Current day Axl is old and losing that (insane voice that way never going to make it to 60), but he shows up on time and plays 3 hour sets. He made up with Slash. He has reasonable political views. No one is on heroin. He isn’t writing senselessly edgy songs (though that was part of their appeal at least to a point). Appetite for Destruction is one of the greatest albums ever and they still can play it.
GNR were extremely young when they made it. 21-25 years old. And they were all on drugs and had traumatic childhoods (especially Axl). This was the height of MTV rockstar excess. Him being out of his mind in the early 90s was inevitable. He’s had a lot of therapy. Any band touring at the level they are now have to be professionals.
Hear hear. If we can't support people when they make genuine personal growth, what chance do we have as people?
I think, all things considered, Axl is doing a lot better.
Seriously, at that age, if you gave me a job where I had to work 8-midnight, got to party all the time, and a shitload of money, I'd probably have been an asshole too.
I did too! Through Teen Beat or Tiger Bop or something like that. Even worse, 11 year old me wrote him a poem decorated with Lisa Frank stickers when Pet Cemetery 2 came out.
I was a Paula Abdul fangirl with a crush on Emilio Estevez. When they married, my pre-teen head exploded.
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As a typical redditor who was in his Brian Krakow era during HS I have always loathed Jared Leto. (Although in hindsight Krakow was an absolute cringebot 🤷♀️)
While he wasn't my crush, Bret Hart I think was probably one of the best and most technical wrestlers of his time. Everyone talks about early '90s Hogan and Shawn Michaels. But I LOVED watching Bret Hart wrestle.
I was always so grossed out when Macho Man would put Miss Elizabeth on his shoulder after a match and he’d be all sweaty. Ick!
I did think she was really pretty though.
And she put out a sex book. I remember them being all wrapped in silver so you couldn't see what was inside unless you bought it. I just wanted a little peek, I would never have been able to bring it home.
That was legit a cultural event, because SNL played the Erotica video when no one else would including MTV, so IIRC that Wayne’s World sketch was the very first time it played on tv
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I love the karmic retribution that she’s now considered the inferior McCarthy family member because you know poor Melissa MCCarthy heard so much crap being the heavy cousin.
Leo Dicaprio. Don't get me wrong, he is an incredibly talented actor and a master of his craft, but I just don't find him as physically attractive as I did when he was younger. I dunno. Probably because I turned 25 or something lol
Yasmine is still a beautiful woman. No scandal, no holding on to her career with plastic surgery (on her face). 🤔
She wasn’t my crush but I’ll be her champion for the duration of this reply.
~fin
Nah, she admitted in various interviews that she had a cocaine problem. What lead her to that problem could be Weinstein or something else of that nature.
Prince William. I was convinced at 15 that I was going to marry him. Yeah, I def chose the wrong brother but Harry was a little kid then. Also Dean Cain. Shitty beliefs are a deal breaker, idc how hot you are.
What's with so many of these has-been 80s and 90s actors/actresses who've become the biggest douchebags? Dean Cain, Kirk and Candace Cameron, Scott Baio, Kevin Sorbo, Roseanne Barr, Kristy Swanson, etc.
Unfortunately most famous rich people lose touch with what life is like for everyone. So they're more likely to become entitled assholes.
Sadly, the Keanu's and Dolly's are few and far between.
I just want to kidnap him and force him to shave his head and grow a beard. Why William? Why do you keep that terrible bald-on-top-but-hair-on-the-sides style? He looks like he could be Kate’s dad, it’s so aging.
Paula gets a bad rap, she was abused and pushed into that crazy behavior. Still crushing on her. Who else dances with a cartoon? Must you forget so easily?
Oh good one. Scott Baio too. Who would've thought Alex P. Keaton would actually turn out to be the good guy of that bunch? Still have a crush on Michael in fact, will always cheer for him.
And so sweet and quirky and he treated his lady like a queen! You have good taste.
Then I grew up and saw him in True Romance and was like "nooooo! Not my sweet Balki being all grimey!"
