# Celebrity hotties that aren't particularly hot **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661 "2011-11-21T17:28:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/41 "2011-11-21T22:29:17Z")
Nicole Kidman. At best, she looks like a somewhat realistic blow-up doll. She looks especially unappealing on the poster for _The Others_. Like a skinny baby wearing a wig. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/42 "2011-11-21T22:35:04Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > I didn’t see it either until very recently. She’s got some angles from which, while she’s no devastating beauty, she definitely has a voracious carnal appeal. It’s an odd thing, but it’s so. Also, and this maybe just my theory, Allyson Hannigan seems more approachable to a lot of her male fans. In contrast, her “Buffy” co-star Sarah Michelle Gellar, while arguably more “conventionally” beautiful than Hannigan, seems too “perfect” to have this quality. In addition, when Hannigan played Willow, she was a redhead and to many people that gave her a special appeal over the typical Hollywood blondes. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/43 "2011-11-21T22:40:10Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Bradley Cooper- sexiest man alive?? Ha! I think not. I will always remember him as the nerdy guy in the friend zone on Alias, and he is not hot. I am a straight male. I watched him in A-Team and even _I_ thought he was HOT. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/44 "2011-11-21T22:42:20Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > They are certainly “ugly” compared to celebrities most men would call hot, but when they were younger, they were prettier than the average non-celebrity. Ehhh, I watched SJP in _Square Pegs_ in 1982. She didn’t strike me as attractive back then, either. > **[Square Pegs (1982)](https://www.imdb.com/media/rm2421725184/tt0083482)** > > "Square Pegs" Sarah Jessica Parker 1982 CBS ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/45 "2011-11-21T22:43:05Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Megan Fox has always seemed more skanky than hot to me. And, I can’t really explain why, but every time I see her, I can’t help but imagine that she smells bad. She often looks mildly greasy, which from a practical standpoint I guess could be useful, but the dead-eyed RealDoll stare kills it for me. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/46 "2011-11-21T22:48:03Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Bradley Cooper- sexiest man alive?? Ha! I think not. I will always remember him as the nerdy guy in the friend zone on Alias, and he is not hot. > > Ryan Gosling- big to-do by his fans because he wasn’t picked as sexiest man alive? Ha! He is far, _far_ from hot. I don’t know that I’ve ever heard of Bradley Cooper till last week! I would add Ryan Reynolds and make it a trifecta. He is the very definition of “ordinary” and has beady little eyes. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/47 "2011-11-21T22:48:40Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Does Anjelica Huston count, or is she a “nottie”? Anjelica Huston looks like Leonard Nimoy in drag. Did you see her on _The Medium?_ > [@Cat Whisperer](#): > > Benicio del Toro - dude looks like he crawled out of a dumpster after a three-day bender - how is that hot? My wife would totally agree with you. I thought he looked handsome in _Snatch_, but my wife ranks him with officially weird-looking dudes that are typecast as such like Steve Buscemi and Clint Howard. > [@salinqmind](#): > > Angelina Jolie. Her face is OK, but the rest of her? Those tattooes, those broomstick limbs roped with veins and muscles - she looks like a walking ghoul. It offsets any prettiness, but maybe that’s the attraction. Here in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, there’s a classic rock radio station (92.5) with a a funny morning show. Bo (Roberts) and Jim (White) have a producer (Randy) that they frequently involve in their morning hijinks, and Randy often dealt with Bo and Jim mocking him because he professed to find Nadya “Octomom” Suleman attractive - especially when she made herself up to look like Angelina Jolie with the lips and all. That was put to rest one morning when Bo and Jim actually got Octomom to call in to their show and converse with them and Randy for about twenty minutes. Her inane banter and screechy voice (c.f. Fran Drescher) cured Randy of any attraction he ever felt. > [@Morbo](#): > > Gwen Stefani. She looks like an unconvincing drag queen. I agree. Must be the sharp elbows and flat chest. I find Lady Gaga similarly terrifying and, to some extent, Nelly Furtado weirds me out in a similar way; but I enjoy the music of all three. Maybe we can blame Steve Jobs for that because I have an iPod. Another thing that makes me scratch my head is that my wife finds Cee-lo Green attractive. He’s a cool guy and all (and yes, he’s on my iPod, too), but _attractive?_ I don’t see it. ---
**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 21, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/48 "2011-11-21T22:54:20Z")
I think Sarah Jessica Parker peaked in hotness in [“L.A. Story.”](http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQGGZ0aDpwRw-FgHsaGmYN_Iwya20D3TO_ZJ7L5d68PHQa7ztbtDA) (I hope that link works - it was doing odd things.) ---
