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Heartthrobs and Turn-offs

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grannysue05 Tue 12-Sep-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.

Juliette Thu 14-Sep-17 17:11:46

Howard Webb football referee. Now retired so don't see so much of him.
John Hall the Dean of Westminster. He has the most perfect voice, would be very happy for him to read me a story smile
James Norton just lovely.

The ones I don't find attractive are too numerous to mention

mrswoo Thu 14-Sep-17 20:10:32

My turn ons
Ken Stott, an odd choice, I know
Paul Newman
Steve McQueen
Lenny Henry
Cillian Murphy

Off, off, off
Jonathan Ross, Chris Evans, Russell Brand, John Humphries and, I'm sorry about this, Cliff.

callgirl1 Thu 14-Sep-17 20:59:29

I used to kiss the TV when Cliff was on when I was 15/16! I still like him, but he doesn`t turn me on anymore.

JackieBee1 Fri 15-Sep-17 06:38:40

Chris Martin
Chris Martin
Chris Martin smile

Imperfect27 Fri 15-Sep-17 06:47:38

My first ever crush, at the tender age of 7 ...Captain James T Kirk of the Starship Enterprise! (Before he aged and developed a flabby belly!)

threexnanny Fri 15-Sep-17 09:44:23

I loved listening to Terry Wogan's accent and infectious chuckle.

DanniRae Sat 16-Sep-17 08:49:16

Tom Burke is very attractive - a new one for me!

Blinko Sat 16-Sep-17 18:44:25

Ooh, forgot to mention Richard Armitage. Gorgeous!

lemongrove Sat 16-Sep-17 18:54:36

Turn offs: Russel Brand, ( shudder) Jeremy Vine ( the smugest most annoying man on TV) Clarkson( unnatractive and arrogant) Chris Evans, ditto.

lemongrove Sat 16-Sep-17 18:55:58

Oh yes, Imperfect I fancied James T Kirk in the long ago distant past too.?

grannyinmypocket Sat 16-Sep-17 22:52:22

When I was little I used to love Sabu the Elephant boy, strange as when I got older I liked men with long hair, (still do ) if they are my age now they are lucky to have any hair!!!

mimiro Sat 16-Sep-17 23:58:53

granny he was beautiful wasn' t he

DanniRae Sun 17-Sep-17 09:27:52

If we are going long back I think my first love was Richard Green as Robin Hood. I really liked his dimples!

BBbevan Sun 17-Sep-17 10:21:29

Brian Ferry
Rowdy Yates in Rawhide
A teacher who taudgt etching at art school ( I still dream about him) Sadly dead now
And I quite like Tom Burke in Strike

grannyinmypocket Sun 17-Sep-17 13:50:40

Oh yes Rowdy Yates, the young Clint Eastwood, my all time favourite,
especially in the spaghetti westerns, it was the jeans and the poncho! Ooh that man! I'm going to run the cold water tap on me wrists!

Moneyboss Sun 17-Sep-17 18:08:23

Turn ons:
Idris Elba
Harrison Ford
Michael Ball

Turn offs:
Keith Lemon
Russell Brand

Amber37 Mon 18-Sep-17 15:39:27

My heart throbs:

Richard Greene( adored him in my youth)
Paul Newman
Jerry Orbach ( no idea why)

Turn offs- too many to mention

TwiceAsNice Mon 18-Sep-17 18:26:20

Turn on
George Clooney
Lovejoy ( can't remember actors real name)
Sean Connory especially when he was younger
Richard Gere

Turn off
Russell Brand
Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Vine
Ricky Gervaise

TwiceAsNice Mon 18-Sep-17 18:27:26

Oh and Idris Elba is gorgeous how could I have forgotten him!

Tegan2 Mon 18-Sep-17 20:47:14

Granny in my pocket; the Korda Jungle Book with Sabu is still one of my favourite films. Yes, he was quite beautiful, wasn't he! I also, at that time had a crush on a young actor who used to be in a lot of Walt Disney films with Kevin Corcoran; I've forgotten his name. Sadly, he had a lot of problems because he was gay at a time when it wasn't the done thing in Hollywood.

Tegan2 Mon 18-Sep-17 20:49:09

.....it was Tommy Kirk....

lemongrove Mon 18-Sep-17 21:16:49

Russell Brand and Jeremy Vine feature heavily in our turn offs ( hope they don't read GN)
Never heard of quite a few heart throbs mentioned, Sabu?
Tommy Kirk? Jerry Orbach?Richard Armitage?Cillian Murphy? Must go and google them.

merlotgran Mon 18-Sep-17 22:08:49

Turn offs: Russell Brand, Noel Edmonds and the bloke who presents the afternoon quiz show, Babushka. He's really creepy.

Heart throbs: Robert Horton, Paul Newman, Alan Alda and Rufus Sewell

lemongrove Mon 18-Sep-17 22:39:31

Robert Horton? Another I don't know about.?

callgirl1 Tue 19-Sep-17 00:16:08

Lemongrove, he was Flint McCulloch in Wagon Train, and yes, he was lovely!
Sabu was known as Elephant Boy. He was quite cute.