# Famous people who are considered unattractive but you think are HOT **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781 "2006-03-24T21:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DustyButt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DustyButt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DustyButt)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/61 "2006-03-26T08:09:53Z")
Janeane Garofalo Former Mtv vj Kennedy and Kathy Griffin I’m glad I can tell you all because if my friends found out I’d NEVER hear the end of it! Except for Janeane I think everyone crushes on her secretly! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/62 "2006-03-26T16:27:17Z")
Kathy Griffin at one time floated my boat. I guess back when she was doing her “hot ass and the rack” kinda material. (And she did have 'em.) Then she went in for the plastic face and becoming the Gay Icon identity and to me, she really did begin to look like a man looking like a woman… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/63 "2006-03-26T17:55:56Z")
Kirsten Vangsness (Garcia the computer girl from _Criminal Minds_ ) > **[Latest Stills - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/gallery/rg1859820288?path=pgallery&path_key=Vangsness,%20Kirsten)** > > IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... Especially when she gets into her little innuendo banter with the other agents! GRRRRR! ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/64 "2006-03-26T22:53:50Z")
I concur that you’d have to be from some alternate universe in order to think Clive Owen anything other than TOTALLY HAAAWWWT. Especially since I recently watched “Close My Eyes,” which features VERY extensive, VERY nude scenes of Clive back before he grew into that craggy face. Did I mention the full frontal? With weiner? And not just the button mushroom of love, either, we’re talking hanging proud… WOOF! And the butt on that man–I’d pay money just to bounce quarters off that thing… Whew! I need a dab… Same movie also features a much younger Alan Rickman, who is hot despite playing a whiny character. John Goodman, James Gandolfini, Chris Walken, and Billby Bob, check! I have to throw Dennis Hopper in there too–just has that attitude, y’know? I’ve had a soft spot for Mickey Rourke since “Diner” and I was amazed at the magnitude of hot factor he managed to project past the makeup in “Sin City.” ---
**Author:** ![WishIHadACoolName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WishIHadACoolName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WishIHadACoolName)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/65 "2006-03-26T22:54:38Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first to add… Steven Tyler. And Joe Perry. And I don’t own a single Aerosmith album. But Joe’s got one nice belly. And, I wouldn’t have said this a week ago, but after having seen him in concert on Thursday, I gotta say I’m a little hot for Kid Rock now. He knows how to work the “dirty”. Hmmm…something about boys with guitars. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/66 "2006-03-27T00:05:13Z")
Okay, you got me on the Kid Rock thing–again, it’s the attitude, because that’s one ugly cracker boy fershure. Funny thing, I saw an ad for some show about how far sports people will go to win, featuring an interview with Tonya Harding and dayum! She’s a dead ringer for Kid Rock these days, I swear! :eek: Speaking of ugly/cute white Detroit rappers, I have to throw Violent J into this mix, because the guy just makes me laugh and that’s sexy… ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/67 "2006-03-27T03:07:20Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > I concur that you’d have to be from some alternate universe in order to think Clive Owen anything other than TOTALLY HAAAWWWT. Especially since I recently watched “Close My Eyes,” which features VERY extensive, VERY nude scenes of Clive back before he grew into that craggy face. Did I mention the full frontal? With weiner? And not just the button mushroom of love, either, we’re talking hanging proud… WOOF! And the butt on that man–I’d pay money just to bounce quarters off that thing… \ _Grabs her keys and races out the door for Blockbuster Video_ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/68 "2006-03-27T03:20:59Z")
OK ladies. What is it that _really_ hits you about old Clivesey? Is it: a) the cold dead serial-killer eyes, or b) the smashed lager-lout lump of a nose? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/69 "2006-03-27T04:29:22Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > OK ladies. What is it that _really_ hits you about old Clivesey? Is it: > a) the cold dead serial-killer eyes, or > b) the smashed lager-lout lump of a nose? Well, let’s see here–the broad shoulders, smooth skin, tight ass, six pack abs, generous blessing, blue eyes rivalling Paul Newman’s, total “I’m already fucking you–and you LIKE IT!” attitude, pouty mouth so incongruous in that planed face, deep voice, tall, gorgeous black hair–you mean aside from all that? Naw, nothin’ much… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/70 "2006-03-27T04:40:48Z")
