# Irrational Crushes on Celebrities **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 1999, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374 "1999-10-04T13:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Pixoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pixoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixoid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 1999, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/41 "1999-10-11T18:25:00Z")
I’m usually pretty sedate about celeb crushes…I don’t cut out pictures or watch every movie. I’ll think, “Wow. Yum,” and move on. But one day, _Great Expectations_ came on PBS. Pip, all grown up, is played by a guy named Ioan Gruffudd (he’s Welsh). I was glued to the TV screen for the whole movie. I recorded parts so I could pause it. The next day, I looked him up, hunted him down (on the Internet…) and collected pictures. I don’t know what it is, but he’s very nummy. He was also on _Horatio Hornblower_, if anyone watches that…I’ve never seen it. And he’s the officer on the life boat that goes back in _Titanic_. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 1999, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/42 "1999-10-11T18:33:00Z")
Well, since I saw Ute Lemper in concert last week, she’s got me re-thinking this whole heterosexuality thing . . . ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 1999, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/43 "1999-10-11T18:42:00Z")
I’m the queen of irrational celebrity crushes. For one, I LOVE Conan O’Brien. Seriously. My dream is to get a half-hour in a room alone with him. I don’t even think I’d try to get naked. I’d just sit around, talk to him, and laugh my ass off. He’s so adorably funny. Oh, and just once, I want him to growl at me. I also have a major thing for Jerry Cantrell. Half the reason I liked Jerry Maguire was because Cantrell had ONE line in it. It’s a great line, though. In fact, I think I might get a sig again so I can use it. But I’m a sucker for any long-haired man who can sing and play the guitar. I think I might have been a groupie in a past life. Other celebrities I think are adorable: Doug Flutie (but who doesn’t?) Jonny Mosely Steve Buscemi Bruce Willis Chad Pennington (not really a celebrity, but man, is that kid CUTE!) Yes, I am a freak. ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 1999, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/44 "1999-10-11T18:44:00Z")
I suppose that I might as well mention my sister, and her irrational crush on Harrison Ford. I mean, he’s a good looking guy and all, but… She’s seen all three parts of the Star Wars Trilogy (not counting the new one), all three Indiana Jones movies, Air Force One, etc. a million times each, but every time I visit her, and we rent videos, she always gets something with the erstwhile Mr. Ford in it. I can’t wait until she gets over it… oh, no, what if she never does? Am I doomed to have every Harrison Ford movie ruined for me? ---
**Author:** ![lwatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lwatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lwatt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 1999, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/45 "1999-10-11T22:52:00Z")
Irrational crushes: Lyle Lovett. I first had a crush on Lyle Lovett after a long road trip in a car with a radio that didn’t work and only a Lyle Lovett cassette for entertainment. I fell in lust with his voice (like the smoothest cognac) and the songs that he wrote. Imagine my surprise after finally seeing a photo… Nevertheless, the crush remains (10 years later and stronger than ever). * * * lwatt ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 1999, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/46 "1999-10-12T08:45:00Z")
Iwatt, You can just let the MB itself do the allignment - don’t press the enter key when the little text box runs out of space. Really, your sentece will continue on the next line. ## Or it could be that you just wrote a poem of which the rhyme schedule escaped me completely. In that case I’m terribly sorry 😉 Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 1999, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/47 "1999-10-12T13:46:00Z")
Chad Lowe ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/48 "1999-10-14T00:12:00Z")
Remember the second Alien movie? Now, Segourney Weaver can strip down to her undies and fight monsters in my basement, any time, but. . . Remember the colonial marines? Remember Corporal Vasquez? ooooo. \

Tris\ ---

**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 1999, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/49 "1999-10-20T10:00:00Z")
Now, I’d take Brendan Fraser over a woman, but for female/female crushes, the chick from Chasing Amy was hot. I’d do her. 🙂 The fact that she was playing a bisexual helps, of course. * * * **\>^,^\<** “Cluemobile? You’ve got a pickup…” OpalCat’s site: [http://opalcat.com](http://opalcat.com) The Teeming Millions Homepage: [fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 1999, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/50 "1999-10-20T16:16:00Z")
