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Louis Theroux says he enjoys his status as a 'sex symbol'


‘I can’t pretend I don’t like it’: Louis Theroux says he enjoys his status as a ‘sex symbol’… but confesses he knows people think of him as a ‘geek’

Louis Theroux has confessed he enjoys his status as an unlikely sex symbol.

In an interview with the Herald Sun on Monday, the 49-year-old journalist admitted he revels in the label. 

‘Any kind of sex symbol will do me,’ he told the newspaper.

Heartthrob: Louis Theroux (pictured) has confessed he enjoys his status as an unlikely sex symbol. In an interview with the Herald Sun on Monday, the 49-year-old journalist admitted he revels in the label

Heartthrob: Louis Theroux (pictured) has confessed he enjoys his status as an unlikely sex symbol. In an interview with the Herald Sun on Monday, the 49-year-old journalist admitted he revels in the label

But Louis added he was fully aware people only considered him to be a sex symbol in a somewhat ironic way. 

‘There’s this sort of slightly tongue-in-cheek appreciation that goes on where… I would be all too willing to believe that it was completely un-ironic, except the pictures that are used, my glasses are always crooked, it’s never the ones where I look that dreamy,’ he explained. 

Louis said he knows he doesn’t fit the ‘conventional’ mold of what a sex symbol looks like, but he never considered himself to be the poster boy for nerds either. 

Adorkable: Louis said he was fully aware people only considered him to be a sex symbol in a somewhat ironic way

Adorkable: Louis said he was fully aware people only considered him to be a sex symbol in a somewhat ironic way

‘I’m aware that I don’t have a conventional look if you like. People expressing some sort of, I guess, romantic interest, I can’t pretend I don’t like it. It is nice,’ he added. 

‘It is funny, because I didn’t grow up thinking, “Oh, I’m a geek.” I didn’t get glasses till I was about 15, by which time I thought, well, I’m a sort of outgoing, reasonably funny, rather studious, but good-humoured sort of person.’

And while he may be considered a nerdy heartthrob, Louis said it doesn’t really correlate with his real-life persona.

'I'm aware that I don't have a conventional look if you like. People expressing some sort of, I guess, romantic interest, I can't pretend I don't like it. It is nice,' he added

‘I’m aware that I don’t have a conventional look if you like. People expressing some sort of, I guess, romantic interest, I can’t pretend I don’t like it. It is nice,’ he added

But he said he’ll happily take whatever he can get.

It’s not the first time Louis has addressed his sex symbol status, telling This Morning in May he was ‘flattered’ by the attention.

‘I’m very flattered by that… At the same time, I’m aware there’s a bit of irony built into it, I’m aware it’s not “we think he’s Brad Pitt,”‘ he told the show. 

Geeking out: Louis said he knows he doesn't fit the 'conventional' mold of what a sex symbol looks like, but he never considered himself to be the poster boy for nerds either

Geeking out: Louis said he knows he doesn’t fit the ‘conventional’ mold of what a sex symbol looks like, but he never considered himself to be the poster boy for nerds either



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