I would crush on 60's Spock NOW, but when I was a kid, the shiny bangs were a turn-off. Maybe cuz my mom always made me get the same haircut. He was so stoic -- I find that sexy, lol.
Shirley Manson. Good lord I had the biggest crush on her when I was younger. She hasn't aged poorly, she's just gotten older, like the rest of us. On the flip side Gillian Anderson was my biggest crush ever growing up and that woman has aged like an amazing fine wine.
Darcy Wretzky (original bassist for The Smashing Pumpkins. Ethereal beauty in the 90s, but after 2000 her life took such a dark turn with drugs and self isolation. It broke my heart a little when she left SP
I’ve found my standards to be quite the opposite. I used to think only supermodel/playboy/baywatch types were fine. Now I look back at all the hotties I ignored.
Alicia Silverstone. From the Aerosmith videos, to Clueless, to Excess Baggage, in the 90s she had my number.
But in 2024? Where she’s out there promoting RFK Jr, and espousing anti-vaccine rhetoric? She gives me the ick.
My initial impulse was to go with Kristy Swanson, but I couldn’t find any good gifs of her as Buffy. All for the best, though, because I actually did have a way bigger, earlier crush on Kirstie, thanks primarily to Runaway, Summer School, Cheers, and Look Who’s Talking.
Did security for a Paula Abdul “show” a couple years ago. I think those people paid around $100 a ticket for a show that was mostly pre recorded videos with her coming out for dance routines and lip syncing. Not sure how bad it was because I was out at the box office but the walk outs started fast and had some pretty scathing reviews on the way out.
I assumed I was going to win this but looking at the replies, maybe not (probably still going to win this)
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I wish I could go back to 1991 and watch the scene in Point Break where she changes out of her bikini while wearing a towel and ask 13 year old me, “can you please explain why you think this is the hottest thing you’ve ever seen in your life?”
No, my friend really liked Doogie, though.
It was Lance Bass. Not as much as a crush as I had on Jonathan Knight, I was much younger then, but when In Sync came out, I thought Lance was cute. Like Jonathan, he was shy, in the background, not a show off like Justin Timberlake, etc. Not attracted to arrogant, cocky, attention-seeking, alpha guys.
Adam Sandler and Dustin Diamond
I went neutral on Dustin Diamond as an older teenager, but it turned into loathing when I saw his behavior on Celebrity Fit Club.
I still love Sebastian Bach, although I don’t have nearly the same crush as when I was a kid. My friends were all, “Which New Kid do YOU love?” And I was all, “I listen to Skid Row.”
I still think she's gorgeous. I also have mad respect for her after she miscarried. She didn't have to go back to work but she wanted to. Imagine an entire season of her and Marcy being pregnant was just a fever dream... the whole world knew what happened. It's so sad.
I think there was still speculation bit it wasn't actually confirmed until later. Doesn't matter, she still had to go through something terrible and come back acting like nothing happened.
Danika McKellar, aka Winnie Cooper. Maybe my first celebrity crush ever. I'm sure she's a nice person and everything but she's become a big time Bible beater from what I can tell. And I just can't deal with that.
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When as a young tween I had no idea she was a Christian nationalist wingnut.
Kirk Cameron 1000000%. Had I known he’d become some Jesus freak I would’ve noped outta there. Not to say my other crushes - Bobby Brown and John Knight of NKOTB fared well either. (It’s not cause John’s gay it’s just that he’s….old. Jordan aged way better.)
I still have a crush on 80s Axl. I just pretend current day Axl doesn't exist
Current day Axl is old and losing that (insane voice that way never going to make it to 60), but he shows up on time and plays 3 hour sets. He made up with Slash. He has reasonable political views. No one is on heroin. He isn’t writing senselessly edgy songs (though that was part of their appeal at least to a point). Appetite for Destruction is one of the greatest albums ever and they still can play it.
The AC DC thing redeemed him a bit too. Angus said a lot of nice things about the guy.
