Lately I’ve found myself thinking wistfully of my care-free pre-teen and teenage years. It was a glorious life before work, advanced degrees and bills where summer actually meant sleeping in and living a life of leisure. In doing so, I recalled all my great loves of those years. So here it is, a mildly-comprehensive list of my first celebrity crushes:
1. Jack Kelly (Newsies): I understand that this is a movie character and really, should be listed as Christian Bale (oooh, didn’t he grow up nice), but Jack Kelly is in a class all his own. He danced his way into my heart long before the male cast members of Glee (ok, Sam really) ever did.
2. Nick Carter (The Backstreet Boys): Sure, I turned down the volume on “Backstreet’s Back” during a certain lyric to avoid a scolding from my parents, but boy-oh-boy. Nick Carter papered the walls of my pre-teen bedroom. Despite some unfortunate fashion choices (coughcough overalls), he had that good boy appeal that could rope in a nun.
3. Jonathan Taylor Thomas (“JTT”): JTT was the original Justin Bieber, hands down. Even though I may be a 25 year old Belieber, JTT is still the best, hands down.
4. Justin Timberlake (N’Sync): JTimberlake may have grown into modern day eye-candy, but let’s not forget his original beginnings and his ability to make the hearts of 11-17 year old girls worldwide pound simultaneously with one smoldering look.
5. Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block): MMMMM. This delicious little slice of pecan pie has had me “flyin on the G-5” since I was conjugating Latin verbs.
6. HRH Prince William of Wales: Though today I’m more of a Prince Harry kind of girl than a Prince William, back in the day I would have done anything to tousle that hair. Kate Middleton, my inner tween is extremely jealous.
7. James Van der Beek (Dawson’s Creek): Ah, yes. How could a list of tween hotties be complete without brooding Dawson’s Creek hottie Dawson himself? His constant teen angst would annoy me to nth-degree now, but ten years ago, I would’ve given anything to get caught up in that stare.
8. Joshua Jackson (Mighty Ducks): Joshua Jackson is another Dawson’s Creek star, but I value him more for his performance in the Mighty Ducks movies, particularly the last one. There’s something about that good-boy-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks character at the prep school that makes (tween) me swoon.
9. Zack Morris (Saved by the Bell): In grade school, I dreamed of being Kelly Kapowski just so I would get to slow dance with Zack at the super adorable Zack and Kelly prom.
10. AC Slater (Saved by the Bell): Frequently. Exposed. Muscles. Enough said.
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