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Good looking men who lost their looks

As they got older, and had to settle for anyone that would have them, as opposed to being able to pick and choose.

Do you know anyone like this?

What are they like--humble in their old age and growing old gracefully, or bitter and still convinced they're hot shit?

by Anonymousreply 155December 24, 2018 12:16 AM

Not me!

by Anonymousreply 1July 20, 2014 10:28 PM

Couple of guys I knew in college lost their hair early - in their 20s and were still pretty cocky and arrogant but also somewhat angry that women (or men) did not flock to them the way they had previously.

by Anonymousreply 2July 20, 2014 10:28 PM

Or me!

by Anonymousreply 3July 20, 2014 10:29 PM

What about me?

by Anonymousreply 4July 20, 2014 10:31 PM

I'm hideous, but I feel beautiful inside when I know that all of the hot guys will become hideous one day.

by Anonymousreply 5July 20, 2014 10:36 PM

Nate Berkus owns this thread although she was never hot to begin with.

Dropping 10 lbs. and frosting your hair does not a stud make.

by Anonymousreply 6July 22, 2014 3:42 AM

R3. Are you nuts? Mark Harmon still looks great.

by Anonymousreply 7July 22, 2014 3:44 AM

But he is ugly from the inside out.

by Anonymousreply 8July 22, 2014 3:45 AM

John Travolta

by Anonymousreply 9July 22, 2014 3:47 AM

I've seen early Mel Gibson and he was beautiful. Of course I had no idea he was short. He seemed tall. Watching him in Gallipoli, or Mrs. Soffel, he was lovely. To look at him now you'd never know it.

by Anonymousreply 10July 22, 2014 3:47 AM

Nick Nolte

by Anonymousreply 11July 22, 2014 3:53 AM

Mel Gibson was A+ number one top drawer fucking gorgeous. Too bad about him.

by Anonymousreply 12July 22, 2014 3:54 AM

I recently looked up the boyfriend I had when I was 21. He was so hot and nice but boring, which is why we broke up. He was so good looking other guys would openly flirt with him in front of me. Everywhere he went men and women would stare at him. My own mother described him as "swoon worthy", much to my horror. Anyway I looked up his picture on FB, I had to double check I had the right guy. He's teeth are yellow. His skin is ruddy, he looks way older than 42. He's seems to have settled down with an equally homely man which was also surprising. He was a nice guy, I hope he's happy but it's a shame that lovely face didn't age well. Anyone who didn't see him in his prime missed out.

by Anonymousreply 13July 22, 2014 3:58 AM

The great obsession of my mid 20's looked like a blond Rod Taylor. Gorgeous. He was a flirt but never was interested in me much to my dismay. Many people lusted after him. Plus, he was a pretty nice guy.

Years went by. One day, about twenty years later, I was walking through a mens clothing store and ran into him. He had lost most of his hair and the difference was shocking. I tried to hide my shock and was pleasant and friendly. I tried not to stare but oh my. His looks were destroyed with that bald head. Hair can make SO much difference, particularly if you knew the person before he lost it.

by Anonymousreply 14July 22, 2014 4:10 AM

R3 here. I was saying the Mark Harmon still looks great!

by Anonymousreply 15July 22, 2014 9:13 AM

Thanks, R2, R13 and R14. Great comments, and stories.

by Anonymousreply 16July 22, 2014 1:45 PM

No one mentioned me yet?

by Anonymousreply 17July 22, 2014 3:40 PM

Richard Berry

Jean-Hughes Anglade

Oleg Menshikov

Dario Grandinetti

Koen de Bouw

Filip Peeters

by Anonymousreply 18July 22, 2014 3:48 PM

My very first serious relationship was with a guy who was traffic-stopping beautiful, no exaggeration. Incredible face & body, measured every calorie & was a gym rat extraordinaire. Actually a great person, if only quite insecure & low self esteem, underneath the gorgeous exterior.

Fast forward to today (after many,many years)...he contacts me on LinkedIn...he's probably 250lbs, and it's not muscle. But he's still a really nice person & quite accomplished professionally...so it all worked out for the best for him.

For famous men who have lost their looks:

Val Kilmer

John Travolta

Mel Gibson

James Spader

Leo DiCaprio (did you see the recent pics on DL?!)

Al Pacino

Alec Baldwin

by Anonymousreply 19July 22, 2014 3:49 PM

Great comments so far, but I don't think celebs should count. They can still have whoever they want because they're celebs, and have money. I mean average, normal people. Like us!

by Anonymousreply 20July 22, 2014 4:24 PM

I don't know, do you think losing looks plays out the same way for men as it does for women, or for gay men vs. straight men? I think for straight men, the attention and deference when they're hot is nice, but it's actually not crucial for them to be good-looking to land an attractive wife or be successful (unless they're an actor or model and their career depends upon their looks).

