Celebrity crushes you regret

What has happened with James Franco btw--- he has cut off all social media ??!!??

Young Michael Jackson.

I win!

Mel Gibson

Kevin Spacey.

Angelina Jolie

I just saw an old movie with James Franco and Robert DeNiro. He looked great in it. Can't remember name, but not a bad movie-and he was hot way back then.

Christian Slater. I DIED for him as a fresh dewy-eyed gal.

Then it turned out he was a drunken wife-beater. That killed it for me, if the '89 Oscar Showcase hadn't already.

R3 yes Mel Gibson

Antonio Sabato, Jr., yuck.

Gillian Anderson

Another vote for CA 26th district GOP nominee and future loser Antonio Sabato, Jr.

Sabato Jr. is a good one. Hot on the outside, ugly on the inside.

third that r9 & r12

Michael Jackson

Depp

What’s wrong with Gillian Anderson?

Vincent D’onofrio - briefly after Velocity of Gary and first season of L&O CI, then Eww!

Jess Fahey - until I found out he is a racist homophobe.

Ralph Fiennes. The receding hairline now is tragic.

Scott Baio

OJ Simpson

Dana Plato

Jan Michael Vincent

Robby Benson

Madonna

Mel Gibson, he was quite handsome in the 1980s.

Matt Damon.

Mel Gibson for sure.

[quote] Jess Fahey - until I found out he is a racist homophobe.

I wasn’t aware of that. What has he said?

Not a crush but director Kevin Smith went from a hero to a zero in record time. Despise him now as as a person and, as a director, he's a complete hack.

[quote] Matt Damon.

Because he’s a limousine liberal?

Because he’s a general douchebag, R25.

Mark Wahlberg. Antonio Sabato, Jr. What is it with these underwear models who become colossal douchebags?

Why Robby Benson, r19?

Matt Damon Stacey Dash

Mel Gibson. Had a scorching crush on him circa '84, '85. Then around '88 I read an interview with him during which he chain-smoked and called birth control "disgusting." Crush...gone.

Fortunately, as it turns out that was just the tip of a very nasty iceberg.

another vote for Antonio Sabato Jr :(

[quote] Matt Damon Stacey Dash

Why these two?

Bumper crop

Yes, Mel Gibson. When he did Mrs. Soffel I thought he was the most handsome and sensitive man. Turned into an ass and aged quite badly.

Jim Caviezel, loved him until I found out he was a fundie and a Rick Santorum supporter

Long before I knew his politics, Adam Baldwin.

Donny Osmond

No one said Kirk Cameron?!

Jon Bon Jovi.

Milo Y

I think you mean Billy Baldwin...

Charlie Sheen

Antonio Sabato, Jr.

Scott Baio

Kirk Cameron (here you go, r38)

Tyrese

John Cusack

Alec Baldwin (what a waste of a nice butt. And face. And voice)

Edward Norton. Between him being a total douche on-set and just aging badly with that horrid hair transplant, I lost that loving feeling.

Ron Eldard. Thought back in the day he was the hottest thing, but he's let himself go physically and career-wise.

I remember struggling to masturbate to Loni as a kid, but always going over to Burt.

[quote] Milo Y

Seriously, R40? Ewwwww

Scott Hamilton. I thought he was family but turns out he’s pretty homophobic and not even cute now that he’s bald.

I saw him recently at My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center. He looked great, very sexy. Best I’ve seen in years

Angelina Jolie for me. My room was plastered in her pictures in 1999. My walls covered with magazine photos and covers etc ...

Then I found out about her and what she is really like, how sick, disgusting, wicked, damaged, evil, psychotic, bat-shit cray you name it. And whorish and dirty and essentially a come-dumpster who has fucked over 500 men.

[quote] R16

She is a first class b*tch.

@ R48 . I'm not sure who you're referencing (maybe Scott Hamilton ) but I saw James Franco at My Fair Lady on May 30th and he was looking great. My once fading crush is now renewed.

Ed Gein - but I do still admire his craftsmanship, being the Martha Stewart of his day.

Russell Crowe, around the time of "Gladiator." He then went on to kill my crush with his well documented assholism.

"Jane's Dean" Oh, dear.

