Paul Anka Was Not Handsome

Can’t stand him total douche

Ain’t he one of them ay-rabs?

Clearly this has been bothering OP for the past 70 years

He’s dreamy! Now, Neil Sedaka, that one not so much.

He did have a cute moment as a twink.

But he’s a Lesbian.

[quote]Ain’t he one of them ay-rabs?

For years, people assumed Paul Anka was Greek. Paul is of Syrian and Lebanese descent.

Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to Camelia (née Tannis) and Andrew Emile "Andy" Anka Sr., who owned a restaurant called the Locanda.

His parents were of Lebanese Christian descent. His father came to Canada from Bab Tuma, Damascus, Syria, and his mother was an immigrant from Lebanon.

And all the Beatles we UGULAY!

And The Rolling Stones.

My older cousin (female) had the biggest crush on Paul Anka back in the late 50's / early 60's. She was absolutely insane about him, but a few years later, she married a NYC cop and had three kids by him - end of Anka madness.

Mostly fraus who pictured him as a dream son-in-law.

Looks like he’s wearing a wig

ruth roman liked him.

He was cute enough, but saddled with that unfortunate Neanderthal Giudice hairline. Takes him down from okay to meh.

He's 5'3" or something too.

Before nose job a real dog:

We need an ANKA Aweigh! jukebox musical on Broadway.

If people think you're handsome, you're handsome.

Hair helmet.

He looked like a more masculine version of Lesley Gore.

[quote]We need an ANKA Aweigh! jukebox musical on Broadway.

Call me.

He's Ugly and his music was awful.

He did/does it...his way.

His daughter is married to Jason Bateman. And she is nice looking.

I hated that douchey 1970s album where he wore pooka shells on the cover. And that song about knocking up a lady...ugh.

“Having My Baby” or something like that. One of the worst songs ever.

Diana

She's Having My Baby was a #1 song in the U.S. in 1974, so SUCK IT. 🖕

I was like 5 and new that guy singing about hoe proud he was of spooging up a chick was super douchey.

I don't get how such an "ethnic" look would pass as acceptable in 1950s America. I guess if you're dark and Arab looking you can be accepted by the fathers of screaming teenage girls if you tell them you're a Greek.

I happen to like Arab looks and slightly darker guys so I find the young version sexy.

He was an excellent Password player, though.

He's a gorgeous little Arab stud. I bet he's a hung midget, because he always fucked showgirls.

.,.,

Oh I disagree! He was cute when he was young.

R29, most people probably thought he was Italian - an acceptable ethnicity at the time, especially in teen music.

[quote]guy singing about hoe proud he was of spooging up a chick was super douchey.

No, it's a lovely way of saying how much you love me.

puppy love

In Canada we were all over Paul Anka. I think my mom had every album into the early 70s when she moved to John Denver and Mahalia Jackson (for Christmas only). My sister.kept the douchey spooge album in her room. She married young....coincidence?

[quote]I don't get how such an "ethnic" look would pass as acceptable in 1950s America. I guess if you're dark and Arab looking you can be accepted by the fathers of screaming teenage girls if you tell them you're a Greek.

Paul Anka didn't look like a typical Arab, so, not sure what you are going on about. Paul being "an Arab" was never on the radar. For years people thought Paul was Italian or Greek.

There was no internet back then to do immediate research. To get their gossip and other celebrity info, people who were into celebrities and musicians, had to wait for monthly entertainment magazines.

R13 is this the photo you tried to post?

He had nice hairy legs

r39

The photo at r13 looks different

[quote]Paul Anka didn't look like a typical Arab,

I'll say

R35 Young Paul Anka could spooge me anytime!

The blonde woman in the R39 photo doesn't look like Ruth Roman.

Paul has been married three times, all his marriages ended in divorce.

After she fired their housekeeper, Paul threatened his second wife, a Polish model, with a gun. This woman was 30 years younger than him.

Paul sounds like such a great guy. ugh

R43, that's the wife

[quote][R43], that's the wife

From how young he looks in the photo, that was likely his first wife.

Anka was 21 when he married for the first time. On talk shows he always brought up his lengthy marriage and number of children (I think it was 5), like he was the great family man. Anka left that marriage after 30 some years, and the subsequent marriages lasted only a couple of years each.

No T shirts on stage!!! Got it DL??

More like Paul Wanker.

I don't think teen heartthrobs have to be handsome. Just cute and nonthreatening with a sense of approachability. Some absolute dogs have been Iusted by teen girls for their personalities and romantic imagery. I think the most handsome 50s teen pop idol was Ricky Nelson. I can see gays of the era swooning over him.

I remember watching one of his television specials. I think that he was married to his first wife at the time.

Didn't he beat up Bobby Sherman's third wife?

He's got church-lady hair @ OP

I had thought he was one of those Philadelphia Italians that Dick Clark was always shilling, like Bobby Rydell.

He’s super rich. Wrote 5he Tonight Show theme song and got paid every single night it aired on tv. He had Johnny Carson to write lyrics for it so Carson would get paid every night, too.

Wasn't he a teen idol for young girls to swoon over? They're not meant to be handsome. Rather cute, non-threatening and sorta androgynous. Not really for gay men unless those into twinks.

He IS now 81 yo. He certainly WAS more handsome than he is now. 😂

But even as a teen hearthrob, he was not handsome. He had good hair though!

Time speeds its wings across us all.

I didn't know much about him until I started watching Password on YouTube. He was also on other game or panel shows as well. But he really excelled at Password. I'd call him cute but not handsome.

When I was a kid my mother named a cat Diana because she liked that song of his so much.

Thought he was cute in his younger days, but became handsome when he hit his mid fifties.

Fabian was way hotter...

Naked Fabian wasn't too bad either

Paul wasn't bad for a black man. I liked his voice at least.

Ricky Nelson was ALWAYS hot.

Paul could've been a stand-in for Al Pacino in the "Godfather" '70s films.

r65

He had the pointiest nose. His daughter Tracey had a HUGE ASS honker. She prolly wasn't his.

R64 Paul Anka is not Black. He is Lebanese American!

He's black hearted.

He should have left his nose alone.

With DL fave Helen Shapiro.

Ruth liked her men as she liked her liquor...

R72 Aw look at Anka's itty bitty VPL! 😂

[quote] Paul Anka didn't look like a typical Arab

How so?

R77 He sure did have a lot of confidence. Maybe that is what people were responding to. He surely was not handsome and I don't see any amazing talent.