I’ve been egged on to do this by Shelley from My Shoebox Life. So, technically no fault of my own.
But that said, perhaps every mummy blog needs a ”sexy man” post, right? Darling partners aside, there are still those sorts that us (yummy) mummies have a little ogle at.
Let’s not be ashamed of this, nor pretend it doesn’t exist. Birthing children shall not rob you of your sexuality!
Recently, there’s been a fair bit of ”sexy man” talk on Twitter. So much so, it’s been hard to escape (again, none of it my fault). Namely about one man in particular, in my Twitter circle, anyway. Rob Oakeshott. Yes, of all people! It seems a few of us have gotten a little heated about the recent federal election in more ways than one.
On a personal front I was initially impressed, though my admiration was quickly dispelled after listening to his press conference speech earlier this week. Migraines don’t do it for me, I’m sorry to say Rob.
Moving swiftly along (Rob’s a politican after all – I think we can all aim a little higher than that in the perve stakes) let’s take Ben Cousins. Again someone recently in the media spotlight.
Although my husband’s interstate tonight, ironically I found myself watching an AFL show on TV. It’s the last thing I’d ever bother watching. So why on earth did I feel compelled to watch to this rubbish show?
I realised it was because Ben Cousins was on. Despite the fact he has little brain matter left, he’s still hot stuff. After five minutes though, I’d had enough. It didn’t take me long to pinpoint why. He was wearing a suit…and it looked really odd. Ben just doesn’t have the same sexy effect wearing a suit, than he does in his usual ‘minimal’ attire.
I wish Ben success with his TV career, but quite frankly, if he’s going to be wearing a shirt and tie, I’m not sure he’s going to make it.
We need this, Ben
Not this
We all have our preferred options. I used to be a George Clooney girl, but I’ve gone right off him. In fact, I’m not into big-time movie stars at all.
Ok, maybe Colin Firth. And Gerard Butler.
And Matt Damon.
But who on the small stage do I really like? Well at the moment, unless it’s Ben sans his suit, it’s Manu… the French chef who was on Ready Steady Cook! He knows it, but all power to him with his kitchen skills, manliness and sexy French accent. He’s got it going on. 🙂
OK, it’s confession time. Who’s your eye candy?
Mmm… Love a bit of Thursday night eye candy!! I’m with you on Ben Cousins. Also LOVE Gerard Butler, Jude Law, Colin Firth, Clive Owen and Hugh Grant…
I see a pattern here… I’m a sucker for an Englishman!!! Lucky I’m marrying one. 😉
Gerard Butler and Manu…major similarities there! Colin Firth is fabulous, the others I can leave, but thank you for your comment Amelia!
Gold, gold, gold. But where are the shirtless pics? 😉
Apart from Ben Cousins, my eye candy favourites are Shane Crawford and Robbie Williams.
One word.
Charisma.
Never been a fan of the Brad Pitts of the world.
Give me a guy who makes me smile just looking at him and you’ve won me. Oh, um, like, of course I’m talking about my beloved Mr G. Not that he reads your blog I don’t think, but covering all bases!
Of course I have had ‘good friends’ in the past who have made me smile just to look at them. Which of course we’ll be discussing when we have our girls night. Perhaps somewhere with some, er, eye candy to go with the wine? 😉
Eye candy to go with the wine? What are you going to do, take me to a strip joint?! Dear oh dear. (It was only a blog post, let’s not get carried away) Shane Crawford? Robbie Williams? Arghhh. This definitely requires serious face to face debate!
Robbie Williams! How could I forget!! 🙂 pre-weird UFO days of course.
Ben Cousins – I don’t care what he wears, it’s just going to end up on the floor anyway! However, I only pledge to shag him senseless on the condition that he leaves his stash at home AND he doesn’t start rambling on. Once the boofhead opens his yackhole, I am o-u-t of thereeee!
Oh bee-have 😉 Te he!
Well, we all know what you’re daydreaming about now, Miss Holly 🙂
HOLLY! noooooooo. (apart from the hot body)
I’m totally with Holly on this one. I would shag Ben- if he would kindly remove his personality first 😉
Us mums out there certainly have strong opinions on this topic. It’s very interesting (and entertaining!)
Clearly, I’m missing out by not getting the Australian sports channels. Woe is me. Send more pictures (sans shirts, please).
This is going to make me sound like a cougar but Robert Pattinson (Twilight) really does it for me looks wise – he seems older than he is (24/25 I think!?)
Ethan Hawke in the movie ‘Great Expectations’ was stunning http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V21SPuddiE8/R08a4zBdndI/AAAAAAAAAKc/zjfxmzrPCGc/s400/fileartsgreat1.gif – its a great movie – a modern adaptation of the traditional story.
Those are the two that instantly spring to mind – Beckham has a sexy body too but is a big turn off once he opens his squeaky mouth.
hehe be interesting to see others replies on this one!!!
Lynn 🙂
OH Lynn, I LOVE this movie and Ethan in it and also him in Before Sunrise!
