendly and fun personality that season IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/130 "2011-11-18T03:18:42Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > And you’re only sometimes his. 😉 Totally okay with that…because I am sure he sometimes fantasizes about a married, female, Canadian Forces Officer-mom…doesn’t everyone? ---
**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:** [November 18, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/131 "2011-11-18T03:26:54Z")
I do! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/132 "2011-11-18T03:51:43Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I do! Gosh…I am neither a celebrity, nor strangely attractive. Thanks Superdude! ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/133 "2011-11-18T05:09:49Z")
Back when this thread was new, I remember thinking “Carey Mulligan? Jessica Alba? _Kate Winslet??_ In what backwards parallel universe are these women considered unattractive?” But I suppose I shouldn’t talk, because my answer is Patrick Stewart. Which I don’t think is terribly unconventional, but it’s unusual for me because he’s old enough to be my grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/134 "2011-11-18T05:15:17Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Michelle Beadle of Sports Nation. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gUVjp5k5I4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gUVjp5k5I4) In case you don’t know what she does or looks like. ---
**Author:** ![Mole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/135 "2011-11-18T05:31:32Z")
Laurie Metcalf ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/136 "2011-11-18T16:35:29Z")
Now, I’m not saying that Kristin Stewart isn’t attractive to most people. But I do find it odd that I’m as attracted to her as I am. Her face is just a little bit different, and that’s enough. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/137 "2011-11-18T17:24:38Z")
Hayrvey Keitel & Gary Busey … why, I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/138 "2011-11-18T19:06:26Z")
> [@anu-la1979](#): > > But I guess that goes back to that stupid point that a list can’t just be made up of two items, even if not bullet pointed! Since this thread got resurrected, I’ll comment, the thing you’re looking for is a _conjunction_. Commas are ambiguous, because they have a lot of uses. If you want a 2 item list, it requires a conjunction (and, or). ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/139 "2011-11-18T20:00:07Z")
> [@beartato](#): > > The thing about Tierney is that yes, she is gorgeous. However, she always looks so sad. Sad in her shows, sad in real life. BUT! I really dig that in a woman. So yes, she’s beautiful, but there is something about her that turns most people off, but that particular thing turns me on. Same here. That perma-wistfulness brings out my protective urges and makes me want to keep her safe from the world. Also, I think [Mary Matalin](http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Mary+Matalin/Meet+The+Press/xVQTMN6kn26) is very sexy. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433/140 "2011-11-18T20:12:17Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Michelle Beadle of Sports Nation. My god,you find it strange? She is very pretty. My choices are Francis Sternhagen (Cliff’s mom from Cheers) and Amy Roloff( The mom in Little People,Big World). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-find-strangely-attractive/572433.md?page=8)