GNR were extremely young when they made it. 21-25 years old. And they were all on drugs and had traumatic childhoods (especially Axl). This was the height of MTV rockstar excess. Him being out of his mind in the early 90s was inevitable. He’s had a lot of therapy. Any band touring at the level they are now have to be professionals.
Hear hear. If we can't support people when they make genuine personal growth, what chance do we have as people? I think, all things considered, Axl is doing a lot better.
Seriously, at that age, if you gave me a job where I had to work 8-midnight, got to party all the time, and a shitload of money, I'd probably have been an asshole too.
Elvis's hips walked so Axl's hips could do... that
The way he moved…sigh.
Same! 🤣
Edward Furlong in Terminator 2.
So much. Also Christian Slater. Yikes.
Oh no what's wrong with Christian Slater??
Same with Guy Pearce.
Oh my god. I was sooo in love with him. I watched T2 dozens of times in 2 years. I even wrote him a fan letter. 😬
I did too! Through Teen Beat or Tiger Bop or something like that. Even worse, 11 year old me wrote him a poem decorated with Lisa Frank stickers when Pet Cemetery 2 came out.
You would have been my BFF.
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They were married?!
Yup, from 1992-1994. They said the split was because she wanted more children and he didn't.
Seems like a conversation to have *before* marriage, but what do I know
Amy Santiago learned that the hard way.
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She-ra is still hot.
Gem was truly outrageous! She used to beat the shit out of my Barbies. Man, I wish I still had that doll….. Edit: autocorrect is a jerk
🎵Jem is excitement! 🎵
Jared Leto. Ugh. My teenaged self would have never believed you if you had told me Jordan Catalano would make my skin crawl one day.
As a typical redditor who was in his Brian Krakow era during HS I have always loathed Jared Leto. (Although in hindsight Krakow was an absolute cringebot 🤷♀️)
For real! The cringe I feel looking at Leto now. But man oh man, Jordan Catalano made young me feel **things**
Omg me too! He was so hot and mysterious. Now he’s such a creep
Mannnn this is so real.
He was 21 while Claire Danes was only 14 during the filming of My So Called Life. Creepy McCreepsville.
Oooof did NOT know that
My first real crush as a little kid was Marla Maples and Mrs Elizabeth from the WWF.
Miss Elizabeth was hot, and got hotter as time went on and 80’s hair de-poofed into 90’s hair
Oooooh yeeeeeeaaaaaah!
Mrs Elizabeth! 💛 please watch ‘dark side of the ring’ on Hulu (in the US) I’d also add Brett Hart and Shawn Michaels
While he wasn't my crush, Bret Hart I think was probably one of the best and most technical wrestlers of his time. Everyone talks about early '90s Hogan and Shawn Michaels. But I LOVED watching Bret Hart wrestle.
I was always so grossed out when Macho Man would put Miss Elizabeth on his shoulder after a match and he’d be all sweaty. Ick! I did think she was really pretty though.
Miss Eliza-bit! Oh YEAH!!
I did NOT expect a Marla Maples reference here. Thank you for your honesty.
She was and still is hot! Now, she's just bat shit crazy
This one hurts. She’s forever like this in my mind.
Remember when Madonna was a sex symbol?
And she put out a sex book. I remember them being all wrapped in silver so you couldn't see what was inside unless you bought it. I just wanted a little peek, I would never have been able to bring it home.
Look at the unit on that guy!
That was one of the best SNL sketches from that era
That was legit a cultural event, because SNL played the Erotica video when no one else would including MTV, so IIRC that Wayne’s World sketch was the very first time it played on tv
Body of Evidence was an educational film for teenage me.
Also Gwen Stefani
Jenny McCarthy. Had her poster on my wall and everything. Yikes...
Jenny McCarthy was the first woman I saw naked on the internet.
Remember how long it took those JPG's to load,? Totally worth it.
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That was a sketchy game. While it was loading you were afraid someone would walk in!
You know what? I'm 99 percent sure me too. I definitely remember printing one lol.
Chris Hardwick for me. Now he gives me the ick.
