# Your Celebrity Crush That Makes Others Say "WTF?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140 "2008-10-29T20:15:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![atlantic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@atlantic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atlantic)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/1 "2008-10-29T20:15:23Z")
You know that actor, musician, athlete, etc. that you think is incredibly sexy but everyone else thinks that you’re a bit insane to find him/her slightly attractive. Mine is Tom Chaplin, lead singer of Keane, front and center [here](http://www.keanemusic.com/data/image/soren1.jpg). I say he’s tall, got the sexy English accent, and is the lead singer of a band - what’s not to find attractive? My husband, co-workers and friends say he’s got a big head and wears his pants too tight. Who’s your crush that others think is not so crush-worthy? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/2 "2008-10-29T20:24:08Z")
I once expressed a fascination, nay a longing, for Linda Cohen of SportsCenter. My friend thought I was nuts. And, truthfully, I see his point. But I’d still throw a dick in her. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/3 "2008-10-29T20:25:39Z")
Nah, my crush is plain old big boobs, blonde hair, curves, etc. Scarlett Johansson. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/4 "2008-10-29T20:26:28Z")
Tom Jones. I’ve thrown more panties than I can remember at the man. 😉 ---
**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:** [October 29, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/5 "2008-10-29T20:28:08Z")
> [@psycat90](#): > > I’ve thrown more panties than I can remember at the man. 😉 Those were all yours? I always figured they came from more than one woman. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/6 "2008-10-29T20:29:41Z")
Mary Steenburgen. She was so hot in What’s eating Gilbert Grape and she still is. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/7 "2008-10-29T20:37:41Z")
When I was 10, I had a HUGE crush on Ekaterina Gordeeva. I mean HUGE. She was an older woman…all of 16 years old. 🙂 Now? Nobody unusual. I do tend to favor celebrities (and anyone) that are both attractive, but also look very friendly. I find any hint of being a jerk a complete turn-off. I also tend to like women with some meat on them, so that rules out about 2/3 of hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/8 "2008-10-29T20:38:22Z")
Paris Hilton. I can’t really explain it, but oh damn. Terrible, terrible things I would do. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/9 "2008-10-29T20:40:59Z")
Louis C. K. [http://www.louisck.net/](http://www.louisck.net/) I’ll admit it. I cried watching his act - there were literally tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. He’s my newest crush. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/10 "2008-10-29T20:43:45Z")
[Zooey Deschanel](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221046/). I wouldn’t kick her out of bed. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/11 "2008-10-29T20:46:52Z")
Condoleezza Rice. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/12 "2008-10-29T20:54:32Z")
When I was in high school I had a crush on Al Gore. This was during the Clinton administration when he was considerably thinner. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/13 "2008-10-29T21:02:20Z")
> [@atlantic](#): > > Mine is Tom Chaplin, lead singer of Keane, front and center [here](http://www.keanemusic.com/data/image/soren1.jpg). I say he’s tall, got the sexy English accent, and is the lead singer of a band - what’s not to find attractive? My husband, co-workers and friends say he’s got a big head and wears his pants too tight. Yikes! That guy should be running a menagerie on Talos IV. Also, not so much a crush, but I don’t think Michael Phelps is all too goofy looking. Which earns me goofy looks. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/14 "2008-10-29T21:02:33Z")
Mine is David Cook, this year’s winner of American Idol. He’s a wonderful singer, hot looking, and appears from interviews etc. to be a humble, genuinely nice person. But when people hear the “American Idol”, they give me the WTF. Sigh. Their loss, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/15 "2008-10-29T21:06:02Z")
[Sarah Vowell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_vowell) Super smart, plus cool voice = nerdy sexy Go the bottom of the linked page for a list of her appearances on “This American Life” and listen to her essay “Guns”. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@Big\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/16 "2008-10-29T21:16:07Z")
Jerry Springer 😉 ?!? ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/17 "2008-10-29T21:16:28Z")
[Patrick Warburton](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911320/) [Jeremy Piven](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005315/) When he’s not all waxed and shaved. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/18 "2008-10-29T21:18:43Z")
I always thought that Patricia Richardson (if I got the name right) from _Home Improvement_ was beautiful. Also, Jeanetta Jones from the Weather Channel. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/19 "2008-10-29T21:26:53Z")
There’s only one Miss Piggy. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140/20 "2008-10-29T21:34:11Z")
It’s not a crush, but I have always found Gary Busey to be very attractive. I KNOW he’s not conventionally good looking, and also that he’s kind of a nut job. Even so, I find him attractive. Apparently this is such a WTF moment for other people that I think I lost a friendship over it because the other person thought it was Just Too Weird. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-celebrity-crush-that-makes-others-say-wtf/470140.md?page=2)