# What's the status of your childhood/teenage celebrity crush(es)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607 "2010-02-11T22:09:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![deadindays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@deadindays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deadindays)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/41 "2010-02-12T04:14:10Z")
Meg Tilly… married. Phoebe Cates… married. Tamlyn Tomita… don’t know. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/42 "2010-02-12T04:26:30Z")
**sampiro** , if you had included Eric Heiden (Olympic speed skater from 1980) on your list, it’d exactly match my daughter’s crushes. Mine are all dead – Elvis, Alan Ladd, James Dean. A crush from my 30’s is still alive and working though – Michael Parks, from _Then Came Bronson_. The guy was smoldering hot. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/43 "2010-02-12T04:29:59Z")
Most of my crushes were much later than “teenage.” The only ones that goes back that far are: Dick Van Dyke . . . still looking hot at 84!!! Jerry Lewis . . . only when he was very young and thin, before he became a disgusting blimp. Jimmy Dodd, one of the adult Mousketeers . . . dead since '64. Leslie Howard . . . already dead, before I was born. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/44 "2010-02-12T04:40:50Z")
Does local talent count? When I was 11-14 I had a huge crush on a CFUN DJ who was also our neighbour for a while. His name was Bob Boving. Unfortunately I got curious a couple of years ago and Googled him. The long hair was totally gone, at least on top, and the pic showed him in a suit. So much for that leather coat… I don’t know if my “real” celebrity counts as a crush, exactly, because I never really lusted after him, but Alice Cooper still rocks it for me. Matter of fact, I’m still a huge fan and act in a Coop tribute band. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/45 "2010-02-12T04:44:35Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Marc Singer- admittedly a good bit older than the rest of them, but didn’t age that well. I got to meet him at GenCon a couple of years ago. You’re right, he hasn’t aged well (at least, not in the face), but he was incredibly nice, and in great shape overall. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/46 "2010-02-12T05:24:45Z")
I was a teenager in the mid-80s so: Heather Locklear - married and divorced twice, overcoming drug addiction. Still looking hot at 49. Heather Thomas - married and divorced a couple of times, overcame cocaine addiction. Still looking hot and she’ll be 53 this year. Christie Brinkley - married and divorced several times. Still looking hot at 56. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/47 "2010-02-12T05:37:55Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > I don’t know if my “real” celebrity counts as a crush, exactly, because I never really lusted after him, but Alice Cooper still rocks it for me. Matter of fact, I’m still a huge fan and act in a Coop tribute band. You do know I look just like him, right? ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/48 "2010-02-12T05:52:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You do know I look just like him, right? Umm, I think I did know. Just dunno whether to drool or sympathize! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/49 "2010-02-12T06:13:40Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > Does local talent count? Well, I had quite the crush on [Tony Parsons, BCTV anchor](http://www.chtv.com/ch/cheknews/2346591.bin?size=l) when I was a wee lass. I soon took up my mother’s news-watching ways, though for different reasons. He’s looking his age now, but I’m still fond. I’ve loved Bruce Springsteen in all manner of ways since I was 16, and that has not changed one bit! [The Boss at 60 still makes me swoon.](http://www.fadedyouthblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fp_4353820_pis_springsteen_bruce_excl_011210.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/50 "2010-02-12T10:23:19Z")
Keanu Reeves…I still think he’s cute, albeit a rather terrible actor John Cusack…still floppy-haired and endearing IMHO Other than that, I had crushes on old-school movie stars way before my time, like Paul Newman, and musicians like Paul McCartney, so they don’t really apply cuz they were already pretty damn past their prime by the time I crushed on them in their earlier incarnations. (I’m only 31, but I was an odd kid.) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/51 "2010-02-12T10:52:56Z")