I feel like there are a lot of straight men who used to be very good-looking in high school or college but now just look average, and they end up shrugging their shoulders and chalking it up to getting older, because they assume it's the natural cycle and they've got a nice job and family, etc. so it doesn't impact them much. Like, they're not happy about it, but they don't think of it as particularly tragic either. And straight men who've kept their looks might think it's nice but don't think it's a great benefit to them if they're not financially secure.

Whereas losing your looks actually has an impact on your chances of finding potential mates for women and gay men. I think it's easier to be okay with losing your looks if they never had much usefulness for you in the first place.

by Anonymousreply 21July 22, 2014 4:37 PM

My dad ('13-'00) was voted most handsome in his high school and maintained his good looks all his life.

People often made reference to his "movie star looks."

He exercised everyday and stayed trim with a full head of wavy dark Irish hair. He didn't turn gray till his 70s, just the temples.

I think he knew he was good looking but he never said a word about it to me or my brothers.

A BTW, good looks can definitely skip generation!

by Anonymousreply 22July 22, 2014 9:28 PM

[quote]Mel Gibson was A+ number one top drawer fucking gorgeous.

You're not kidding.

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by Anonymousreply 23July 22, 2014 11:32 PM

I think someone has a little crush on his own Daddy

[quote]My dad ('13-'00) was voted most handsome in his high school and maintained his good looks all his life. People often made reference to his "movie star looks."

by Anonymousreply 24July 22, 2014 11:34 PM

My first boyfriend (from age 18) is at age 48 in great shape: fitter than he's ever been, great skin, and with a full head of lustrous dark hair. The weird thing is that I'm just not attracted to him anymore, even though my lust over his appearance was what started our relationship in the first place (I actively pursued him my first year of college). What made an 18 year-old look superhot does not work as well on a 48 year-old, and it's impossible for me to see him now without having my view of him colored by his personality.

by Anonymousreply 25July 22, 2014 11:38 PM

Tom Selleck

by Anonymousreply 26July 23, 2014 3:44 AM

Baldwin owns this category.

by Anonymousreply 27July 23, 2014 10:49 PM

Even Cary Grant got older and "lost his looks" in the sense that he no longer looked like a 25-year-old Cary Grant.

by Anonymousreply 28July 23, 2014 10:53 PM

I peaked when I was about 8. Yes, single-digit 8. I was a good looking kid but it was all downhill from there. I became a hideous adult. I don't mean just slightly below average, either.

It can be a little bit spirit crushing, but I developed other skills, and developed my intellect in ways I imagine I would be much less inclined to otherwise. I kind of had to say to myself--ok you're not going to have a normal life, there's certain things more or less closed off to you, you're going to have a different sort of life.

Things were lost, other things were gained. It was a trade-off. That's true of most things, I guess.

by Anonymousreply 29July 23, 2014 11:09 PM

Well I think Mr Berkus still looks hmm presentable:

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by Anonymousreply 30July 23, 2014 11:17 PM

I was in line at my local post office a few years ago and when I glanced down at a package the man in front of me was holding, I recognized the name at once. This guy had been voted every accolade the year we graduated high school together, Best Looking, Most Popular, Most Likely to Succeed, etc. Taking a close look at the man in front of me, it was definitely him, only bald, wrinkled, obese and not looking his best that day.

by Anonymousreply 31July 23, 2014 11:19 PM

Daniel Craig

by Anonymousreply 32July 23, 2014 11:58 PM

It depends on bone structure in the face. High cheekbones and strong jaws always age well. Big noses get bigger and thin lips thinner.

by Anonymousreply 33July 24, 2014 2:53 AM

I agree...bone sturcture

by Anonymousreply 34July 24, 2014 3:15 AM

I'm probably one of the few who doesn't care about the young & the pretty. I'm also weary of middle-aged people who still obsess over looks, it's not a good sign. Also, I think a bald/shaved head does miracles on some guys. The ageing process takes a far bigger toll on women. There's this cruel joke, that goes: "When men start to age, they start to resemble Sean Connery. So do women."

by Anonymousreply 35July 24, 2014 3:34 AM

I enjoy the personal stories, but celebrities are people we all know, so I vote to include them. After all, plastic surgery and cosmetic help aren't exclusive to celebrities.

