# Strange celebrity crushes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279 "2003-02-02T07:46:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/41 "2003-02-04T11:44:13Z")
I have a thing for news anchors and reporters: Stacy Tisdale, a financal reporter on CNN Headline News. I think she’s attractive, but she has this unusual voice that I would love to hear whisper dirty talk in my ear. Shelley Smith, a reporter on ESPN. She has this great reddish blonde hair and really intense eyes (love that in women). There’s just something “earthy” about her that even gets a sports-phobic guy like myself to stop and watch. Andrea Koppel, from CNN. She has a lot of the same physical qualities I like in Shelley Smith, plus she seems smart as hell when I’ve seen her on on of those weekend reporters’ roundtable shows. Just based on book jacket photos and a photo I saw in a friend’s copy of _Granta_ once, I developed a crush on author Elizabeth McCracken. Not quite a celebrity, but close enough. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/42 "2003-02-04T12:06:47Z")
Ok, THIS is weird. Meg White. You know, that little drummer girl from the White Stripes. She’s pasty, kinda chubby and plays the drums. But, my god… there’s just something about her. Especially when she plays the drums. _Especially_ when you see the pictures of her on their self-titled first album. Yes, I’m weird, aren’t I? ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/43 "2003-02-05T00:03:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Einmon \* > \*\*Rowan Atkinson. As Blackadder \*\* You’re not the only one. I’m the moderator of the Blackadder Ladies Club over at Yahoo! Groups. We adore Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder. My favorite is when he plays butler to Prince George in the Regency Period. He was also very dishy as Ebenezer Blackadder in the Blackadder Christmas Carol. ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/44 "2003-02-05T00:05:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*My husband thinks Ray’s wife on Everybody Loves Raymond is ‘hot’. Not cute…not agreeable…not OK, but hot. > He’s very odd. \*\* My co-worker Joe has got the hots for that very same actress who plays Ray’s wife on that show. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/45 "2003-02-05T00:07:08Z")
The ones I have that count as strange would have to be Jeanine(sp?) Garofalo and Blythe Danner. ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/46 "2003-02-05T00:14:48Z")
Stephen Fry when he played Jeeves in the tv series ‘Jeeves and Wooster’, co-starring with Hugh Laurie. Yes, I know Stephen Fry is gay. But there’s something so very appealing about him as Jeeves. Rrrrrrrrrr! BTW, loved his novel ‘The Liar’. ---
**Author:** ![Clint\_in\_Wichita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Clint\_in\_Wichita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clint_in_Wichita)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/47 "2003-02-05T00:24:10Z")
Charlize Theron turns me on more than any woman on the planet, which isn’t strange at all, I guess. Other than that: Marissa Tomei Sandra Bullock Meg Ryan Nicole Kidman Why do I even bother? This list isn’t strange at all…it’s almost predictable! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/48 "2003-02-05T01:39:11Z")
Billy Bob Thornton. I know he’s a serious loser in the relationship department, but I guess I just wouldn’t have a relationship with him… Clint Eastwood, at all periods in his life including now. Keith Richards & Mick Jagger: the definitive examples of the term “ugly/sexy” ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/49 "2003-02-05T02:08:56Z")
I’m not turned on by Charlize Theron and I’m turned off by Nicole Kidman. Is that strange enough? ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/50 "2003-02-05T03:09:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fearlesswinecask \* > \*\* > I’m 17 years old…so I like older men a _bit_… \*\* Ha. Knew I wasn’t alone. I’m 18 and all my friends always look at me like I’m crazy when I bring my crushes (or dreamy-eyed adorations, same difference) up. In particular, there’s: Kenneth Branagh David Bowie Alan Rickman (though if you ask me, that’s not weird. He does, after all, have the sexiest voice known to mankind) Only odd because they’re much, much older than me. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/51 "2003-02-05T03:09:27Z")
Anthony Hopkins ---
**Author:** ![IrishRideGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b4bc9f/32.png) [@IrishRideGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrishRideGirl)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/52 "2003-02-05T03:12:45Z")
Tcheky Karyo ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/53 "2003-02-05T04:00:40Z")
Chelsea Clinton! She’s not only hot, she ought to be elected President some day. Chelsea in 2016! ---
**Author:** ![Mith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mith)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/54 "2003-02-05T04:22:16Z")
Jack Black Chris Farley John Goodman Mike Myers Janeane Garofalo ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/55 "2003-02-05T05:37:06Z")
I’m thoroughly heterosexual, yet there’s just something about **Angelina Jolie** that …er… arouses my curiosity. The hubby has no problem with this. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/56 "2003-02-05T06:49:36Z")
I think Paige Davis has the best butt in the entertainment industry. Does that count? I think Jocelyn Ford’s voice is absolutely delightful. Though I wouldn’t call it a crush in a romantic sense. I’ve always found Katey Segal to pique my interest. She’s perfect for Leela, a cartoon character on whom I have a crush. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/57 "2003-02-05T07:14:31Z")
I wouldn’t excactly call it a crush. In fact, he’s probably the , er, wrong sex. Tim Curry And if that’s not bad enough, Alice Cooper. Whose birthday it is today. I like him more for the music. I guess I was a sick puppy as a teenager, but I have to admit, I still crank up “School’s Out” whenever it comes on our oldies station. No, Mr zoogirl doesn’t look anything like him. Mostly. And James Marsters. Give me two of those, I wanna wreck one! ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/58 "2003-02-06T16:58:06Z")
Arianna Huffington. Looks, brains, sense of humor. WOW:D ---
**Author:** ![Jberto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jberto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jberto)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/59 "2003-02-06T17:41:03Z")
Definitely Jodie Foster, especially in “Silence of the Lambs.” Yowza! [head off obvious comments at the pass]I swear I am not John Hinckley.[/head off obvious comments at the pass] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279/60 "2003-05-19T01:10:55Z")
**Jeff Corwin** interests me strangely. **David Attenborough** (the guy that does the nature specials.) I just think he’s so cool. I’d love to hang out with him. **Sean Connery** can eat crackers in my bed anytime. He looks better now that he’s older, IMHO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-celebrity-crushes/152279.md?page=4)