Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Who was your celeb teen crush and do you still fancy them now they've got older?

211 replies

VampireTheBuffetSlayer · 30/03/2021 00:04

Mine was Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode. I was 14 when I first heard them and was a big fan from the get go. Then I saw the then young Dave and thought he was beautiful. I still do. His voice makes me go weak at the knees.

OP posts:
whatsoccuringnow · 31/03/2021 00:29

Damon Albarn...yep, still would

cookiecreampie · 31/03/2021 00:40

I had so many. One that sticks out is Jamie Shaw from One True Voice. I can safely say that I do not fancy him these days.

Whatafool123 · 31/03/2021 00:50

Harrison Ford. God yes, especially after the look he gave David Walliams when he tried to give him a shoulder massage on Jonathan Ross's show. Definitely a man with personal boundaries!

Lewis Collins (the Professionals) - no sadly, although in fact he died a few years ago.

Paul Darrow (Avon from Blake's Seven) - also no, but again, sadly dead.

Roger Taylor - don't know, haven't seen him recently.

Sean Connery - definitely, but sadly also dead.

Luke Perry - definitely but sadly died far too young.

Tom Selleck - maybe, not sure.

I was a bit faithless as a teen it would seem!

SignMyStookie · 31/03/2021 01:06

Christian Slater - yes
Keanu Reeves - yes
Brad Pitt - yes

Happyadventurer · 31/03/2021 01:09

Alice Cooper - still yes.

IdblowJonSnow · 31/03/2021 01:17

I liked all the typically good looking guys so, Keanu, Brad, Leo, Johnny Depp, jude law, Ewan McGregor and David Beckham etc. I think they have largely turned out to be ahem, flawed, shall we say in the interests of this thread not being shut down.

With the exception (I think) of Keanu.

Providora · 31/03/2021 01:22

Rob Lowe and yes, he's looking even better these days.

MadisonAvenue · 31/03/2021 01:29

John Taylor - definitely

Ritascornershop · 31/03/2021 01:30

Pete Townshend - yes!

Mygardenisnotperfect · 31/03/2021 01:30

Christian Slater, Ewan McGregor, Keanu Reeves, Roman Keating, Peter Andre - yes

Johnny Depp - if I’m totally honest I still find him sexually attractive but the whole domestic abuse thing has really put me off...

Tom Cruise - no. Have been put off by the Scientology stuff and “abused wife who has LTB” vibes I get from from both Katie Holmes and Nicole Kidman. Not sure if that’s the reason but I just don’t find him attractive anymore.

Mygardenisnotperfect · 31/03/2021 01:33

Oh yes Joshua Jackson agree still yes!

VampireTheBuffetSlayer · 31/03/2021 01:45

@EiffelPower

Ooh hands off Dave Gahan! He's all mine!! (since about 1983!)
Sorry, I bagsied him first Grin
OP posts:
justsaymaybe · 31/03/2021 02:11

Robbie Williams - yes but only if he didn't talk Grin
Joshua Jackson - yes, please
James Marsters - yes again

Standrewsschool · 31/03/2021 02:18

Neil Morrisey as Rocky in the TV series ‘Boon’. -no

Cushionsnotpillows · 31/03/2021 03:12

Keanu - yes yes yes. Every story about him is that he's a really good guy too which helps.

Morten Harket - still chiselled and handsome and brooding, yes!

I can spot a chap that will age well Wink

hernameis · 31/03/2021 03:26

Simon Le Bon - yes
Morton Harket - yes
Harrison Ford - no (as he's aged he looks a lot like my fil and that's really put me off!)
Axl Rose - no
Sebastian Bach - no

Netaporter · 31/03/2021 03:39

John Taylor - yes yes
Martin kemp - yes yes
Peter Egan - Confused yes Err no
Jason Bateman - yes yes
Luke Perry - yes RIP
Jason Donovan - yes yes
Ant from Grange Hill - yes, just looked him up and still yes Grin
Damon from brook side - yes and no

Josette77 · 31/03/2021 03:47

I can't say who, but I'm now dating my teenage crush and he's way more amazing than I ever would have imagined.

ifigoup · 31/03/2021 03:58

@Netaporter I am so with you on Ant Jones / Ricky Simmonds!

I can’t believe nobody else has mentioned the ageless, beautiful Paul Rudd yet! Still yes!

Others:
Keanu - yes, but slightly less so now.
Morten Harket - yes, his amazing bone structure persists.
Tim Wheeler - haven’t seen him recently but NI accents definitely still do it for me, so probably.
Leonardo Di Caprio - no.
Malcolm Jeffries (Just Seventeen model) - yes, 100%.
Josh Hartnett - no.
Mark Owen - no.
Liam Gallagher - definitely not, and not sure what I was thinking except that in my defence I fancied a LOT of people as a young hormonal thing.
Alex James - no.
Damon Albarn - no.
Jamie Theakston - no.
Jason Donovan - yes.
Neil Morrissey - no.
Samuel West - no, but still think he’s lovely.
All of Weezer, ideally together - yes.

As I get older, I find that I feel uncomfortable fancying these people in roles when they were still in their teens/20s... it just feels a bit icky.

Netaporter · 31/03/2021 04:05

@ifigoup lol. Was such a random crush Grin

Victoriangirl1900 · 31/03/2021 04:09

Tom Chaplin from Keane I've had a crush on him since I was 17 I still have a crush on him now

SionnachGlic · 31/03/2021 04:26

Denzel Washington -yes
Sam Neill - yes
Wesley Snipes -yes
Greg Kinnear - yes
Corbin Bernsen - yes
Jeremy Guscott - yes
Jonah Lomu - rip

....I could go on...I guess not so much big crushes but I def watched the screen a bit more closely...& def got tickets to those rugby matches...

mynamenomore · 31/03/2021 05:21

Axl Rose - no
Brad Pitt - no, still only Kalifornia & Fight Club
Christian Slater - no
Mike Patton - always

dottycat123 · 31/03/2021 06:10

Robert Plant from around 1973, some of the pictures of him from that era leave nothing to the imagination! Not aged well but I probably would with a vision of the past playing out in my mind!

worried3012 · 31/03/2021 08:45

Donnie from NKOTB - no
Robbie Williams - no
Will Smith - no but I do think he still looks good
John Barnes - yes but only through loyalty as I was so obsessed
R Kelly - no..
Brian from Backstreet Boys - yes

Swipe left for the next trending thread