Now Cary Grant is a good example, IMO, of someone who always looked good for his age even as he got old. I'd say Sinatra lost his looks, but he was never very good looking.

by Anonymousreply 36July 24, 2014 3:49 AM

This my shit. Bow down bitches.

by Anonymousreply 37July 24, 2014 3:58 AM

Well I for one have no idea what you're talking about!!

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by Anonymousreply 38July 24, 2014 3:58 AM

Ahem

by Anonymousreply 39July 24, 2014 4:02 AM

Hugh Grant's a perfect example of how poorly pretty boys age. He looks like absolute crap now.

by Anonymousreply 40July 24, 2014 4:28 AM

Maybe some of the lost looks have tojavascript:submitPost(); do w/the inner asshole of some of these people?

Cary Grant, nice guy, aged well. Still good looking in his 50-60's.

Mel Gibson, foul inner person, aged badly.

by Anonymousreply 41July 24, 2014 4:33 AM

I know a few gay guys who were gorgeous when they were younger and the majority of the ones who aged poorly seem pretty miserable and bitter now.

It seems to me the "all American" look ages terribly. Also the rough/leather looking guys always look terrible older.

by Anonymousreply 42July 24, 2014 4:45 AM

Young Barry Tubb ("Lonesome Dove", "Bay City Blues")

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by Anonymousreply 43July 24, 2014 4:45 AM

Yes r41, only people with ugly personalities are ugly on the outside.

by Anonymousreply 44July 24, 2014 4:46 AM

Barry Tubb, now

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by Anonymousreply 45July 24, 2014 4:49 AM

I so agree with you. The all american look does age terribly.

by Anonymousreply 46July 24, 2014 4:49 AM

I think Gary Tubb is still hot. Jean Claude Vandamme didn't age so well.

by Anonymousreply 47July 24, 2014 4:54 AM

Everybody looses their looks. They should have some fun and pain in losing them. This message is for the joyless Jane Fonda and all delusional gay men that think that keeping their skin soft makes them handsome past fifty.

Strong jaws, good brow bones, discernible lips and the correct eye to nose to mouth ratio are the deciding factors always. If you never had them, then your looks will leave. Visual aging is about coarsening, thickening, fading and falling. If it was hanging on an ordinary frame, kiss it goodbye.

Keep your stomach flat and your ass up. Any overworked body part will deflate in a bad way. Drink all you want, but don't smoke or get more than 20 lbs overweight. That is all you can do.

by Anonymousreply 48July 24, 2014 5:08 AM

Oh honey, Barry Tubb was beautiful in "Top Gun". I hope he's happy, but the male beauty and the sexiness are long gine in R45.

It's just life. Cruise really is freakishly youthful

by Anonymousreply 49July 24, 2014 5:09 AM

Hugh Jackman is starting to go off that cliff...

by Anonymousreply 50July 24, 2014 5:12 AM

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She's Ernest Borgnine's widow, is she not?

by Anonymousreply 51July 24, 2014 5:15 AM

R42, I guess it depends on what you mean by "All American". I think Dennis Quaid kind of fit the "All American" look, and he held onto his looks much better than most as a hot daddy, though recently it seems he went down the plastic surgery / fillers route and it's not pretty (he's 60 though). He was never classically handsome, though, more craggy and Marlboro Man-ish.

Now Paul Newman was a man who was still pretty damn handsome through the end of his life, and managed to keep his skin decent (for an old guy), though I don't know if I'd qualify him as "All-American" or just classically beautiful.

by Anonymousreply 52July 24, 2014 5:25 AM

*loses*

by Anonymousreply 53July 24, 2014 5:41 AM

too much sun, squinting, smoking, drinking, weight gain will ruin the most beautiful of frames.

For those who have been shocked at seeing their exes years later, don't rule out things like prolonged illness, severely stressful life events with untreated depression, auto immune diseases, cancer treatments, debilitating arthritis, stroke, many other possibilities. Sometimes an aged face and out of shape body isn't due to laziness or lack of will power. All kinds of shitty surprises can happen in your 40s.

by Anonymousreply 54July 24, 2014 6:13 AM

Brad Pitt (Thelma and Louise era) now, he's looking bloated.

by Anonymousreply 55July 24, 2014 6:19 AM

My cousin looked like Brad Pitt, just astonishingly good looking, but like R21 said, he didn't care much about it because even as he got older women were still fine with his looks. But then he fell off the attractiveness cliff, so to speak, and got some hideous brow work done -- his eyebrows are arched halfway up his forehead -- and keeps dying his hair the same blonde color it was when he was young. It's tragic.