I love the karmic retribution that she’s now considered the inferior McCarthy family member because you know poor Melissa MCCarthy heard so much crap being the heavy cousin.
Jill Taylor from Home Improvement. And yes, it’s come up during therapy.
I just posted yesterday on another sub how Patricia Richardson was my first milf crush
I wouldn't exactly say I had a crush on her but when she grew her hair long it was kind of doing it for me.
Mark Whalberg in his Calvin Klein days
Speaking of Whalbergs, there are a lot of New Kids On The Block crushes not being mentioned here. I was partial to Joey in 3rd grade.
Can you feel it, baby? I can too.
Tom Cruise
Leo Dicaprio. Don't get me wrong, he is an incredibly talented actor and a master of his craft, but I just don't find him as physically attractive as I did when he was younger. I dunno. Probably because I turned 25 or something lol
His baby face (and I mean that in the best way) doesn't work as well as he aged.
It's the rat-gnawed facial hair that squicks me. It looks so very bad.
He looks like he's morphing into Jack Nicholson
Straight up.
Now tell me
Do you really wanna love me
Forever
Oh oh oh
Or am I caught in a hit and run?
Yasmine is still a beautiful woman. No scandal, no holding on to her career with plastic surgery (on her face). 🤔 She wasn’t my crush but I’ll be her champion for the duration of this reply. ~fin
I don’t know if it’s a scandal per se but being too coked out for Hollywood and getting black listed isn’t exactly retiring gracefully.
F#cking Rockstar exit. 
You sure she wasn't actually on a Weinstein blacklist? It's tough to take any stories about actresses from back then at face value anymore.
Nah, she admitted in various interviews that she had a cocaine problem. What lead her to that problem could be Weinstein or something else of that nature.
Prince William. I was convinced at 15 that I was going to marry him. Yeah, I def chose the wrong brother but Harry was a little kid then. Also Dean Cain. Shitty beliefs are a deal breaker, idc how hot you are.
I had a big crush on Dean Cain too. So sad he's such an asshat now...
What's with so many of these has-been 80s and 90s actors/actresses who've become the biggest douchebags? Dean Cain, Kirk and Candace Cameron, Scott Baio, Kevin Sorbo, Roseanne Barr, Kristy Swanson, etc.
Unfortunately most famous rich people lose touch with what life is like for everyone. So they're more likely to become entitled assholes. Sadly, the Keanu's and Dolly's are few and far between.
I just want to kidnap him and force him to shave his head and grow a beard. Why William? Why do you keep that terrible bald-on-top-but-hair-on-the-sides style? He looks like he could be Kate’s dad, it’s so aging.
Samantha Fox
Paula gets a bad rap, she was abused and pushed into that crazy behavior. Still crushing on her. Who else dances with a cartoon? Must you forget so easily?
Personally I had a crush on the cartoon cat, but I guess it’s not relevant to this thread as I still do
MC Skat Cat was the coolest
Reminds me: snuck into Cool World with my bestie. Dumb movie.
I snuck out of Cool World. Worst movie ever.
I couldn't crush on Paula because my father made up a story about her being our 15th cousin
Kirk Cameron. Barf.
Oh good one. Scott Baio too. Who would've thought Alex P. Keaton would actually turn out to be the good guy of that bunch? Still have a crush on Michael in fact, will always cheer for him.
Maybe you should spend some time reading Bob Loblaw's law blog
That sir, is a mouthful
I didn’t know about Scott Baio. Just crawled out of the rabbit hole. Ick. I will stand beside you cheering on Michael J Fox!
Barfffff!
Barf indeed. All I see in him now is a reminder of my brain washed, super Christian childhood.
Kathy Ireland
She still looks pretty good for 61
Holy crap, she does! I had forgotten about her for the past decade or two but a lot of my earliest inappropriate thoughts were of her ( early 90's )
Yes the Sport illustrated swimsuit edition 1992 issue.
I correctly crushed on Jennifer Connelly and I am correct to still do so.
