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Heartthrobs and Turn-offs

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grannysue05 Tue 12-Sept-17 11:00:05

I was thinking recently about my favourite heart-throbs over the decades.
Also which actors/celebrities actually turned me off !
My heartthrobs are :
George Clooney (just think of the Nespresso ad!)
Aidan Turner (imagine Poldark)
Tom Hiddleston (remember The Night Manager)

My absolute turn off would be ... Arnold Swarznegger
So come on GN's ....three hearthrobs and one turn off.

EmilyHarburn Wed 13-Sept-17 19:11:59

Mine was the actor Hugh o'Brian who played Wyatt Earp

Imperfect27 Wed 13-Sept-17 19:15:04

Jeremy Clarkson seems a recurring 'off'
Blossom14 .... Ricky Tomlinson ... eugh ... definitely not a fan of that beardy man grin

Legs55 Wed 13-Sept-17 20:09:14

Clint Eastwood
John Thaw
Martin Shaw

My definite heart throbs grin

Biggest turn off - Keith Lemon (Leigh Francis) YUK

mancgirl Wed 13-Sept-17 20:34:03

No one mentioned Luke Pasquale (sp?) from the Musketeers, gorgeous! Robert Horton my first crush, Jamie Redknap - steady now, old enough to be his mother! Lots of others listed here.
Turn off - John McCreerick, Johnny Vegas, DT, Brand and others listed!

grannyinmypocket Wed 13-Sept-17 21:50:42

Ons Clint Eastwood
Cat Stevens
Robert Plant
Bob Marley
John Lynch.
Offs
David Beckham
Robbie Williams
Richard Madely
Max (Eastenders)

MissAdventure Wed 13-Sept-17 21:51:39

Oh yes, Max is a definite no no!

grannyinmypocket Wed 13-Sept-17 21:53:32

MissAdventue, I don't even know his real name,

MissAdventure Wed 13-Sept-17 21:57:55

Its strange, my daughter says she can see why he would appeal to women. I'm afraid that must have totally passed me by.

Caro1954 Wed 13-Sept-17 22:24:10

Yes - James Garner
Paul Newman
Alan Rickman

No - Russell Brand
Stephen Fry
Mick Jagger

Diggingdoris Wed 13-Sept-17 22:53:09

George Clooney
Michael Buble
Harrison Ford
Aiden Turner
Idris Elba
And the mature Sean Connery, didn't fancy him younger.

Turn off Keith Lemon. Gross!

Tegan2 Wed 13-Sept-17 23:02:33

Three not enough! Reckon I'll be pondering on this for ages. Used to have crushes on Johnny Depp and Paxman till they left their long time partners, so must have found their fidelity in the face of lots of temptation attractive.My adoration for Syd Barratt (sp) has never diminished. Ditto Michael Wood. Currently Cillian Murphy is the favourite but has probably been overtaken by Tom Hardy. First ever big crush was Rudolph Valentino (from a picture in a film annual).Don't find Ryan Gosling remotely attractive (eyes too close together). Like George Clooney as a person but don't find him attractive.

NameChange2016 Wed 13-Sept-17 23:15:25

Let me assist you, ladies. I would be delighted to take Russell Brand, Daniel Craig, Brian Cox and David Tennant (Ooh when he played Casanova!) off your hands. Just as a favour of course ;-)

And Matt Smith the other Doctor Who, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, the young Bruce Willis, the young Johnny Depp.

You can keep David Beckham, Jimmy Carr (that awful laugh), Jonathan Ross (too up himself) and Johnny Vegas (just yuck). And poor Johnny Depp hasn't aged well at all.

Imperfect27 Wed 13-Sept-17 23:17:03

Ah Tegan, I want my 'heartthrobs to be men of commitment too! Bit of a purist in that way.

If I could ONLY choose one, it would have to be Colin Firth - as Mr Darcy. He is the same age as me so 'not too pervy' as Bridget Jones might say!

stevej4491 Wed 13-Sept-17 23:31:58

my turn offs Chris Evans ,Russell Brand and Keith Lemon .My turn ons Brendan Coyle, Hugh Quarshi andHarry Judd.

Grandma2213 Thu 14-Sept-17 01:47:33

Robert Fuller (Jess Harper in Laramie) was my first love and looking back at his pictures would still be!
Harrison Ford (in his younger days)
Brian Cox though I don't want to admit it!
Can I have Peter O' Toole as well? xx

Turn offs .... how long have you got?
Lets just say Jeremy Clarkson, Tom Jones and Arnold Swarznegger to be going on with (shudder!!!)

Serkeen Thu 14-Sept-17 05:45:33

Got to be Tom Hardy Johnny Depp

And no to Brad Pitt Tom Cruise something about both those two that I really don't like

Alima Thu 14-Sept-17 06:32:41

The young Kurt Russell must have been the first actor I really liked. He used to be a child star and often popped up in Disney stuff and Saturday morning pictures.

I have not noticed if Benedict Cumberbatch has been mentioned as a turn off, he looks weird to me. Brian Cox too with that permanent toothy smile, odd.

cassandra264 Thu 14-Sept-17 07:04:05

In the old days- Scott Walker (oh the voice!) while his music was still mainstream...
Likewise Rod Stewart (even though he preferred blondes) and John Neville playing Iago with the RSC.

Mid life crisis time - the late great Patrick Swayze. No-one else came close - unless it was Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves or Jason Isaacs playing Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films.

Dirty old lady currently goes for Neil Oliver and likewise Tom Hiddleston. Also that nice new Welsh MP (whose name I forget but who is undoubtedly young enough to be my grandson) has distinct possibilities. Perhaps you should put a warning out....

And I just can't STAND Russell Brand.

Christinefrance Thu 14-Sept-17 08:29:29

Ooh yes cassandra Scott Walker was one of my favourites too, wonderful voice.

Blinko Thu 14-Sept-17 08:58:19

For me it would be ooh yes! for: James Norton, Alan Rickman, Clooney and Dan Snow.

And no thanks for: Hiddleston, Clarkson, Evans. (Though I was impressed when I saw Hiddleston on Graham Norton. Clearly he's multi talented).

Tomlinson wouldn't make any list of mine....

JackyB Thu 14-Sept-17 12:03:22

Has anyone mentioned Ricky Gervais? He really turns me off!

Nanny27 Thu 14-Sept-17 12:14:50

Don't laugh anyone but I think Monty Don is gorgeous.
While I'm on that theme Alan Titchmarsh ..no no no

Diggingdoris Thu 14-Sept-17 12:30:05

Nanny27 I won't laugh because I love Montys gentle voice and demeanour, though he looks a bit scruffy even on his travel shows. I'd never thought he was sexy until I had an erotic dream about him once. I look at him a bit differently now!

Nanny27 Thu 14-Sept-17 12:34:52

Diggingdoris ?

devongirl Thu 14-Sept-17 12:46:51

Monty was great on the One Show with his lovely dog, that sold him to me..