Robert Pattinson?? Lynn! You’re in cougar territory! Ethan Hawke did it for me in Dead Poet’s Society when I was in high school, but that was a long, long time ago now… 🙂
he he but remember I’m only 31!? Is that any more acceptable!? I just imagine he is a little older LOL
Oh you’re only 31. I am 34. This is a big difference. Yes it is acceptable!
Oh how ye shall scoff, but I do not care…………..
Jon Bon Jovi…….. now, always and forever
That’s just weird.
Colin Firth all the way. mmmm mmmm mmmm.
I know there is something about that man, I do not know what – but since the Pride & Prejudice TV series (mid-90’s) I was never quite the same again.
Oh Mr Darcy! *sigh*
Your post made me laugh as I had been having a similar conversation in my head, where I was trying to convince myself that loving a baldie is not wrong, have this strange thing for Simon King and Heston Blumenthal, which my other half finds hysterical. But there really is only one man for me Patrick Dempsey, you got to love the hair 🙂
Simon King?! I had to Google him (didn’t know who he was) and I am shocked! LOL Patrick Dempsey a clear winner!
Yes I clearly have some issues to work through, lol. I almost forgot about my other boyfriend, Josh Holloway, what’s not to love.
I had to Google Josh Holloway and wow, you are so on the money.
I am so with you re Ben Cousins, also loving Johnny Depp especially in Chocolate and Orlando Bloom, if I have to see an action/adventure movie I might as well be rewarded for my effort!
Orlando Bloom a little too skinny for my taste.. Johnny Depp yes but more the 21 Jump Street days for me during high school 🙂
Rob Lowe. No other man has yet come close to this sexy hunk o man meat!! But what about girl crushes…? Those sexy women we all wish were more like? Or wish we could just steal their lives ….. & their bodies? Anyone game to reveal ” who they’d turn gay for?” hehe I’ll start- Kate Walsh- the absolutely stunning redhead from Private Practice! Wouldn’t mind a piece of her bf too!! Lol
Oh and hi!! I found your blog on twitter about 20 minutes ago!! So far I’m enjoying it! :))
Rob Lowe? Oh I’m not so sure…he kind of got stuck in the 90’s didn’t he?! 😉 Girl crushes, you know I don’t really have one…can’t think..maybe Monica Bellucci? I don’t know about her life but it’d be good to look like her!
mmmm..Manu *sigh*
I don’t see the appeal of Ben Cousins… my bestie thinks he is hot… but I just don’t see it. Oh well! Manu on the other hand…. mmmmmm 😛
We feel the same way again…this time Manu being the point of agreement. And what. a. point. of. agreement 🙂
Great! I’m lovin all these smexy posts I might have to put one together myself soon! 🙂
this is a great post!! umm i pashed shane at a nitclub before he hit big time and i was 21!!
my guys-
don draper ( john hamm- mad men)
ben cousins- so hot but he really has shite for brains
andy G- dunno what he is doin gnow!!
LOL!!!!
Had to Google Jon Hamm (I am so behind) and yes, totally agree – looks a bit like my hubby too 😉
You kissed Shane Crawford at a club?? Ohh! Heady days!
yeah i did- but I had no idea who he was!! LOL- your hubby looks like that!!! droollll
A politician, a sportsman and a chef? What diverse tastes you have!
I enjoy some Arj Barker and Will Anderson. Gotta have a sense of humour! And from what I saw of Rob Oakeshott’s press conference that is something he ‘aint got!
Yes, variety is the spice of life.
Oh…I’m not with you on Arj or Will though..but I can see how the appeal would be there..
Phew! Someone else who sees the Wil Anderson thing. I’m a mess watching Gruen Transfer.
Ben Cousins makes me feel a bit icky!
Will Anderson? Hmmm, I’m not quite seeing it. Looks like he’s been put through a paper press (vertically squished)?
Harsh, very harsh, I know.
Agreeing with you on Wil Anderson – listening to his podcast as I read this actually. Totally would go there…but again, the drug issues must be left behind! 🙂
Hugh Jackman.
Sexy manly Wolverine in X-Men, AND able to sing and dance on Broadway? Niiiice.
Yeah, and seemingly a nice guy too. But his wife’s lovely as well, so just nice all around.
My eye candy would have to be a two guys Johhny Depp (love him in all his movies) & Paul Walker (from The Fast & Furious Movies) now they can park their shoes under my bed anytime.
Didn’t know who Paul Walker was but a quick Google confirms a true hottie. Impressive!
Ha ha! I think Manu is fabulous too, but I think I’d pick Matt Damon 🙂
I’d almost forgotten about Matt Damon but the Bourne Identity series of movies was unbelieveably good to watch 🙂
Totally agree about Manu Feildel! It’s the accent.
Hugh Grant and Colin Firth are HAWT, although they’re the same age as my dad, which makes them slightly disgusting.
And Ben Cousins? Holy hell. I’m so with Holly on this one.
Jane!!
OK you are right about Ben.
Heheh…you’ve been waiting for me to show up, haven’t you? We certainly share similar taste in hotties (though how you can be relatively indifferent to Jude Law, Clive Owen and present-day Johnny Depp I know not!).