**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 21, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/49 "2011-11-21T23:02:03Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > Not sure how you can be hot and not hot at the same time. The way I understand this thread, it’s about women who everyone says is hot, but you disagree. I can’t think of any now, myself. I used to could say Paris Hilton, but somehow she’s gotten better looking. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/50 "2011-11-21T23:07:24Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Ehhh, I watched SJP in _Square Pegs_ in 1982. She didn’t strike me as attractive back then, either. > [Square Pegs (1982)](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2421725184/tt0083482) A lot of that had to do with the fact her character on the show was supposed to be homely so she wore glasses and dull clothes. Despite that, I thought she was rather cute–a prototype for later nerdy but smart and attractive girls like Daria Morgendorfer and Liz Lemon. However, in the last 15 years, Parker’s role on SATC has pretty much shaped her public image and her image to many straight males is that of an entitled high-maintenance clotheshorse who’s not attractive enough to be worth all the trouble. That’s why a lot of men regard her looks as overrated (to say the least). ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/51 "2011-11-21T23:10:04Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I think Sarah Jessica Parker peaked in hotness in [“L.A. Story.”](http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQGGZ0aDpwRw-FgHsaGmYN_Iwya20D3TO_ZJ7L5d68PHQa7ztbtDA) > > (I hope that link works - it was doing odd things.) You’re half right. I would add **Honeymoon in Vegas** where she was also at her most appealing. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/52 "2011-11-21T23:19:00Z")
Andie MacDowell ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/53 "2011-11-21T23:20:43Z")
Kristen Steward. The girl from Twilight. I keep looking but I don’t get it. I mostly agree with the others listed as well. Except for Halle Berry, I’d swim an ocean of broken glass for her. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/54 "2011-11-21T23:24:45Z")
Sarah Palin. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/55 "2011-11-21T23:42:26Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Kristen Steward. The girl from Twilight. I keep looking but I don’t get it. I mostly agree with the others listed as well. Except for Halle Berry, I’d swim an ocean of broken glass for her. I’m not sure she’s considered particularly good looking. She was likely chosen as a not-too-good-looking-so-teenage-girls-can-think-they-also-have-a-shot-with-Edward actress. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/56 "2011-11-21T23:44:27Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Julia Roberts, a skeleton with wax lips and a wig. Wow. Julia Roberts’s name always comes up in these threads, but I haven’t the foggiest idea why. To me, she is [pretty close to the ideal](http://www.celebritycd.com/juliaroberts/julia_roberts_36.jpg). _De gustibus_, I guess. My own pick is Charlize Theron. I can’t quite explain it but there’s a certain doughiness to her features that I find unappealing. Also, in interviews, she comes across as a possibly unpleasant person, which maybe affects my view of her. Now don’t get me wrong, she is obviously very attractive. Just not movie-star-attractive in my book. So the next time Charlize comes knocking on my door in the middle of the night, I’m’a hafta say “Go on home Charlize, I done _told_ you.” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/57 "2011-11-21T23:58:23Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > My own pick is Charlize Theron. I can’t quite explain it but there’s a certain doughiness to her features that I find unappealing. Also, in interviews, she comes across as a possibly unpleasant person, which maybe affects my view of her. There’s no possibly about it. She was interviewed in last week’s Entertainment Weekly and the interviewer more or less calls her a bitch multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/58 "2011-11-22T00:11:56Z")
[QUOTE=kenobi 65] Sarah Jessica Parker. She’s never struck me as anything other than plain to homely. [/quote] [QUOTE=kushiel] Sarah Jessica Parker. [/quote] [QUOTE=laggard] +1 [/quote] I think, in these sort of threads, SJP is pretty much a [given](http://sarahjessicaparkerlookslikeahorse.com/). Also, Julia Roberts. A walking “Before” picture for top-lip depilatory cream. Halle Berry. I don’t get it. A lot of the names mentioned here aren’t really thought of as hotties, though, are they? Renee Zellweger? She’s not exactly marketed as teh h0tness. 😕 ETA: That SJP link still makes me cry with laughter every time I look at it. Especially when I get to the penultimate entry. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/59 "2011-11-22T00:40:42Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Sarah Palin. Ding ding ding! Imagine her without the beehive or whatever her head looks like, imagine her speaking (or listen to her). Extremely average, and she’s only, like what, in her early 40s? Halle Berry too. I pre-emptively strike against objections to Christina Aguilera – I think she’s OK, although probably as mental as Palin. Males: I never got Hamm, or McConaghey (sp?), or Hugh Jackman. I’m not the ideal judge, being a straight man, but I can understand certain types as being attractive to those suited for it. Just not these, really. Brad Pitt too – he looks like a total roided out meathead. Something for everyone, I guess, but I don’t really “get” the attraction of the super “rugged” types for those disposed in that direction. Plus, they can’t really do anything – if I was into men, I’d go for a Jet Li or the saxophone man Hamm played on SNL. At least they can kick ass and kick a saxophone’s ass. Favorite line from Jean van Heijenhort’s biography: “Even though he was a logician, he was popular with the ladies” (or something very similar on the flyleaf). Go logicians! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661/60 "2011-11-22T01:00:39Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > I’m not sure she’s considered particularly good looking. She was likely chosen as a not-too-good-looking-so-teenage-girls-can-think-they-also-have-a-shot-with-Edward actress. She’s been cast as Snow White, which means the mirror has to claim she’s the hottest woman in the land. Or fairest, anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-hotties-that-arent-particularly-hot/603661.md?page=4)