I don't know how his looks affected his personality, though. That bitch is closeted beyond belief, at great expense to his personality, I'm afraid.

by Anonymousreply 56July 24, 2014 6:54 AM

Jan-Michael Vincent

by Anonymousreply 57January 25, 2018 9:08 AM
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by Anonymousreply 58January 25, 2018 9:22 AM

R58, see R39.

by Anonymousreply 59January 25, 2018 9:24 AM

R22 Shut up, Ivanka.

by Anonymousreply 60January 25, 2018 9:26 AM

Prince William of course.

by Anonymousreply 61January 25, 2018 9:32 AM

I was a model. I had moments when I would walk in a room full of other models and actors, and everyone would stop and stare. For real. I was supposed to be one of the great beauties. I am hitting 50. I am very good looking " for my age". I am exclusively a bttm these days. Get plenty of young cocks still. But the traffic doesn't stop anymore. Strangers don't stop me in the streets to tell me how beautiful I look.it's a little bit shocking when I am rejected on Grindr for my age, because my body IS great. I see an old face on this young body. I don't care. My life is great. I even fucked the beautiful Alan B. But when I look at my younger self, I gasp. I could have had so much more confidence. So much less hang ups. Enjoy youth people!

by Anonymousreply 62January 25, 2018 9:38 AM

DiCaprio!

by Anonymousreply 63January 25, 2018 9:39 AM

Do an of you remember Gil Gerard? He played a Buck Rogers back in the (late seventies? Early eighties?) Buck Rogers Tv series. Had that kind of college-frat-boy-footballer-becomes-a-man good looks - he was sexy! Hair thinned and he got fat. But he had a great run...

Travolta is hard to look at now o find. Beautiful back in Kotter, Saturday Night Fever, Grease. And his body in Stayin’ Alice was amazing for the time. Looking at him now and remembering what he used to be like...so sad.

Some of those seventies pretty boy pop stars didn’t age very well either. Had a friend who was obsessed with Lief Garret. By the time he’d hit his forties - urgh!

by Anonymousreply 64January 25, 2018 10:05 AM

All Americans (and all douchebag) Rick Perry and Mitt Romney - aged wonderfully. Go figure.

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by Anonymousreply 65January 25, 2018 10:15 AM

I weep for all the looks we have lost and those we've yet to lose. There's more to a man than his looks, of course, but damn, age is a bitch.

by Anonymousreply 66January 25, 2018 10:17 AM

Handsome young men with sunny dispositions tend to age well enough. Guys with huge cocks often keep an alluring swagger even if you don't know they are packing.

by Anonymousreply 67January 25, 2018 10:20 AM

[quote]Couple of guys I knew in college lost their hair early - in their 20s and were still pretty cocky and arrogant but also somewhat angry that women (or men) did not flock to them the way they had previously.

Why would they be angry about going bald when everyone seems to salivate over the baldies?

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by Anonymousreply 68January 25, 2018 10:21 AM

R19 R57 I agree on Jan-Michael Vincent, one of the most beautiful actors ever. Drug and alcohol abuse ravaged his body.

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by Anonymousreply 69January 25, 2018 10:54 AM

Thanks r53. (I was going to reply simply tighten your face.)

by Anonymousreply 70January 25, 2018 11:21 AM

"salivate over the baldies"

Keep telling yourself that.

by Anonymousreply 71January 25, 2018 11:42 AM

I was told by a PI friend of mine with strong connections in Australia, that Mel was actually not that cute and thatsom adoptive parents or something gave him plastic surgery quite young. Just googled his childhood photos and was definitely not a pretty child ...but only thing visible is a very early nose job done in his teens, it seems. Quite par for the course in modeling in acting . I don’t think Mel looks bad now. He’s a hot angry alchy daddy, is all. Weather-beaten and mean, which shows on his face.

Brandon Fraser is the poor guy I was thinking of.

by Anonymousreply 72January 25, 2018 11:43 AM

R72.... You mean Brendan

by Anonymousreply 73January 25, 2018 11:51 AM

R:73 Oops, yep. Brendan. Poor guy . Rooting for him .

by Anonymousreply 74January 25, 2018 12:33 PM

About a year ago I gave in to temptation and looked up the first man I ever loved, my mentor and immediate boss right out of college. He was tall, trim, dark hair and hazel eyes, handsome in a very serious, buttoned down New England WASP kind of way. He reminded me of the young Gregory Peck, one of those very sober, professional guys who had no idea how handsome he was and would be almost embarrassed if anyone said anything complimentary about his looks. I worshipped the ground he walked on.

Ultimately he couldn't deal with family expectations (there was a portrait of his grandfather prominently displayed at his college), or the risks and pressures of being in a relationship with another man in a profession where homosexuality was not tolerated. He married the college girl friend (two separate words) he'd told me was like a sister to him and went back in the closet. I was devastated, closed myself off from any kind of relationship for the better part of a decade, which might have saved my life as it was the mid 1980s. Through the years I'd hear about him now and then, but by the time social media stalking was a thing, I'd long since put him behind me.