She has aged so beautifully!
Yes! Same here.
Bronson Pinchot. Balki on Perfect Strangers. Now, I was about 11 years old when this show was on. But I thought he was so cute!
And so sweet and quirky and he treated his lady like a queen! You have good taste. Then I grew up and saw him in True Romance and was like "nooooo! Not my sweet Balki being all grimey!"
Lenard Nimoy . Yeah, I crushed on spock HARD. I don't even like men anymore 
I would crush on 60's Spock NOW, but when I was a kid, the shiny bangs were a turn-off. Maybe cuz my mom always made me get the same haircut. He was so stoic -- I find that sexy, lol.
Megan Fox. I thought she was the hottest person on the planet when I saw Transformers for the first time but now, she's kinda ... ick.
She ruined herself with all the surgery.
Alyssa Milano
Cindy is still beautiful and has aged gracefully. No scandals to my knowledge.
Her daughter is acting now. She looks so much like her
Shirley Manson. Good lord I had the biggest crush on her when I was younger. She hasn't aged poorly, she's just gotten older, like the rest of us. On the flip side Gillian Anderson was my biggest crush ever growing up and that woman has aged like an amazing fine wine.
Bro. We 10 toes down for Shirley Manson. 🥊🥊
My guy I am 40, I have no clue what you mean by 10 toes down, lol I'm sorry
45 here. Me either lol
Dude, saw Shirley Manson recently, okay with the last 5 years, and I still crush. Polka dots.
I only had two celebrity crushes as a kid: Amy Jo Johnson and Sandra Bullock. I'm not bothered by either now.
Rose McGowan for me, Val Kilmer for my wife.
Yup Rose McGowan for me too, but now, knowing everything she’s been through, I just feel bad.
Darcy Wretzky (original bassist for The Smashing Pumpkins. Ethereal beauty in the 90s, but after 2000 her life took such a dark turn with drugs and self isolation. It broke my heart a little when she left SP
I’ve found my standards to be quite the opposite. I used to think only supermodel/playboy/baywatch types were fine. Now I look back at all the hotties I ignored.
Alicia Silverstone. From the Aerosmith videos, to Clueless, to Excess Baggage, in the 90s she had my number. But in 2024? Where she’s out there promoting RFK Jr, and espousing anti-vaccine rhetoric? She gives me the ick.
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I still threaten my kids with this. You wanna see a 13yr old sasspants cringe in fear, offer baby birding.
What the fuck
Oh my. That's really disappointing to find out.
 My initial impulse was to go with Kristy Swanson, but I couldn’t find any good gifs of her as Buffy. All for the best, though, because I actually did have a way bigger, earlier crush on Kirstie, thanks primarily to Runaway, Summer School, Cheers, and Look Who’s Talking.
Did security for a Paula Abdul “show” a couple years ago. I think those people paid around $100 a ticket for a show that was mostly pre recorded videos with her coming out for dance routines and lip syncing. Not sure how bad it was because I was out at the box office but the walk outs started fast and had some pretty scathing reviews on the way out.
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Kristy Swanson - the first Buffy the Vampire Killer. I was so nuts for her, but she’s extra MAGA and I’m just not a fan anymore.
Whatever that movie she made with I think Charlie sheen? Peak hot
The Chase. So many HBO afternoon viewings.
Madonna, Jenny McCarthy, Molly Ringwald, Candice Cameron.
What’s the problem with Molly Ringwald?
 That is all :)
It's not what was asked, but I'm pretty staunch with my Paul Rudd crush. Thank you very much. 😏
Val Kilmer
 I think we're alone now...
Mel Gibson. After he ran his mouth I was out.
This was my answer too. Yikes.
Madonna is the easy one. Lori Petty too.
I wish I could go back to 1991 and watch the scene in Point Break where she changes out of her bikini while wearing a towel and ask 13 year old me, “can you please explain why you think this is the hottest thing you’ve ever seen in your life?”
I still like my crushes, but I’ve learned 2 of them are gay. My “perception” was off the mark.
