At what age does it become weird to develop celebrity crushes, if ever?

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2. It’s always fun to have a meaningless little crush on a celebrity

3. Never, you are never too young or old to have a harmless fantasy crush

4. I don’t see why it would ever get weird. They’re attractive people who we’re meant to find attractive, and in the vast majority of cases, crushes on them are totally harmless.

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6. I blush and get excited like a teenager when I talk to someone about Morgan Wallen. I’ve not had a crush on a celebrity like this since I was probably 15 years old! I’m having a blast with it. It came outta left field but oh my goodness he’s so handsome and he’s got that country boy charm that makes me melt. There’s nothing wrong with having a crush on someone you’ll likely never meet, no matter how old you get. Morgan gets my heart beating and I’m definitely okay admitting that! If other people find it juvenile then they can go eat shit and learn to loosen up a bit. Life is just not that serious sometimes.

7. I’d say never. You’re never too old to consider someone attractive. Whether they’re a celebrity or not.

8. None? Why would there be a ‘too old’ for that?

9. It depends on how you are defining “celebrity crushes” to be honest. I find the obsessive kind of crush a bit weird once the person crushing is no longer a child/teen.

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11. I always had a crush on Justin Bieber when he dyed his hair short blonde. When I met my now husband in high school he looked like him and had the same bleach blonde hair and oh my god I wanted him so badly. If the term “simp” was around back then I would have been a prime example. (I mean maybe it was, this was around 2016)

    But anyway, I didnt like him because he looked like Justin, I think they were both hot, they just happened to look similar. Idk if that counts though, but if it does, im now 21.

12. Depends. If your crush is Leo, then 25.

13. If one can find a random person at the market attractive why not a celebrity? No matter that person’s age

14. Crushes are forever!!! Is nice and silly but there is no age to leave them behind.

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16. Never as long as the crush is age appropriate.

    40yo crushing on a 30-60 yo celebrity? Cool. 40yo crushing on an 18yo celebrity? Substantially less cool.

17. Having a simple crush I would say is normal at any age, being obsessed and actually believing this is your soulmate and you will be together some day, weird unless your a kid/teenager…

18. i think as long as you have eyes that work, you can allow yourself to have a celebrity crush 😉

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20. I don’t think it ever becomes weird to develop a crush.

    I do think it gets weird to act on that crush, like (virtually) stalking said crush, spending hours upon hours watching everything with them in it, completely covering your bedroom walls with their posters, etc. The kind of thing a 13 year old with a crush would do 🙂

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22. Unless he says or does something crazy, my crush on Jon Bernthal will live on forever.

    I’m 30.

23. Never but I think you get less intense about it as you get older. Like, I *might* know the birthday of a frontman I think is hot now but I might not, whereas in my teens I devoured every (public) fact I could find out about my favourite bands etc. Now it’s just like “hey, I like their songs/films/whatever and he’s cute” and I might explore more of their work but I’m not interested in discovering heights and favourite foods.

    It’s weird at any age to become a bit stalkery of course but I find it increasingly disturbing the older you get, because older people should know better. I’m talking about things like middle aged woman finding out the private address of an actor and hanging out at his favourite cafe in the neighbourhood every day (yes, that actually happened in one of my fandoms!)

24. It never becomes weird as long as your crushes are age appropriate. Like if a 60 year old man had a crush on Olivia rodrigo that’s creepy but if he has a crush on Meryl Streep that’s 👍🏼

25. Never

26. My 96 yo grandmother died two years ago still harboring a lifelong crush on Elvis Presley. Personally, I think it’d be weird to have a celebrity crush as an adult, but I’m not gonna judge my grandma

27. Hopefully not at my age, because Reddit doesn’t allow us to change our usernames

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30. The limit does not exist

31. It’s never weird (as long as you’re not like, actually stalking or harassing or being toxic to other people about it)! It’s okay to like pretty, talented people. I’m almost 30 and have the biggest crush on Toby Regbo lol

32. I think it depends how you experience those feelings. Finding a celebrity attractive is incredibly normal, obsessing over them is not

33. Idk, I’m still getting crushes and I’m over 60! But mine are weird like Mads Mikkelson. Such a great actor, just brilliant.

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35. I don’t think there is an age where you stop developing harmless crushes on celebs but if I see a renaissance of 2012 Bieberfever and the directioners with the same intensity among the OG fan base, I will judge you.

    P.S. If you think everyone’s grown up then you clearly have not seen the Yolanda- Zayn controversy or the mayhem Liam caused with his Logan Paul interview.

36. Not weird to crush, but I’m 23 and still know old friends who are following around One Direction band members around on tour. Like I did when I was 14. It is very weird to be a grown adult and obsessively stalking Harry Styles.

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38. Never too old! *winks at Timothee Chalamet*