Jensen Ackles.

I loved him until I discovered he's an Evangelical Republican who's buds with Jep Robertson from Duck Dynasty. Jensen even hired Jep to work at his brewery.

#JensenAcklesIsAHomophobicDOUCHEBAG!

Russell Crowe, what the hell happened?

Christian Bale...loved him in Swing Kids and Little Women. Then was turned off with the video of him yelling at a movie crew.

Edith Piaf. But apparently her regret of me was non-existent or so I’ve heard.

I’ve seen James Franco in person, and that man is really handsome and sexy in person. I actually swooooned.

[quote] Loved him when he played Jane's Dean.....

Was it a college film?

And which Jane? Krakowski? Fonda? Lynch?

Michael Stipe. Also Ricky Schroder, Baio, Cameron, etc. but I was like 10 years old for those & they don't really count, imo. Stipe I was totally obsessed with for most of my teenage years.

Michael Jackson unfortunately his sexual allegations and excessive plastic surgery influenced my feelings towards him.

Denzel

R59 IS James Franco.

My friend banged Denzel circa 2002ish. Said he was a jackhammer, lasted about three minutes, called her Mami, farted like a fog horn in her bathroom w the bathroom door open while washing off his junk, then left.

Ken Wahl. He is a major Right-Wing idiot now, the kind that is gung-ho for illegal invasions and then gets all faux-solicitous of "wounded warriors."

R61 Why do you regret your Stipe crush now? I saw REM at some NYC dive club in early 80’s and he was the most beautiful man I ever saw. We talked briefly and his deep southern voice and blue eyes confirmed my man lust. If I only knew then what I know now....

[quote]If I only knew then what I know now....

And what is it you know now?

Ken Wahl and Russell Crowe

R59 R64 James Franco was quite the looker and charmer.

Sadly his fame has gone to his head and his seriously poor spleeping habits are catching up with him, making him look older than he is (he just turned 40).

[quote]Why do you regret your Stipe crush now? I saw REM at some NYC dive club in early 80’s and he was the most beautiful man I ever saw. We talked briefly and his deep southern voice and blue eyes confirmed my man lust. If I only knew then what I know now....

He's pretentious and he looks like this now. I've also heard too many stories about him being a creep (thanks DL!)

Oh, I should add Johnny Depp to the list.

R71 is never going to age. Never, he says. NEVER!!!

Hugh Grant.

I had quite the crush on Gibson when he was young. Who knew how fucked up he'd turn out to be.

r70, for what it's worth, I worked with Franco pre-Freaks and he asked me which actor I saw in him. I answered, "James Dean" and he was completely disappointed- he said, "Not Benecio?" . So my take is that he wants to have that charactery aspect, rather than leading man handsome- he wanted to have wrinkles and yellowed teeth.

And r57- the whole story behind that rant is that the Cinematographer that he's raging at treated his camera crew very badly, so when he (the Cinematographer) was being a dick and screwing around during a take adjusting lights (which you never do, especially within eyeshot of method actors), Christian blew up at him and reamed him out, partly for his treatment of his crew. I got this from one of the Cinematographer's crew.

I was a weird kid- my crushes were Elton John and Gene Wilder, and I'm not regretting it.

Vincent D'Onofrio. Found him sexy in the first season of Criminal Intent and Velocity of Gary (that kiss!). But now, he looks like a fat slob. Repulsive in Jurassuc World and I don't believe it was just the character.

R60, I think Jane's Dean was on TCM last month. June Allyson and Debbie Reynolds are two co-eds named Jane at New England all-girls college, competing for the affections of Van Heflin. (MGM, 1949)

R76 you can replace D'Onofrio with Mark Ruffalo, who looks great at 50yo now!

I wouldn't say I really regret any of my celebrity crushes since hey, they were just celeberity crushes. I used to love love love Bruce Willis in Moonlighting, and it turns out he's apparently quite a cunt in real life. Thankfully I haven't heard any rumors of him being a right winger so I don't really hate him. And the gay rumors, plus the S/M rumors, still make him rather likable but that's partly because I really liked John McClane. Rob Lowe visited my wank fantasies regularly during my teens in the mid 80s, and he's now a right winger. He stopped being hot fairly soon after the sex scandal so I don't really care.

