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Daisy "of Love" is NOT sexy, unless you find giant fake boobs, constant crying, and a penchant for public slobbering a turn-on. Or, maybe that's what men really want?

Danny McBride = "pheromones smell like Schlitz and coleslaw." Also half the guys I dated in college.

Mickey Rourke should have been #1. He's the epitome of Sexy Ugly.

You forgot to mention that Tilda Swinton lives with her husband AND her boyfriend - WITH HER HUSBAND'S BLESSING. Not many people can pull that one off. Even pretty-sexy people.

I'm a gay man, and even I'd get with Sandra Bernhard.

@TC - I think it's her EX-husband, not current husband ... I'm too lazy to confirm which is true.

Tilda Swinton was stunning as the White Witch

Never realized that Keith Richards was legitimately ugly all these years. He hides it well.

You fuckers should start your own danm magazine, with all the smoke and literary mirrors you're hanging...

Tim Roth is my ultimate sexy/ugly, how could you forget him?!

I know this is odd, but for politicians I'd go with Barney Frank.

Mrs. Cobain could be a fetching lass if she cleaned up a bit, right? Wrong. Go watch The People vs. Larry Flynt again. Courtney Love is ugly. What utter, utter bullshit. Love may be have done her best to wreck her looks with drugs and cosmetic surgery, but she's fucking STUNNING in Larry Flynt. This list is, frankly, bollocks. As is the new layout.I'm a little shocked that 'shallowness' seems to have become the new super-duper added ingredient to your writing, Nerve. Bad omens all round, really.

The first part of that comment should be in quote marks obviously. I did space it, essay-style, so that it would be separate from the rest of the text, but the new format won't allow such woolly-headed, hippie-dippie craft-fare stuff onto your pages. Boo.

@DM - isn't the point that she's sexy AND ugly? And sorry - she is! She may be gorgeous but she's also falling the fuck apart.

how could slash not make this list? he's damn sexy when he plays that guitar, and then he takes off his hat...shudder

Tilda Swinton is hot, you idiot.

The list is hilarious, but also sad in its message that it is a lot easier for a man to be ugly and sexy than it is for a woman.

courtney love is not even a good wreck. just a bad one.

You left out my favorite, Leonard Cohen. Homely, in his 70's, gravely voice. I'd die for a night with him....Suzanne take me down...

Nice list

Where's PJ Harvey?

This gave me my best chuckles of the day. The writing is great. I guess it just goes to show you, with talent and a great self esteem, anything's possible.

howard stern just busted you

Sandra Bernhard is simply wicked gross. The only bad choice on this list, in my opinion.

howard stern totally called you out. and admitted he was ugly

No James Gandolfini?

Ok so when you see Tilda Swinton in Narnia & then in Burn After Reading your amazed at seeing how she is out of character, say at the Oscars with those hideous dresses..She is very intriguing though

LIke my initials, this stupid exercise in judging peoples' external appearance is BS. Who made you god to decide what is beautiful and what is ugly... How Presumptuous and silly of you to appoint yourself judge and jury...

How about adding pics of celebs without their pricey hairstyles & makeup? Your list would be much longer! Lots of unattractive people in Hollywood! They just know how to use their wealth to buy the best products & go to the spas!!!!

Daisy looks pretty sometimes when she has make up on but have you seen the girl when she's not wearing make up? She looks terrible, which proves that she coats the shit on like there's no freaking tomorrow. She's ugly, but with make up she's okay. Just wish she didnt look like such a monkey

All I can say is "Is this a joke ?

My vote's for John Malkovich--bald, creepy features, eyes that look different directions, and yet, somehow, S - E - X - Y

There's nothing sexy about Courtney - she looks like a walking STD.

what would the opposite list look like? http://flavorwire.com/23638/the-six-un-sexiest-attractive-people#more-23638

Iggy Pop isn't ugly! He's gorgeous! And the other men on the list - with the exception of Keith richards are NOT sexy.

This list is genius! But where's Steven Tyler? He's the epitone of he's so ugly he's cute...

This list is genius! But where's Steven Tyler? He's the epitome of he's so ugly he's cute oh and Seal too...

poor mickey rourke, he was sooo beautiful in "angel heart". but i whole-heartedly agree w/keith richards being #1.

Where is Christopher Walken??????

Flavorwire's response: The Seven Un-Sexiest Attractive People http://flavorwire.com/23638/the-six-un-sexiest-attractive-people

Some of the comments made about the people on here are just so hilarious that I nearly passed out from laughing so much...especially the one about Manson and Amanda Lepore

saw the ugly but never found anything sexy... STOOPID headline

Iggy and Willem are NOT ugly!! But yes, they are sexy.

What about Denis Leary? He's so sexy in Rescue Me, but he has a face only Mickey Rourke could love! His hair is great, he's tall, lanky, Irish and delicious, but the face is a mess. A sexy mess.

