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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.

Chewbacca Tue 19-Sep-17 00:22:13

Pernell Roberts (Ben Cartwright in Bonanza) was rather good looking, back in the day.

lemongrove Tue 19-Sep-17 10:25:09

Thanks callgirl we didn't have a tv until I was a teenager, so have missed quite a lot it seems!

Kim0612 Tue 19-Sep-17 10:57:07

Definitely Dave Grohl
Richard Gere
Tom Cruise - I think

Turn offs:
Noel Edmonds
All of the Rolling Stones
Andrew Marr

callgirl1 Tue 19-Sep-17 17:26:01

Chewbacca, sorry to be pernickety, but Lorne Greene was Ben Cartwright, Pernell Roberts was the eldest son, Adam.

Chewbacca Tue 19-Sep-17 18:07:25

You're right callgirl! But he was still a dish!grin

callgirl1 Tue 19-Sep-17 22:03:02

Which one? Personally, I quite fancied Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts didn`t really do it for me. I liked the father and the youngest son, Little Joe.

Chewbacca Tue 19-Sep-17 22:15:37

Wouldn't have kicked anyone of 'em out callgirl! Except Hoss, maybe. not that I'don't got a cat in Hells chance anyway! grin

Thirdinline Sun 24-Sep-17 17:59:28

I didn't watch Wagon Train, but I remember fancying Pete Duel in Alias Smith & Jones. I was very upset when he committed suicide.
My first crush was Englebert Humperdinck, I still know all the words to "Release Me". Don't fancy him any more though.
Robert Mitchum - that butt chin!

Apart from Donald Trump, who turns me off on many different levels, I can't think of any man who turns me off. Russell Brand is a reformed character, who has kicked his addictions. I give him huge credit for that. Most of the comedians mentioned make me laugh, which I find sexy. I had the privilege of meeting the old Top Gear team and of the 3, I found Jeremy Clarkson the nicest. Richard Hammond was totally up himself & James May was more than a little odd.

Treebee Sun 24-Sep-17 22:27:14

Turn ons:
Paul McCartney (still!)
Jean-Christophe Novelli
Richard Armitage

Turn off:
Rod Stewart (shudder)

MissAdventure Sun 24-Sep-17 22:34:40

Oh Richard Hammond (the small one?) is on my 'turn off' list. Too tiny.

merlotgran Sun 24-Sep-17 22:41:08

Robert Horton aka Flint McCullough

Grandma2213 Mon 25-Sep-17 01:55:59

merlotgran I bought a picture in a frame similar to this, but in black and white, from Woolworths. I wanted Robert Fuller but they never had photos of him so Horton had to do. A friend gave me a poster of Ty Hardin who was Bronco Lane. I never fancied his face but I think that's when I developed a 'thing' about men in jeans .... well young men with good bums and legs anyway! wink