As one of those involved in eyeing off Mr Oakeshott’s appeal via Twitter last week, I was obviously SO lucky to have been busy the day of the 17-minute speech. My illusions remain intact. Somehow, I’ve resisted the temptation to ruin my life by listening to a replay, so I can continue to enjoy his appearance on my TV screens. Beats Rabbit any day, that’s for sure!
Look, he’s no Gerard Butler, Jon Hamm or Manu (hoooey! no idea who he is but, wow!), but politics could do with a bit of sexing up, IMHO. If we have to have these guys in our face thanks to the media, they better start earning their screen time, as far as I’m concerned. And not just with empty rhetoric!
PS. Ben Cousins. Hmmm. He’s pretty, but I can’t be doing with stupid men. Funnily enough, I’ve got a blog post coming up all about that. 😉
Do not listen to the speech, I repeat, do not!! No, stupid men won’t do. We need brains, brawn and sensitivity. I look forward to your blog post 🙂
Ben Cousins lives near me and I see him quite often. I don’t care what he wears (and I think he looks quite good in a suit), or the things that he does – he is hot and even better in real life than on tv and in photos. Although once, I saw him wearing an Ed Hardy t-shirt and that was almost a deal-breaker for me. My husband and I have a deal – he can leave home for Mary Kostakidis and me Ben Cousins.
I also had the hots for Rob Oakeshott until that awful Tuesday press conference – waaaayyyy too much talking. If you are talking politicians though, Bob Cameron is pretty ok too!
How fortunate to live in such close proximity to the eye-candy-of-the-month.
Mary Kostakidis? You’ve got the better end of the deal there. 🙂
Hahahahaha didn’t see Manu coming at all. I like Matt Damon. Smoking. Ben Cousins arms but not his ferrety little face. And happy for Clive Owen to make me a cuppa in the morning as well!! x
Agree on BC’s face! We are all so specific with our taste lol!
PS – my husband’s aside is rather hot too… x
I’m man enough to admit that – were I ever to swing in that direction – Daniel Craig…
Okaaaaay! Well, I admire your courageness to post that! 🙂
(and thanks for the Mr Bond reminder.)
What a great post and set of responses. This should be blogged about more often 😉 I’m with you with the celebrity chef’s – I watched Luke Nguyen in Vietnam squeezing coconut cream with his bare hands and was mighty impressed.
Funny how many replies one gets when you blog about this topic!
I think David Beckham is HAWT
smokin bod
so okay he has a voice like Minnie Mouse and is a little bit thick but what the heck
THAT SIX PACK!!
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23431542-david-beckham-and-the-mysterious-case-of-the-disappearing-bulge.do
Thanks for the link.. Beckham’s a UK version of our Ben Cousins…amazing physique, not much up top. Shame, really. Can’t they just have it all?
That’s hillarious. One day when I was outside a primary school, I looked up and there was Manu walking his child home from school. He looked at me and smiled. Huh!
Oh, you had a close(ish) encounter! Lucky you!
Whilst Rob Lowe will always be HOT… He is smoking in Brothers and Sisters – he’s well and truly moved on from the early 90’s… I have had a brief crush on Bear Grills… but give me a French accent and I go all Jamie Lee Curtis in ‘A fish called Wanda”!
Thanks for your comment!
Okay i have anotherone.. dont shoot me girls
1. loads of money
2. cooks
3. hot bod
4. bit of an ass (badboys bodboys)
that is He gordan ramsey..
it’s a secret– so done tell anyone!!
How many exactly do you have, Jo?! OK I won’t shoot you, but can I give you a hard slap across the face? You can do better than that crinkly cussing cook!
oh my you are so funnie al!!
He’s already been mentioned but it was such a brief comment…….. Don Draper ( John Hamm from Mad Men). It’s at addictive proportions now (my crush). I can’t concentrate on the storyline anymore. OMG. And he’s not exactly getting more likeable, either, in the story! But oh my giddy aunt, he is blindingly captivating. But shhhhh don’t tell my husband or he might stop sharing my obsession for watching the show ;-P
Can’t do the Ben Cousins thing. Sorry to let the side down, girls. I need smouldering AND intelligence, even if they don’t open their mouth to speak.
Oh, hon. I love, love, love Henry Cavill from The Tudors. He was my FIRST Hot or Not!
http://bit.ly/agRveb
View and admire…
Oh Jodie. Jodie, Jodie….how old is he?! 🙂
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Hmm, apart from George Clooney, who I would allow to make me coffee any time, particularly if he were nude, I think my sexy men are real ones. There is a guy I have loved and admired for a long time – as a friend. But one of us has always been single while the other was taken. The timing has never been right and he lives on the other side of the world, so it’s unlikely to happen now. But we are still in touch, and I often think: What if?
This is sad and I feel like a cougar, but hot men I admire (well in MY eyes at least) Jake Gyllenhaal especially in Jar Head…sigh…*drool*, Mark Salling (Puck in Glee)…more sighing and drooling…need I say more? hehehehe
Oh! Another one! Gary Dourdan…remember Warrick Brown from CSI?? Yes, a HOTTIE! Too bad he left CSI.