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Embarrassing men you find secretly sexy

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jenesaispaspourquoi · 28/01/2025 21:27

Who is your embarrassing cringe famous person crush? I'll start with what I suspect is the most embarrassing - Emmanuel Macron. I know he's a total tool and arrogant, and it's cheesy as hell but honestly I just think yes! Even that CRINGE photo of him with his shirt wide open and hairy rug chest on display, remember that? Everyone mocked, I mocked, and yet.....
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Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 29/01/2025 09:22

PigInADuvet · 28/01/2025 21:36

Louis Theroux (particularly the lockdown bearded version 🔥)

Ooh me too.

flapjackfairy · 29/01/2025 09:25

@MrsRonaldWeasley
Have you seen Mr Bates in the Catherine Cookson adaptation The Glass Virgin ? .V hot indeed!

Embarrassing men you find secretly sexy
lazymum99 · 29/01/2025 09:32

jenesaispaspourquoi · 28/01/2025 21:50

Oh good! Hope you enjoy this @bratsummer Grin

Me too. I’ve quite happily admitted this to various people and get stunned looks. The French accent helps

HornyHornersPinger · 29/01/2025 09:33

Bandit Heeler.

He's a perfect specimen of a man...

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 29/01/2025 09:33

JanglingJack · 28/01/2025 22:08

Absolutely. That's not embarrassing.

He's man tottie at its finest 🤣

I was even thing about going to see the band he's in with... Everybody who's names now escape me.
Care to join me?!

I'll definitely join you, me first though 😂

VictoriaEra2 · 29/01/2025 09:34

Starlight1984 · 29/01/2025 09:07

Oh god out of all of the posts this has got to be the worst 😂

Oh yes. I loved Barry in Saltburn.

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 29/01/2025 09:38

SpanielLarusso · 28/01/2025 21:54

Professor Brian Cox

Is it the perpetual manic grin that does it for you 😂

BeesAndCrumpets · 29/01/2025 09:39

ME TOO GAWD OH LORD for Vessel.

Burish · 29/01/2025 09:41

Simon Jack - Business Correspondent on BBC.
Lewis Goodall - Political Correspondent

HornyHornersPinger · 29/01/2025 09:45

KiffyKiffyKiffy · 29/01/2025 09:14

Oleksandr Usyk

Ooh yes, yum! Didn't notice him til I saw the vid of him in the ring dancing to DNB in his tiny shorts 🔥

(This video ladies, enjoy!) 😍
https://www.tiktok.com/@notoriousboxing/video/7447274383728528673

UnusuallyBuoyantTeabag · 29/01/2025 09:53

Gossipygossip · 28/01/2025 22:17

Domhnall Gleason

I raise you his dad Brendan Gleeson...I find him mesmerising 😂

MyOliveCritic · 29/01/2025 09:54

Ken Stott as Rebus 🤷🏼‍♀️

the80sweregreat · 29/01/2025 09:54

He definitely isn't embarrassing, but there is a regular on Gogglebox who is Scottish with his partner and he is nice. Just something about him.
I agree and think politicians are popular because of the power they have. I know a few men who loved Margaret Thatcher, but she wasn't particularly beautiful, but she had charisma.

BeaAndBen · 29/01/2025 09:56

MyOliveCritic · 29/01/2025 09:54

Ken Stott as Rebus 🤷🏼‍♀️

Ken Stott full stop. Also Robbie Coltrane.

DataColour · 29/01/2025 09:59

Rory Stewart - I listen to the Rest of Politics podcast mainly to hear his voice and also he seems to know so much about everything. Love smart men!
Mark Rylance in Wolfhall
Ian Hislop
Reese Shearsmith
Is Hugh Grant embarrassing? I'm rediscovering him now as he's gotten clever and funny.

Brian Cox the scientist - I don't fancy him in the least, but I've been in his office and talked to him about his lecture he was giving that morning to the first year astrophysicists. He does have charisma though, but he's just in bog standard lecturer mode usually.

Uricon2 · 29/01/2025 10:00

I'm laughing at people who were bona fide hearthrobs for my generation (Harrison Ford, Bryan Ferry, Anthony Stewart Head for eg) now being relegated to the status of weird crush and cited alongside the likes of Rees Mogg.

I feel really old Grin

Willwetalk · 29/01/2025 10:00

unlikelywitch · 28/01/2025 21:54

Not embarrassing but maybe not an obvious choice - Roy Keane.

God, yes!!

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 29/01/2025 10:01

David Mitchell. The comedian, not the writer - although my David Mitchell is also a writer, which complicates things. I think he's adorable.

Smallsalt · 29/01/2025 10:12

Mr Bloom
Simon Cowel
Tom Bradbury
Hugh Bonneville
The Liverpool comedian with all the teeth.

glittergogo · 29/01/2025 10:15

Agree Louis Theroux. Also Hugh Grant but he’s a well known heart throb…

John Thaw back in the Kavanagh QC days! Alistair Campbell 🤗

ElsaMars · 29/01/2025 10:22

Michel roux Jr, gorgeous man 😍

Mirandawrongs · 29/01/2025 10:23

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 28/01/2025 21:32

Dunno is James martin embarrassing- that's a man with big dick energy

He hasn’t any right to that….

FanFckingTastic · 29/01/2025 10:25

John Malkovich. Very intense!

HoppingPavlova · 29/01/2025 10:26

I agree with the poster who said Jeremy Clarkson. Not conventionally handsome, and sooo many reasons to dislike him, and yet, he would be high up in my top 10 men to go on a hiking/camping weekend with

I also would love to go camping with Jeremy. Think he’d be absolutely cracking around the campfire, however the thought of living with him, being partnered to him, married etc makes me go pale. Happy just to have riotous campfire stories over several glasses of wine😁.

BakedBeansMum · 29/01/2025 10:28

Birthdaycakewithwine · 28/01/2025 22:38

Has anyone ever seen a picture of a young Stalin???
Oh my..

I teach history and used to teach Russia to A Level students. The kids used to be beside themselves when they saw those pics! Think they forgave him most things in that moment 😂

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