Late last year, a long distance on and off relationship I'd been in for years turned unexpectedly serious and I got to thinking of the last time I'd let myself feel that way, and typed his name into Google. The results were illuminating and depressing. He was still married to the same woman, had a long, highly successful career and was now retired, had several sons and now grandchildren. But the high price of the closet was in evidence.

Unlike a lot of the posters ruptured, he hasn't gotten fat and bald, just the opposite. He looked almost emaciated, looks as, dried out and dessicated. This guy who I used to have trouble breathing around reminded me of Hume Cronyn or Henry Fonda circa On Golden Pond. He's only in his early sixties now but if you'd told me he was is his mid seventies I would have believed it. One look and I knew he's not getting any action in the gym steam room on the down low. He killed off that side of himself to have the life he wanted. He looks like the kind of guy who gets up at 0430, runs 10 miles, eats the same paleo breakfast every day, doesn't drink or smoke, hasn't poked the wife since the Bush Administration, and when he's looking for some excitement, orders a 2-volume biography of Admiral Spruance from the Naval Institute Press with his lifetime member's discount and splurges on 2-day shipping.

By contrast, the long distance casual boyfriend who became my husband didn't look like he'd age at all well, if you judge by the youthful photos. He had the kind of nondescript, cornfed all-American looks and baby fine blond hair that usually melt into a fat bald puddle by 40, as discussed upthread. The hair was pretty much gone by thirty--he was shaving his head at that point. He turned out to be one of those guys who gets a second growth at thirty, an his soft featured got lean and craggy, kind of like the British actor Mark Strong or Dean Norris. Our neighbor's nickname for him is Doc Savage, Man of Bronze.

by Anonymousreply 75January 25, 2018 1:04 PM

“The ageing process takes a far bigger toll on women.”

No, it doesn’t. Women actually age better than men.

by Anonymousreply 76January 25, 2018 1:15 PM

Gonna go with R72

Brendan Fraser owns this thread. God Rest his soul.

by Anonymousreply 77January 25, 2018 1:36 PM

Plastic surgery, bitches!

by Anonymousreply 78January 25, 2018 1:56 PM

My older brother has finally hit the wall. I've resented how people would bluntly tell me how much better looking he was than me...now it is reversed. I am nine years sober and 80 pounds lighter and people are constantly complimenting me on how good I look. Then they're quick to add, "what happened to Gerry?". He is 54 and drinks, chases skirts and...lives in my mom's basement with his 30ish girlfriend. She likes him because he still has beautiful hair...ok?

by Anonymousreply 79January 25, 2018 2:27 PM

Lost their looks due to booze and drugs (I don't feel sorry for them): Gerard Butler, Leo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson. Still look nice: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise (saw recently a movie with him, very good-looking for his age).

by Anonymousreply 80January 25, 2018 5:19 PM

I had a boss whose dark Italian looks and offhand machismo were catnip to the women where we worked. Upon getting married he lost his hair and put on a great deal of weight. The resulting drop in attention from women made him angry and confused (never mind that he was married and that other women should theoretically have been off limits). He took to yelling at and threatening the younger women on our staff, who promptly banded together, reported his ass, and got him fired. He is out of our industry and driving an Uber to make ends meet. His wife has divorced him.

I still have some affection for the guy, who did a lot to boost my career. The whole story is sad.

by Anonymousreply 81January 25, 2018 5:38 PM

What about me?

by Anonymousreply 82January 25, 2018 5:47 PM

Aldo Ray young:

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by Anonymousreply 83January 25, 2018 6:37 PM

....and less than 15 years later. The sad toll of alcoholism.

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by Anonymousreply 84January 25, 2018 6:40 PM

Brendan Fraser for sure

by Anonymousreply 85January 25, 2018 6:45 PM

Ugh Leonard Whiting owns this thread. Tragic.

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by Anonymousreply 86January 25, 2018 7:24 PM

Gerard Butler was looking just fine as recently as a year and a half ago. Thats when he sat next to me at the Chateau Marmont. I mean he was in good shape, looked great in jeans.

