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Famous people you used to really fancy but now give you the ick

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blahblahblahandblahsomemore · 25/03/2023 08:10

Lighthearted obvs…

DD and I have been watching Scrubs and I remember how much I used to have a huge crush on Zach Braff when I was younger. I just googled him and he hasn’t aged well and also now find his character really annoying in Scrubs (and now I really fancy Dr Cox 😂). I did also read that he dated the very gorgeous Florence Pugh so maybe he has hidden depths (although the 17 year age gap I found a bit ick inducing too).

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Tiredofsaying · 25/03/2023 15:39

SecondhandMuck · 25/03/2023 13:48

guys with those small baby faces never tend to age all that well. Same situation as with Mark Owen.

I had a series of nightmares about mark Owen when I was about 10 for some reason I found him terrifying. Dm had changed the channel one night as apparently something was ‘too scary’ so what she changed to was something with mark Owen in but I had nightmares he was chasing me 😂😂

MiniDinosaur · 25/03/2023 15:47

Alex James from Blur, he was beautiful and now he is a bloated, dickish cheesemonger.

Mammyloveswine · 25/03/2023 15:47

ToffeeNotCoffee · 25/03/2023 08:51

Rylan Clark

Used to have a slow burn crush on him. Read his biography, 'Ten' and went right off him. Can't even face finishing it but I know I need too but it's become a chore. For no other reason than his 'Big Brother' t.v. show obsession. The show, the participants and the audience were very much his tribe.

That just gave me some serious ick.

He had a breakdown when his marriage ended and he says he felt like his life wasn't worth anything. He says imperiously, 'I can't go through anything like that again or it will be the end of me.'

Grow up and find some resilience, man !

His over-reliance on his mother is very tedious too. (Yes, I know he grew up in a single parent household, but still.)

Wow that's very harsh..you have no right to tell anyone they just need to build some resilience... whatever happened to "be kind" and "mental health matters".

Horrible post.

xnyl · 25/03/2023 15:55

Jake Gyllenhaal

MinorMeltdown · 25/03/2023 15:56

Adam Levine

Clusterfunk · 25/03/2023 15:57

Jared Leto. Far too many rumours about him circulating over the years for me to find him anything but extremely icky now.

Funkyslippers · 25/03/2023 16:07

UpperLowerMiddleClass completely agree!

wetroses · 25/03/2023 16:17

Idris Elba

veggiegestational · 25/03/2023 16:19

50 cent

SuperFi · 25/03/2023 16:19

Alex Turner ( Arctic Monkeys) loved him back in the day,but got the ick after reading numerous reports of him being a twat.

Maedan · 25/03/2023 16:50

Axel Rose, Val Kilmer there are more 😔

pictoosh · 25/03/2023 16:57

Adam Levine. Not only are Maroon 5 shite, I’ve always got a shuddery feeling from him. He’s got cold, hard little eyes. Ugh.

Frozen9 · 25/03/2023 16:59

Adam Levine

EddieSteady · 25/03/2023 17:05

Maedan · 25/03/2023 16:50

Axel Rose, Val Kilmer there are more 😔

When I was 12-14 (1990-92) i thought Axl was the most beautiful man alive.

I was a super-fan of G n' R and still have my scrapbooks and magazines from that time. Saw them at Wembley Stadium in '92 which was an epic day for my 14 year old self even though the stage seemed miles away.

Then the 90's band falling out happened. And the Chinese Democracy album being delayed for so long it was considered a myth. Then it came out and was quite shit.

I'd moved on and was shocked when I saw a red-faced waxy looking person with braids trying to cover up his baldness. He looked like he'd been rode hard and put away wet.

When they reformed, everyone I knew thought I'd be first in line for a tour ticket. Nah, I want to remember them as they were in the 80s and early 90s. Not as 50+ year olds playing it out onstage for the ££££

Buttalapasta · 25/03/2023 17:05

RoseBucket · 25/03/2023 10:43

Blimey I know you said light hearted but what a nasty thread, people age.

Most of the comments are not even about ageing but about men saying repulsive sexist rubbish that - surprise, surprise - puts women off them!

UpperLowerMiddleClass · 25/03/2023 17:16

@EddieSteady I agree with you about Axl Rose, but Slash was always my favourite. And when I saw then last summer he did not disappoint! But then I do quite like grizzled long haired rockers.

BitchBrigade · 25/03/2023 17:44

Oh also Vince Neil. He was always a bit of a hot mess but at least he was a hot one. Now he is just a sweaty mess!

OverHereTryingToFigureItOut · 25/03/2023 18:19

Johnny Depp

Newusernameaug · 25/03/2023 18:20

Jason Mamoa after I saw several different videos of his dodgy behaviour around women and young girls

MeinKraft · 25/03/2023 18:25

Eminem when I was about 15.
Simon Pegg Confused

LawksaMercyMissus · 25/03/2023 18:29

fussychica · 25/03/2023 08:52

Tony Hadley. At his finest at Live Aid, creepy when I saw him in the flesh some years later.

Finding out he was a Tory ruined him for me!

BlastedPimples · 25/03/2023 18:42

John Cusack. He looks like he's had plastic surgery and it hasn't worked very well for him.

Mark Owen - he wears his hair horribly. And a moustache?

John Taylor from Duranduran. He was so handsome. He just looks ropey now.

But we all age.

Itsrudemeghan · 25/03/2023 18:46

With mine it’s not really their looks or aging, it’s the realisation they’re just a bit…gross in their behaviour or beliefs.

Case and point:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Johnny Depp
Dean Cain
Orlando Bloom
Tom Cruise

Autienotnautie · 25/03/2023 21:59

Brad Pitt
Jude law
Gallaghers
Alex James

Tell me you were a teen in the nineties without telling me you were a teen in the nineties

Abracadabra12345 · 25/03/2023 22:02

I agree it's the pretty, boyish ones who lose their looks the quickest, Watching reruns of classic Star Trek, I used to think how handsome William Shatner was...until he wasn't.

Jarvis Cocker was beautiful then went through this middle aged disheveled look and now has become this beautiful older man. And kept his great personality

Prince William imo still has a beautiful face but if only he'd completely shave his head, he'd look so much better. Some men suit hair loss but sadly, he doesn't which really isn't his fault

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