Kevin Costner was my fantasy boyfriend after Dances with Wolves and The Bodyguard but the rumors of him being a vain cunt during the filming of Waterworld cured me from that. When The Postman arrived I didn't find him hot at all anymore.

Regis Philbin

r77 for wit and wisdom

R79: Mark Ruffalo is cute and I love him as Bruce Banner/Hulk. However, he doesn't play gay characters convincingly enough for me....He had his lips glued super-tight during the sex scene with Matt Bomer in The Normal Heart. I found it very distracting. D'Onofrio's kissing was waaaay more convincing with Thomas Jane. That makes Donofrio a better actor, while Ruffalo does looks like his cuter younger brother.

That was meant for R78.

We all deny it now, but in his day, Cruise was smokin' hot. From Taps through about Rain Man the man was fine. Then again there are plenty of us on this site who can truthfully claim we were at peak hotness between 1981 and 1988.

Good call, R84. I thought he was the hottest thing around til sometime after Days of Thunder...then one day he was just "meh."

Gabby Hayes

R82 to each his own, but Ruffalo had the walk down to pat in The Normal Heart, where he was walking after his older brother Alfred Molina after their run. That was a moving scene.

Ruffalo moved exactly like my ex, not bad for a RL hetero.

Rob Lowe is now a right winger?

Industry worker at R75, any other gossip?

ALL the arrest development male casts

Susan Sarandon...

Donald Trump

Merly streep

To clarify, it was around the time he was on SATC. I am not from NY and knew nothing about him personally other than the occasional tabloid cover in the grocery store. I didn't necessarily think he was attractive, but something about the aura / charisma he had at the time (in interviews) and the (pretend) billions of dollars he had in real estate. I actually had also read the Art of the Deal, and I was impressed by his work on Trump tower, which is detailed in there (though turned out to be 90% bullshit and ghost written to make him look good).

I'm not sure if this makes it better or worse, but it happened. And this is the most vile and disgusting thing I have ever posted on DL in 5+ years.

Rob Lowe right wing? A little evidence would be nice.

I was in love with Tom Cruise, seeing all of his movies until Interview with a Vampire, which I refused to buy a ticket for. I hated the book that much. I didn't see his every movie thereafter, either.

Cyndi Lauper who was a supporter of gay rights and now silent on the current administration. At least Cher speaks up about her hatred of chtrump.

Matt Damon.

Why, R98?

R98 R99 I crushed on Matt Damon and still do. No regrets there.

Depends, r89 on whom. Mine is more minutia than big revelations.

Minutiae are often better than revelations. More telling.

R68 At the time I met Michael Stipe, I did not know he was gay. That is what I know now and didn’t know then! I was a naive 19 year old. I wasn’t even sure I was gay. By the time I turned 20, yeah, I was sure.

Jake Gayllenhall

r103 Ohh... I see.

[quote]Rob Lowe right wing? A little evidence would be nice.

Lowe was a Democrat in the 1980's (such as during the 1988 Democratic Convention where the infamous sex tape was filmed).

However, over the years he has moved further to the right. I think in recent years he has identified as an Independent, but it wouldn't surprise me if he is a total Republican by now.

One of his young sons worked as an intern for former Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor a few years ago.

Stacey Dash. She, and her character, were by favorite things about CLUELESS. Now: Ugh. (And I wonder if she believes her right wing stuff, or if it is all for attention.)

Christian Bale. Did not have a crush on him per se, but thought he was a good actor. I saw him in a different light after his on-set blow up and other douchey behavior.

[quote]Scott Hamilton. I thought he was family but turns out he’s pretty homophobic and not even cute now that he’s bald.

Scott Hamilton has been a big time Republican supporter for decades.

Tom Hiddleston until Hiddleswift happend.

Ricky Martin.

[quote] Christian Bale. Did not have a crush on him per se, but thought he was a good actor. I saw him in a different light after his on-set blow up and other douchey behavior.

Someone just recently claimed here the guy Bale got mad with deserved it, since he was apparently hated for being a cunt to people working for him. When he made a mistake Bale got a revenge.