What celebrities do you find hot despite a genial – or not so genial – dislike for virtually every aspect of their public persona?
For me, it’s Kelly Ripa. The best thing I can say about her performance on Regis & Kelly is that she’s less irritating than Kathie Lee Gifford; of course, that’s like saying Pol Pot was less of a mass murderer than Stalin. The best thing I can say about her performance on her sitcom is that, thanks to the fact that we live in a free country, I cannot be compelled to watch it. But my word, she’s lovely. Cute. Mattressable. She must be mine.
What about the rest of you, Dopers? Whom do you find attractive despite your better judgment?
Totally agree with you–I remember seeing Kelly Ripa as a guest on a talk show just before she was named as Kathy Lee’s replacement and I thought, “My God, she’s incredibly hot!” A couple of months later I actually watched Regis and Kelly for the first time and the attraction faded a bit. She’s quite annoying.
Other nominees:
Jennifer Lopez - very hot, but not that great of an actress and her music is not my stlye. And I just don’t like her personality–she seems fake when I see her in interviews.
Ricki Lake - couldn’t stand her talk show (I HATE that kind of show) and I know not everyone finds her physically attractive, but I can’t help myself.
But, like, only in Legend. Honestly. Back before he became the crazy couch-jumping man he is now. He was so cute with his crooked teeth, and we didn’t know enough to hate him yet. Aww.
If you want to like Kelly Ripa again, check out her appearance on Saturday Night Live. She did an awesome job. She’s got a natural talent for comedy. She’s also usually very good when she appears on Letterman. She comes across as anything but airheaded on those appearances.
Check out her commercial for Tressant Supreme hair color - the hair color with just a hint of crack cocaine in it.
I couldn’t care less about all the Brad-Angelina-baby hoo-ha. I’m not sure he can act his way out of wet paper bag, because the only thing I’ve seen him in is Troy.
Well, maybe I’m weird, but I can’t find an actor I see as irritating or stupid attractive. However cute he may be, the attraction stops cold. Or just never starts at all.
Take Ben Affleck, for example. If I saw a still photo of him, I’d have to say he was pretty good looking. Just the type of guy I’d usually find appealing, visually. But, on screen, I just find him… yucky. It’s the smirk, I suspect.
Or Bill Maher. I admit Bill Maher isn’t your usual dream-boat material, but I had a bit of a crush on him back in the day. Actually, quite a bit of a crush – sexual fantasies and so one. He was even on my fantasy five list for a while. Then he made a bone headed comment on Politically incorrect and it as if it just turned a switch in my libido. It was like, “Wow! I can’t believe I’ve thought about putting my mouth on someone that stupid!” End of attraction.
Now, I don’t have any trouble finding an otherwise appealing actor attractive even though he’s portraying a villain. Jason Isaacs has played some Horrible People, but I still think he’s hot as hell.
Yes, that would have been brilliant, wouldn’t it? I’d just like to see him in something with a love scene in it. He seems like he’s be sexy as can be, but it’s hard to tell from the roles I’ve seen him in.
You probably are weird. But you’re not alone. As a dutiful Trek fanboy, I used to think that Terry Farrell (Jadzia Dax) was hot. But then I saw her on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, and she was a bloomin’ idiot (approximately at the level of “Is E a vowel?”). Like a light switch, all of a sudden, no attraction at all.