The only celebrity I can think of that I had a crush on was [Debbie Gibson](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i282/shawnintennessee/Debbie%20Gibson/debbie-gibson.jpg). She’s [still cute](http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2007/09/20/so-this-is-what-debbie-gibson-looks-like-these-days/), but I haven’t really been paying any attention to her. Though I know she did a disappointingly unerotic _Playboy_ shoot. But then, I just feel too old to have celebrity crushes any more. These days when I look at clearly very attractive famous people, all I can see is the artifice they’ve layered on. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/52 "2010-02-12T10:57:28Z")
I’m 33. Just including ones I’ve seen recent work, or at least recent pictures: Debbie Gibson - Still looking damn good at 40. Also still a wonderful singer. And I’m sad I’ve never been able to see any of her theatre work. Candace Cameron - Still looks…good…but, I don’t know, something just feels off. I think she needs the baby fat she still had on Full House, but has since lost. Also, shame about going down the same crazy path as her brother. Valerie Bertinelli - Pushing 50 and still looks good. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/53 "2010-02-12T11:21:12Z")
> [@zoogirl](#): > > Umm, I think I did know. Just dunno whether to drool or sympathize! :eek: Yes! I’ve hit the sweet spot between lust and pity. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/54 "2010-02-12T11:25:19Z")
Karen Valentine - Still looks pretty good. In a heartbeat. Lana Wood - In _half_ a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/55 "2010-02-12T11:48:17Z")
Let’s see… My very first crush was **Barry Gibb**. Up until the mid 90’s, he still looked delectable. Unfortunately the last decade hasn’t been kind to him and dealing with the grief of losing his brothers and father has taken its toll. Death is a buggah. My second crush, **Bjorn Borg** , still looks like a million bucks. His hair is now silver, but he’s kept his fine physique. Spiritually, he’s had a rough road since he quit tennis, including a suicide attempt and bankruptcy, but I hope he’s finally got his act together. ---
**Author:** ![wolf-alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@wolf-alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf-alice)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/56 "2010-02-12T12:09:31Z")
Gosh. When I was fifteen I was really hoping to be sexually awakened by [Paul Draper](http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/4219/dddwu5.png). He doesn’t really do it for me anymore, and actually even at the time I was bothered that his ears were too low down his head. My, I was finicky. [Crispian Mills](http://www.bbc.co.uk/southampton/music/images/jeevas_150.jpg) was another one from my indie wankboy roster, until the whole, you know, _Nazi thing_. I would still probably have a crack at Mills, actually. He’s still cute. I was into [Brian Molko](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/viperedumer/brian_molko_sc01m_0012.jpg) for about five minutes. I am mildly baffled by a) the popularity of Placebo as some sort of legitimate act, and b) his continued status as a sex symbol. He is balding and he is called Brian, _hello._ [Courtney Taylor](http://enroute.aircanada.com/files/images/200903/backstage_7.jpg)? Still would. And when I was really young I was into Cheetara from the Thundercats. She’s still got it. (And don’t image search that - she’s a popular subject of the internet neckbeard fanart contingent. _Ergh_, my childhood). ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/57 "2010-02-12T12:44:51Z")
I know a few of mine have been mentioned already Kathy Coleman - Land of the Lost Brooke Shields Nancy Mckeon - Facts of Life Kim Richards - Escape from Witch Mountain ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/58 "2010-02-12T13:19:44Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Candace Cameron That reminds me, I also liked Kimmy Gibbler, aka Andrea Barber. And here she is on [Twitter](http://twitter.com/andreabarber). She’s not “hot” in any kind of traditional sense, but I really fell for her nerdy style and great comic timing. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/59 "2010-02-12T14:27:42Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Johnny Depp from the “21 Jumpstreet” days. I loved him so much back then. The appearance of Richard Grieco as Booker distracted my affections briefly, but Depp won the marathon. I love JD now and still, but he’s the only one, not Corey Haim, not various New Kids on the Block. And when I was even younger, I loved Davey Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607/60 "2010-02-12T14:36:53Z")
I’m 31, and at 13-15 was _obsessed_ with Christian Slater. Nowadays, he’s got a bit of a gut and a receding hairline, and is nowhere near as pretty as he used to be, but, yeah, I still would. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-status-of-your-childhood-teenage-celebrity-crush-es/528607.md?page=4)