But those recent pics are just dire. Dude, put down the fucking cookie!!!

by Anonymousreply 87January 25, 2018 7:31 PM

Russell Crowe is just bloated now

by Anonymousreply 88January 25, 2018 7:34 PM

David Cassidy.

by Anonymousreply 89January 25, 2018 7:40 PM

Brendan Fraser was gorgeous, yes.

by Anonymousreply 90January 25, 2018 7:49 PM

Prince William and Leo DiCaprio are probably the most tragic examples because they were both straight up BEAUTIFUL when young and then their looks plummeted as young as their 30s. And unlike a lot of other examples, neither one really did much to harm their looks besides age (although Leo's apparent love of carbs doesn't help).

Not too long after I finished college I ran into one of the best looking/most popular guys from my high school. I was completely startled at the extent of his hair loss and how much it changed his appearance for the worse. He was actually a pretty nice guy so I didn't revel in it or anything, but it sure would have helped my self-esteem to have had a crystal ball back in 10th grade to see THAT outcome.

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by Anonymousreply 91January 25, 2018 8:01 PM

R80, Johnny Depp still looks lush. I like the indy rock star look he's been sporting these last few years and no one can be 25 forever. To be fair, the bloke is on the wrong side of fifty (I think he's 54 now). That said, he is a raging alcoholic and drug addict, so I'm fully expecting to see his name rolling across the 24hr news channels, proclaiming him dead after having been found lying face down in a puddle of his own vomit.

by Anonymousreply 92January 25, 2018 8:56 PM

Johnny Depp could look quite a bit better if he did ANYTHING with his goddamn teeth. I'm not even talking veneers, just more than occasionally brushing and flossing them. He looks like he shoves feces into his mouth and lets it dry.

by Anonymousreply 93January 25, 2018 9:01 PM

I've looked up my exes. Don't.

by Anonymousreply 94January 25, 2018 9:10 PM

Depp's teeth might not be a shade of unnatural glow White that could safely land a boeing 747 at night if a light was shone at him while smiling, R93, but that doesn't mean he doesn't brush his teeth. Cosmetic procedures such as teeth bleaching/Whitening is exactly that - cosmetic.

by Anonymousreply 95January 25, 2018 9:13 PM

I can't deal with shit colored teeth from someone who has the ability to fix them, Captain, but I understand that might just be my own issue.

by Anonymousreply 96January 25, 2018 9:15 PM

You're entitled to your opinion, R96. We all have our own preferences, after all. I don't think his teeth are shit coloured though, but to each their own.

by Anonymousreply 97January 25, 2018 9:18 PM

William is not the dreamboat he was in his youth, but is still slender, well-tailored and in good shape. He could be a lot worse.

by Anonymousreply 98January 25, 2018 9:19 PM

Remember me?

by Anonymousreply 99January 25, 2018 9:26 PM

Ken Wahl of "Wiseguy" fame.

by Anonymousreply 100January 25, 2018 9:48 PM

George Michael

by Anonymousreply 101January 25, 2018 9:51 PM

Charlie Sheen

by Anonymousreply 102January 25, 2018 9:54 PM

Anyone remember Nick Kershaw?

by Anonymousreply 103January 25, 2018 9:59 PM

Axl Rose

by Anonymousreply 104January 25, 2018 10:29 PM

Ugh when we were teenagers, I (girl) was FWB with a guy who was just so good-looking. He and his brother did modeling (not that kind). He was drowning in pussy and maybe I kept his interest with my Isadora Wing approach to sex.

He is so CHEESY now. Total white trash. The guy looked like a Ralph Lauren model, blond wavy hair, cheekbones, chiseled jawline. Now he’s round and shiny and tatted up. It’s such a shame.

I’m no oil painting, either, but I’m not fat.

by Anonymousreply 105January 25, 2018 10:53 PM

[quote] Gerard Butler was looking just fine as recently as a year and a half ago. Thats when he sat next to me at the Chateau Marmont. I mean he was in good shape, looked great in jeans. But those recent pics are just dire. Dude, put down the fucking cookie!!!

Yeah, but Gerard's face has been busted since 2010. It's startling how much he's aged. It's even more noticeable when you see him with his natural fair skin tone and not spray tanned. Poor Brendan just got doughy and lost his hair.

by Anonymousreply 106January 25, 2018 11:48 PM

Tom Cruise and DiCaprio

by Anonymousreply 107January 26, 2018 12:17 AM

I thought Cruise had aged well, considering he's 55?

by Anonymousreply 108January 26, 2018 1:02 AM

[quote]The great obsession of my mid 20's looked like a blond Rod Taylor.

Rod Taylor is a perfect example for this thread.

Before:

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by Anonymousreply 110January 26, 2018 1:56 AM

Me. But more “cute” than “good-looking”. Now, superannuated me is depressed because a guy I could have had in a heartbeat 30 years ago doesn’t even see me, and I am having the hardest time dealing with it.