neuro, I do not have a crush on him, but Harrison Ford is like the all-time greatest action/adventure guy. His Indiana Jones character set the stage for future action characters. BTW, I loved the movie The Mummy, but I think that Brendan’s character was modeled after Indy. As for Klingons, I love Belana from ST - Voyager and those sisters that were always fighting with Worf weren’t too bad either. Jadzia was also hot (not Klingon, but still hot). Terri Hatcher Patricia Richardson (she is so sexy) Kate from Drew Carrey I guess that is all for now. Jeffery ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 1999, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/51 "1999-10-21T05:07:00Z")
OMG Do I have a fantasy about Zorro, a horse and some rope… Not the actor Antonio but the character himself. Might be the mask and his huge sword… who knows but the guy is one hot bucket of lust!!! * * * “Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good things.” --Edgar Degas ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 1999, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/52 "1999-10-21T05:45:00Z")
Oh mmm… yeah I gotta agree with the Zorro thing. * * * **\>^,^\<** “Cluemobile? You’ve got a pickup…” OpalCat’s site: [http://opalcat.com](http://opalcat.com) The Teeming Millions Homepage: [fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 1999, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/53 "1999-10-21T06:39:00Z")
Just one night with Sean Connery… only one * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 1999, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/54 "1999-10-21T07:45:00Z")
Opal: The bi girl in Chasing Amy (I believe) was Joey Lauren Adams… oft confused with Renee Zellweger. She played Pauly Shore’s girlfriend in BioDome, and I think she was in Big Daddy with Adam Sandler, too (not that you’re going to watch anything with Adam Sandler…) Damn. I know I’ve seen her in other movies, but I can’t think of them. * * * “ChrisCTP-…the sweetheart of the SDMB…” --Diane Chris’ Homepage: [Domestic Bliss](http://www2.crosswinds.net/~domesticbliss/) ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/55 "1999-10-22T01:28:00Z")
Chris… If you ever have brain block like that again about a movie, head for [http://www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com), the **I** nternet **M** ovie **D** atabase. It’s a great reference. I used it just this weekend to prove that Tom Sizemore is **not** the actor who cut the ear off the cop in Reservoir Dogs. Michael Madsen is. Nanny nanny boo boo to my neighbor!! ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 1999, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/56 "1999-10-22T03:43:00Z")
This is the most perverse crush I have… it defies all logic; physical, mental, political, and yet the fascination remains: William Buckley. Please talk me out of it…BBBRRRRRRRR… ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 1999, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/57 "1999-10-23T04:38:00Z")
Jesus, I didn’t mean to stop this thread dead! Well ,yeah, it’s pretty horrible… OK, how bout Sting? ---
**Author:** ![meredith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@meredith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meredith)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 1999, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/58 "1999-10-23T05:15:00Z")
Well, elelle, untill I got to your post, I thought I was the sickest puppy here. My most irrational crush ever was my 10 year obsession with Wil Wheaton. Bear in mind that I am only 25 now! Opal said: > [@](#): > > and my obsession … Brendan Fraser. I don’t know what it is, but I actually get depressed occassionally…actually DEPRESSED that I will never have him. Dammit I feel the same way about Matthew Perry…YUM! ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 1999, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/59 "1999-10-23T05:30:00Z")
Few years ago, I had an ongoing fantasy that I was Trent Reznor’s maid-cooking and cleaning and all. Now I look at him and think he’s way too scrawny. Had a BIG thing for Prince and Sting when I first got cable-around 1983 when they were both huge. Now it’s mostly Ralph Feinnes and Ewan Macgregor. * * * I’ll be there Where I’ll teach what I’ve been taught And I’ve been taught… ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 1999, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374/60 "1999-10-23T21:18:00Z")
I’m gonna show my age here… Sophia Loren in “Boy on a Dolphin” Nichelle Nichols in the original “Star Trek” as Uhura. Raquel Welch in "1,000,000 B.C. (Raquel and dinosaurs… what more could a boy want?) The original Miss Emma Peel… No, make that the ONLY Miss Emma Peel. Sheena Easton singing “For Your Eyes Only” apparently in the nude. Sigourney Weaver in the first two “Alien” flicks. Karen Allen in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. Cameron Diaz, Catherine Zeta Jones, Minnie Driver, Uma Thurman in “Gattaca” (but not “The Avengers”). Did I leave anyone out? Of course, but I fall in love every day. * * * Those who do not learn from the past are condemned to relive it. Georges Santayana [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irrational-crushes-on-celebrities/10374.md?page=4)