# So who's your same-sex crush? (Or opposite-sex, if you're gay or lesbian.) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353 "2009-06-20T00:06:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Varrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e9a140/32.png) [@Varrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Varrius)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/41 "2009-06-21T04:36:28Z")
I’d probably have to say Mekhi Phifer. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/42 "2009-06-21T05:18:58Z")
Pink. I totally adore her. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/43 "2009-06-21T05:59:08Z")
I hate to have to admit it, but it’s David Tennant, especially when he gets his brooding face on. There was a poster for him as Hamlet, wearing a greatcoat and being all unshaven and moody that made me wonder if I hadn’t taken a wrong turn being straight. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/44 "2009-06-21T06:58:37Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > You’re gay? 😕 Cheryl Cole is a woman my good fellow, do keep up ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/45 "2009-06-21T07:54:59Z")
My mancrush is on Neil Patrick Harris. Can’t even put it into words, really. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/46 "2009-06-21T07:58:56Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > There was a poster for him as Hamlet, wearing a greatcoat and being all unshaven and moody that made me wonder if I hadn’t taken a wrong turn being straight. [This one, in fact.](http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2008/05/because_i_can_david_tennant_as.html) ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/47 "2009-06-21T10:35:12Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > 😕 > > Cheryl Cole is a woman my good fellow, do keep up Did you read the thread title? ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/48 "2009-06-21T11:28:17Z")
it’s a tie between Jason Statham and Ian McShayne. I’d say if I had Statham’s body and McShayne’s voice and presence, I’d go clubbing immmediately 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/49 "2009-06-21T16:06:37Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > Did you read the thread title? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ashman165](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@ashman165](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashman165)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/50 "2009-06-21T16:10:37Z")
Martina Mcbride. Her eyes are so beautiful that I find myself enamored by them. Of course, her remaining features are quite elegant in their own right, but those eyes of hers really complete the package. That said, Stockard Channing is extremely beautiful in an unconventional Hollywood way. Granted, she’s a bit aged for me, but I see no reason to restrict a hypothetical situation with such inhibiting factors as reality. =P ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/51 "2009-06-21T16:20:33Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > As far as celebrities, does me as a het female having a crush on a gay guy count? Because I love Stephen Fry. He’s so handsome in Jeeves and Wooster and even as the rather older, rather corpulent fellow he is now I crush on him while watching QI. I came in just to mention Stephen Fry! And I think that as a thus-far heterosexual male, I get dibs on him, at least in this thread. He’s the epitome of large and jolly, and I can’t resist that glib tongue of his. As a side note, I apparently have a weakness for gay British actors, because I’ve got a bit of a crush on Ian McKellen, too. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/52 "2009-06-21T16:24:21Z")
I totally dig Jason Statham, Vin Diesel and for some reason, Josh Duhamel. But that’s more in the “I want to be them” kinda way, than anything sexual. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/53 "2009-06-21T22:17:03Z")
Thirding Joan Jett. Goddamn. #1 all-time same-sex crush is Nigella Lawson. Oh my God, the things I would do to that woman. She makes me feel like a teenaged boy. From bygone days, Diana Rigg and Frances Dee. Diana Rigg made Mrs. Peel effortlessly sensual, smart, and formidable without ever seeming self-conscious or artificial. Frances Dee was just _so pretty_ in the most lovely, refined, delicate way. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/54 "2009-06-21T23:05:38Z")
Brad Pitt in _Fight Club_ and _Troy_ had the most impressive male physique I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/55 "2009-06-21T23:12:42Z")
I will say that [Bill Kaulitz](http://roflrazzi.com/upcoming/?pid=9109) is the prettiest guy I’ve ever seen. Too young for me, though. Waay too young. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/56 "2009-06-22T13:21:55Z")
[Rachel Weisz](http://www.bartcop.com/rachel-Weisz-34.jpg) - what a beauty. And I am not usually into blondes (men or women), but [Charlize Theron](http://www.the-aisle.com.sg/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/charlize-theron-hairstyles.jpg)is one of the most stunning women in Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/57 "2009-06-22T15:36:13Z")
Neil Patrick Harris Wilson Jermaine Heredia Hmmm… I like men with three names, it seems! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/58 "2009-06-22T16:06:53Z")
> [@ashman165](#): > > Martina Mcbride. Her eyes are so beautiful that I find myself enamored by them. Of course, her remaining features are quite elegant in their own right, but those eyes of hers really complete the package. > > That said, Stockard Channing is extremely beautiful in an unconventional Hollywood way. Granted, she’s a bit aged for me, but I see no reason to restrict a hypothetical situation with such inhibiting factors as reality. =P You’re quite right. I remember when she was on The West Wing a few years ago playing the the first lady. In one episode, Leo McGarry was complaining about the British ambassador’s constant inappropriate flirting with her, and I thought, "Ye gods, man, have you SEEN Abby Bartlet? Expecting everyone who walks into the same with her NOT to fall in love with her is completely unreasonable. The best you can hope for is that they’ll be so cowed by her personality and intellect that they’re too shy to talk.’ ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/59 "2009-06-22T17:26:05Z")
Karl Urban He’s just so bloody cute while pulling off that brooding, sexy, man-thing. I’ve sat through the wretched disaster that is _Pathfinder_ at least two times just because of Mr. Urban. I may need psychiatric help. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353/60 "2009-06-22T17:45:49Z")
Jamie Lee Curtis and Donna Summer. What? They’re men, aren’t they? I’ve seen dozens of posts on the SDMB that say so! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-same-sex-crush-or-opposite-sex-if-youre-gay-or-lesbian/500353.md?page=4)