I’ve mainly avoided situations like this by avoiding people like this, but he isn’t someone I’m able to avoid or ignore. I haven’t mentioned anything about how I feel, and I’m not going to. But it hurts. It’s my new “worst part of getting old.”

by Anonymousreply 111January 26, 2018 1:58 AM

It's tough. I had to work for my looks. But when I was lean with some muscle, I looked pretty good. With 30 extra pounds, I look doughy. But I've learned to not base my self-worth just on my looks. (Although I will lose that 30 pounds this year, goddamn it.)

by Anonymousreply 112January 26, 2018 2:04 AM

Cruise in American Made

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by Anonymousreply 113January 26, 2018 2:07 AM

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Errol Flynn.

by Anonymousreply 114January 26, 2018 2:17 AM

C'est de la merde.

by Anonymousreply 115January 26, 2018 2:39 AM

I have an ex like this. In his 20s he was so good looking. Now in his 40s he's bloated and balding and angry. I'm amazed he hasn't drank himself to death yet. He is a mess.

by Anonymousreply 116January 26, 2018 3:36 AM

Does that make you happy?

by Anonymousreply 117January 26, 2018 3:39 AM

[quote]R105 I’m no oil painting, either, but I’m not fat.

Needs to be a needlepoint couch cushion...

by Anonymousreply 118January 26, 2018 3:43 AM

I had a good friend in HS who was slender with great bone structure. He was cute but not hot, though he looked like he would improve with age. Turned out I was wrong- a little over a decade later, he has doubled in size, and his face is bloated , rendering his formerly high cheek bones invisible.

by Anonymousreply 119January 26, 2018 4:27 AM

Alright....If we're gonna show pics, I'm showing the receipts for my guy Brendan

Prepare for Thread Closure. Or....at least close your eyes... *weeps*

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by Anonymousreply 120January 26, 2018 4:41 AM

Oh dear...

by Anonymousreply 121January 26, 2018 4:49 AM

Yeah, Brendan Fraser about owns this thread.

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by Anonymousreply 122January 26, 2018 4:59 AM

Prince William should shave his head, and grow a short beard to cover up his slight jowliness. It would restore a lot of his former hotness.

by Anonymousreply 123January 26, 2018 5:00 AM

Val Kilmer has signed on to co-own this thread.

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by Anonymousreply 124January 26, 2018 5:00 AM

Val Kilmer again.

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by Anonymousreply 125January 26, 2018 5:01 AM

Hugh Grant, mentioned earlier, is a good example.

There are some shots in Maurice in which he's breathtakingly beautiful.

It faded fast.

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by Anonymousreply 126January 26, 2018 5:03 AM

Dewy boyishness doesn’t last.

Rugged good looks does.

by Anonymousreply 127January 26, 2018 5:25 AM

I'm one of those guys that was considered cute and who put on weight. Last year I caught up with my mother who practically recoiled at the sight of me exclaiming that I was was very fat now. Like DiCaprio, I have that thing happening where my excess weight goes to my face and my gut, so I can look pretty terrible quickly. I've been reducing for a couple of months now and I can see the change in how people respond to me. Cute guy gave me the once over and smiled this afternoon, so there's hope yet.

by Anonymousreply 128January 26, 2018 6:00 AM

R120, for me there's enough of a vestige of Brendan's gorgeousness That "old" pic is about as unflattering as possible, catching him with that moue. Also, the "young" pic is airbrushed almost into featurelessness. He's always had a nice not-small nose, though you wouldn't know it from the young pic. Gibson and Rourke and Kilmer share the prize.

by Anonymousreply 129January 26, 2018 6:27 AM

Poor Brendan! What did him in? Drugs and alcohol?

by Anonymousreply 130January 26, 2018 7:04 AM

Coming up on the outside it's

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by Anonymousreply 131January 26, 2018 7:07 AM

Sorry, R58, the thread must have skipped or I misread the post number. I would never insult your pretty face. I meant R57, of course.

by Anonymousreply 132January 26, 2018 7:11 AM

R131, he has the kind of face that is prettyish when young but kind of implodes with the years.

by Anonymousreply 133January 26, 2018 7:20 AM

David Hemmings

by Anonymousreply 134January 26, 2018 7:22 AM

Me. I used to be attractive, but depression and loneliness have caused me to overeat and drink. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted!

by Anonymousreply 135January 26, 2018 7:29 AM

Di Caprio looked like an average upper middle class teenager and still does. Depp- I could never understand the hype. Trash from the trailer park. Has been looking like some kind of homeless troll for the last 25 years.

by Anonymousreply 136January 26, 2018 7:41 AM

R29, I can't believe you are hideous, unless maybe you got a shotgun blast in the face. Homely, maybe. Have you considered counseling? You might have body dysmorphia.

by Anonymousreply 137January 26, 2018 7:57 AM

Well, each to their own, R136. I do disagree, however, that Depp has looked like trash for 25 years though.

