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Who was your celebrity crush when you were growing up?

212 replies

Ellabella989 · 23/07/2019 15:53

Mine was the Hanson brothers (wtf was i thinking?!)

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cheesenpickles · 23/07/2019 16:22

Seth Green Blush

Withnailandaye · 23/07/2019 16:25

Just come on to say Hansen too! Grin
I was obsessed!

MeOldBamboo · 23/07/2019 16:26

Nik Kershaw
Davy Jones from the Monkees

Withnailandaye · 23/07/2019 16:27

It was Zach at first then I moved on to Taylor.. funnily enough Isaac is the better looking one out of the 3 now.

Withnailandaye · 23/07/2019 16:28

*Hanson ffs 🙄

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Ellabella989 · 23/07/2019 16:29

@withnailandaye haha I genuinely believed I would marry Zach one day :-/ He is probably the least attractive out of the 3 of them now

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Catlover97 · 23/07/2019 16:31

Snap Icannotremember Jon Bon Jovi was/is fab...though he doesn't seem to have aged in the last 20 years which is a bit oddConfused

Withnailandaye · 23/07/2019 16:32

I used to listen to the album on tape repeatedly before I went to sleep at night.. so much so the tape wore away and they sounded like they were yodeling Blush

DobbyLovesSocks · 23/07/2019 16:35

Jason Donovan
Stephen Hendry (snooker player)

DobbyLovesSocks · 23/07/2019 16:36

Oh and Ben from A1. I was slightly obsessed

farrowandballsack · 23/07/2019 16:41

Billy Idol Blush.

farrowandballsack · 23/07/2019 16:42

Crying at Freddy Krueger LindaLa

Fairylea · 23/07/2019 16:44

Zack from Saved by the Bell Grin

He’s in a series on Now Tv called the Passage now and he’s very middle aged like me Grin it’s very funny, like a trip down memory lane!

Ronsters · 23/07/2019 16:45

Adam Ant, seriously good looking guy
Green from Scritti Politti
Minor crushes on Tony Hadley and Simon Le Bon
Er, Dave Vanian

Redpostbox · 23/07/2019 16:51

Rick Astley (he is even more gorgeous now)
George Michael
Keane Reeves
Harrison Ford

Greenglassteacup · 23/07/2019 16:52

Ooh yes, Dave Vanian. Still lovely

augustusglupe · 23/07/2019 16:56

Leif Garrett
Then later... John Taylor, Gary Numan, Prince
I also had a crush on Barry Manilow when I was about 13 Grin weird but true!!

FookMeFookYou · 23/07/2019 16:57

Corey Haim 😁

BiBiBirdie · 23/07/2019 16:57

Mark Owen and Drew Barrymore
I'm an equal opportunities flirt Wink

augustusglupe · 23/07/2019 16:59

farrowandballsack Ohhh yeah... Billy Idol was very beautiful back in the day

FutureMrsC · 23/07/2019 17:00

Johnny depp, Chris Cornell & David James...
I can't even explain, these 3 men ate nothing alike. And I'm not even 30 yet!!

NottonightJosepheen · 23/07/2019 17:10

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progestermoan · 23/07/2019 17:11

I came on to say Hanson OP

Have you seen them now ??!!!! Even better !

progestermoan · 23/07/2019 17:13

Taylor especially, with the beard 😍

At high school there were so many embarrassed boys who caught a glimpse of the young Taylor and exclaimed ‘she’s fit!’ and were then branded gay about 5 mins later

RosyfingeredDawn · 23/07/2019 17:16

Leif Garrett, Rob Lowe, Simon Le Bon and Brad Pitt (in Dallas).