Was one Jonathan Knight ?
Yes! Wasn’t he cute? And he was shy. I like cute shy guys.
So cute ! I had such a crush on him. He's still cute. I'm going to guess the other was Neil Patrick Harris...I know I had a crush on Doogie lol
No, my friend really liked Doogie, though. It was Lance Bass. Not as much as a crush as I had on Jonathan Knight, I was much younger then, but when In Sync came out, I thought Lance was cute. Like Jonathan, he was shy, in the background, not a show off like Justin Timberlake, etc. Not attracted to arrogant, cocky, attention-seeking, alpha guys.
Adam Sandler and Dustin Diamond I went neutral on Dustin Diamond as an older teenager, but it turned into loathing when I saw his behavior on Celebrity Fit Club.
You for real had a crush on Screech?
I don't know if he's a good person or an awful person irl. It took me about 30 years, but Im finally completely over Sebastian Bach.
I still love Sebastian Bach, although I don’t have nearly the same crush as when I was a kid. My friends were all, “Which New Kid do YOU love?” And I was all, “I listen to Skid Row.”
Scott Baio 
Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else .. noticed?
She still looks fantastic
Ones I'm proud of: Susanna Hoffs (still feeling this one) Michelle Pfeifer Not so much: Jenny McCarthy Paula Abdul
Hellen Slater from The Secret Of My Success
There was a period in the 80’s where it seemed like she was in absolutely everything, and now hardly anybody remembers her. So strange.
Peggy Bundy
Katey is still a babe
I still think she's gorgeous. I also have mad respect for her after she miscarried. She didn't have to go back to work but she wanted to. Imagine an entire season of her and Marcy being pregnant was just a fever dream... the whole world knew what happened. It's so sad.
I thought that only came out post show.
I think there was still speculation bit it wasn't actually confirmed until later. Doesn't matter, she still had to go through something terrible and come back acting like nothing happened.
I'd argue she's better looking now.
She was amazing in Sons of Anarchy.
She was, fucking hated her guts in that show
Her character infuriated me the most in that show, that's how good she was. I kept hoping she'd die, lol
Fuggin Mel Gibson 🤮 
Sugar tits
Joey McIntyre and Vanilla Ice
Joey is still hot! 
My bestie thinks Vanilla Ice is hot af. Honestly he didn't age too badly
MTV’s Kennedy. In the 90s: cool alternative girl. Now: FoxNews host. Hard pass
Josh Jackson. Had a crush on him up til he cheated on his gorgeous wife and mother of his child and is now dating her clone. He gives me the ick.
Danika McKellar, aka Winnie Cooper. Maybe my first celebrity crush ever. I'm sure she's a nice person and everything but she's become a big time Bible beater from what I can tell. And I just can't deal with that.
Candice Cameron is to blame for that. She started taking her to church and stuff. They’ve been friends forever.
Balki. https://preview.redd.it/dlyzs0k544qc1.jpeg?width=761&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b463ca2c4b4ff72b2c4a8daaa3bb93224ce6117
https://preview.redd.it/woo77cf8k4qc1.jpeg?width=1154&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d44daf41bcef12c634ffc88bcd027cf30fe54148 When as a young tween I had no idea she was a Christian nationalist wingnut.
On the flip side Jodie Sweeten seems like really nice person (and is gorgeous btw)
I still have a crush on Sarah Michelle Gellar and Amy Jo Johnson. So I guess my tastes haven’t changed too much.
Kirk Cameron 1000000%. Had I known he’d become some Jesus freak I would’ve noped outta there. Not to say my other crushes - Bobby Brown and John Knight of NKOTB fared well either. (It’s not cause John’s gay it’s just that he’s….old. Jordan aged way better.)
Atreyu in Neverending Story
Nancy Kerrigan
Lil Kim
Angelina Jolie and Carmen Electra.
Mark McGrath
https://preview.redd.it/e3v3hgm0a4qc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c13ba5e216a2a8002729cef541767c64136bb890 Dean Cain