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by Anonymousreply 138January 26, 2018 8:15 AM

Captain intolerance, okay, I give you points for that pic. But from Europe, when you think " Handsome american movie star", you want more than that...

by Anonymousreply 139January 26, 2018 8:18 AM

Steven Bauer.

by Anonymousreply 140January 26, 2018 9:29 AM

Henry Rollins looks like he belongs in a diaper commercial.

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by Anonymousreply 141January 26, 2018 9:40 AM

Axl Rose. Sexy rockstar to old woman seemingly overnight . WTF?

by Anonymousreply 142January 26, 2018 10:30 AM

R109 R110 Rod Taylor is 85 in the second photo. The only person I know who still looked decent in their 80s was Cary Grant.

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by Anonymousreply 143January 26, 2018 10:45 AM

I did some research: Tom Cruise: good considering he is 55, got some fillers but it still looks natural, looks healthy Brad Pitt: good considering he is 55, some fillers, plastic surgery but still natural and healthy Prince WIlliam: he lost his look together with his hair, a couple of additional pounds doesnt help eiither Johnny Depp: blah, looks awful (hard drugs), awful teeth Val Kilmer: huge bloat, alcohol and medications (wasnt he sick?) DiCaprio: huge bloat, alcohol and drugs/ medications, but at least there are times when he looks really ok. but still, comparing to his look when he was young its a huge decline, wasnt he sick (mental illness)? Brandon fraser: o my God, is he sick? Alcohol? Awful Ben Affleck: alcohol destroyed him Matt Damon: very ok

by Anonymousreply 144January 26, 2018 6:10 PM

R141 Rollins doesn't really look that bad for his age, it's his choice to continue to dress like he did when he was 22 that is most jarring.

by Anonymousreply 145January 26, 2018 10:52 PM

R129 I didn't even pic the worst shot of Brendan Fraser.

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by Anonymousreply 146January 26, 2018 10:56 PM

R143 oh wasn't he divine ? Cary Grant aka Archibald Leach has to be the best looking man who ever walk the earth. Class act all the way

by Anonymousreply 147January 26, 2018 10:58 PM

Terry Miller. Was a gorgeous lovely long-haired book store boy. Turned into a dime a dozen bleached blokes, overly-trained clone desperately trying to hold onto 29 and looking even more ridiculous in Mr Turk monstrosities.

by Anonymousreply 148January 26, 2018 11:01 PM

Woody owns this thread. Was the hottest little piece of ass in the 70's. Circa Manhattan/ Annie Hall. And that face. Even sexier than Previn.Woody was " the nose".just like Lauren was " the look".Look at him now. lost it completely in the 90's. Hit that wall real hard. Had to settle with that hideous little slut, that yellow face dimwit I found in the gutter in shithole fucking Korea. Wheeeere is my gin???? I need twitter NOW..

by Anonymousreply 149January 26, 2018 11:12 PM

If Brandon Fraser was still maintaining A-list, there would be a team of people around him to get him the best transplant docs, filler and lifter docs, and other age-defying measures.

Before your looks need some "help", a celeb must have "made it and kept your stardom", so there's an entourage to keep your secrets and advise you.

Ie: you must be bankable so your entourage gets paid to protect you and keep you looking foine.

by Anonymousreply 150January 26, 2018 11:12 PM

I'm not sure if Steve Antin lost his looks or threw them away.

by Anonymousreply 151January 27, 2018 12:50 AM

He's not really famous or anything, but Aaron Michael Davies was in the movie Another Gay Sequel

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by Anonymousreply 152December 23, 2018 11:08 PM

Now he looks like this. And he's 34

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by Anonymousreply 153December 23, 2018 11:08 PM

My 20th high school reunion was an eye opener. Most of the hot guys were fat, bald and unpleasant but a few stood the test of time and actually got better looking.

I remember one in particular that I had lusted after all through school and he looked an absolute alcoholic mess. I was talking to his wife, who was also his high school girlfriend, and he came up and asked me if I was still a fag. I said yes but looking at you I wish I was straight. His wife laughed so hard I thought she was going to fall on the floor.

by Anonymousreply 154December 24, 2018 12:10 AM

Robert Redford.. it's sad when one is so good looking in life, then gets old. I'm no beauty, but was very cute in my youth. I hate the mirror now.

by Anonymousreply 155December 24, 2018 12:16 AM
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