I have to throw Gary Sinise into the mix here. I can’t take my eyes off of him when he is onscreen, yet I believe that he isn’t considered to be generally attractive. He is smoking hot to me. ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/71 "2006-03-27T05:26:08Z")
Well I second the ex-MTV-VJ Kennedy, and add Megan Mullally, the squeaky-voiced gal in the popular shit-com Will and Grace. I don’t think she’s generally regarded as “hawt”, but something about her makes me want to pop the clutch, so to speak. [Rawr!](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4063/Events/4063/MeganMulla_Vespa_7057617_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Mullally,%20Megan) ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/72 "2006-03-27T05:28:34Z")
> [@Available Jones](#): > > I think Shirley Manson, singer for the band Garbage, is generally not considered classically attractive. But I think she’s smokin’, especially her velvety voice. seriously I want to have outragous messed up sex with her voice. she isnt even close to classic beauty but shes amazingly sexy. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/73 "2006-03-27T07:49:32Z")
> [@Available Jones](#): > > I think Shirley Manson, singer for the band Garbage, is generally not considered classically attractive. But I think she’s smokin’, especially her velvety voice. > [@Critical1](#): > > seriously I want to have outragous messed up sex with her voice. she isn’t even close to classic beauty but shes amazingly sexy. [sexist mode]And she does have nice gams.[/sexist mode] ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/74 "2006-03-27T10:58:38Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > Clive Owen. I think he looks awesome. My friends think I’m going blind. Oh yes. [Ohhh yes.](http://crazy4cinema.com/Actor/imgs/owen.jpg) And I can’t really pinpoint any specific thing that gets to me. It’s just the… well, the whole package. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/75 "2006-03-27T13:06:15Z")
Oh yes, Alice Cooper! Thanks for reminding me, zoogirl! Also, Weird Al Yankovic. I want to touch him. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/76 "2006-03-27T13:37:11Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > Natasha Lyonne You might not want her in her present condition. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha\_Lyonne#Hospitalization](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Lyonne#Hospitalization) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/77 "2006-03-27T14:17:46Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > You might not want her in her present condition. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha\_Lyonne#Hospitalization](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Lyonne#Hospitalization) That. Is a crying shame. Such a special talent. (And hawtness. See _Slums of Beverly Hills_.) OK **SmartAleq** , I guess I caught Clive in a bad snapshot. He cleans up nice. (I should know better than to underestimate one key hawtness factor in male actors: how much sneering contempt they inspire in male nonactors. :dubious:) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/78 "2006-03-27T14:49:59Z")
I’m not sure what the consensus is on her hotness but I think Jena Malone is gorgeous. I also have always had a weird crush on Bea Arthur. I think it’s the voice. Mrowr. Aaand, I will never understand my bizarre attraction to [Louise Fletcher](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/Drama/Drama/OneFlewBibbit3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/Drama/Drama/OneFlewBibbit3.asp&h=425&w=715&sz=52&tbnid=K07mdKcmfaEJ:&tbnh=82&tbnw=138&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlouise%2Bfletcher%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D&start=2&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=1) . ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/79 "2006-03-27T15:29:51Z")
> [@DustyButt](#): > > Former Mtv vj Kennedy She’s only unattractive in the **She’s All That** world where when you throw glasses on someone, they are the ugliest person on the planet. > [@The Chao Goes Mu](#): > > I’m not sure what the consensus is on her hotness but I think Jena Malone is gorgeous. I happen to think she’s beautiful. I’m willing to bet she has her share of admirers. > [@](#): > > I also have always had a weird crush on Bea Arthur. I think it’s the voice. Mrowr. Betty White I can see, but Bea Arthur? I think you win. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781/80 "2006-03-27T16:11:31Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > Clive Owen. I think he looks awesome. My friends think I’m going blind. Your friends are the blind ones! He is smoking hot!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-who-are-considered-unattractive-but-you-think-are-hot/349781.md?page=5)