Hey Jack Murnighan, Howard Stern may have admitted that you're good looking, but it looks like you too are going to be on an ugly list pretty soon. Nice hairline heh heh heh. Didja ask your barber for the Jack Nicholson hairstyle? Looks like your hair follicles are committing suicide by the second! Can't wait to see the comb over you will be sporting in 2013!

Juliette Lewis. So hot in Strange Days. She's not completely FUG but shes not conventionally pretty, but she can be donut grease hot.

On the scale of 1 to 10, how fulfilling was this to write?

(To J.C., the author of the blurb on Tilda Swinton) The fact that Tilda Swinton did an amazing job of portraying the White Witch in CN:LWW is owing all to her acting talent, and nothing to her looks. C.S. Lewis described Queen Jadis as extremely tall, extremely beautiful, and extremely cruel-looking. Even at her cruellest moments in the movie, Swinton looked somewhat detached, and not cruel, and certainly not the most beautiful woman anyone has ever seen. Please do more research before you classify something as "appropriate", or specify in what way you think it is appropriate, else you look like you don't know what you are talking about, to people who DO know.

VERY good call on Danny Trejo. I find him oddly appealing despite the fact (or perhaps because of the fact?) that he looks like he's about to kill me.

@ DH - yeah! Danny Trejo. I never knew who he was, just recognized his face. There's something about craggy men. i just want to lick their cheeks.

FERGIE yo. FERGIE.

Seal and Christopher Walken are genuinely attractive, so they don't count. But does anyone else find Harvey Keitel sexy? Kal Penn? Pell Gillette?

Great list except for Howard Stern and Woody Allen, These two posses absolutely zero sexual allure whatsoever, period. otherwise, perfect!

Tilda Swinton ugly?!!????? Are you nuts???? She is utterly, stunningly beautiful.

Years ago, I was shopping in the Tower Records near NYU. I couldn't stop checking this guy out who was shopping there as well. . . he was so ugly and so sexy it kinda blew my mind. I went up to the counter to make my purchase, and the clerks were all a-flutter. "Did you see that Iggy Pop is shopping in OUR STORE!?!" Oh, well that would explain it. Despite having seen him in concert, I didn't recognize him in a totally banal setting, but man was that ugly guy sexy.

Howard Stern is totally SEXXXXYYYY!!! But he is NOT as ugly as half the guys on this list. Oh and I agree with JP. Denis Leary should have made the list. Haven't you heard his joke that he gets confused for Willem Defoe all the time! LOL

Vicki Lewis.

I completely agree with Iku

All these people are gross. Besides, really, who cares?

I agree that Tim Roth and PJ Harvey were left out, and I would absolutely add at #1 Andy Samberg.

Christ, if Lyle Lovett can't make this list what the hell has the world come to?

Mickey Rourke should be #1.....I agree with your whole description on him...whoever wrote it feels exactly like I do about him...he is tough, yet vulnerable, a real alpha male, yet very gentle at times and sexxxy!... Agree on Danny Trejo, too....still would take Mickey before anyone!

nothing about that list was sexy.

Fantastic picks. I'd add James Woods, but to whoever said Denis Leary: he's way too hot for this list.

Tilda Swinton is just plain fucking hot. You got that one flat ass wrong.

None of these people are sexy and most have obnoxious personalities.

Tilda Swinton is stunning (though in a space-alien-ish way) and doesn't belong on this list, which is populated by people who are either homely or cursed with terrible skin. Check out her translucence!

Can you guys fucking learn to spell? Irresistible. Don't you check anything?

That link is wrong, it goes to Sly Stone interview about 50 years ago. While we're back in the mid-'90s though, re-watch Love's drunken ambush of Kurt Loder and Madonna at the 1995 MTV Video Awards.

I would definitely add Benicio del Toro to this list.

Wow, why is Sandra Bernhard not number 1???? Her face looks like a train-wreck after a four-car pile-up caused by mounds of manure left by wandering cows... I hate that woman.

Thanks and bravo to the two of you who added Lyle Lovett and Benicio del Toro. Yum to both.

Bravo to whomever said Christopher Walken is genuinely attractive and therefore doesn't belong here! SOOO TRUE!

Ever notice the resemblance between Keith Richards and WWE's Undertaker?

Tilda Swinton is ugly? WTF? & Amy Winehouse? She's definitely not sexy, but she's not ugly. Especially if you put her next to ANY of the men on this list. The double standard is sickening.

However said Harvey Keitel........THANK YOU! There's just something about that man that is so damn sexy!

Denis Leary.....YUM!

Tilda Swinton is fucking beautiful. She does not belong on this list.

you forget Edward James Olmos and Robert Davi, they've got that whole Danny Trejo thing going on. and Amy Winehouse is just skanky, never know what might fall out of that beehive.

Lyle Lovett?

Daisy is so ugly, bc her face and boobs are all fake. Well she fake.

what a fantastic list

I can't help but notice the majority of these "sexy uggos" are men. I think it's pretty undeniable that "sexy" is still more closely tied to physical beauty for women, while men can be sexy because of a talent, their (physical or political) power or their bank account.

How could you put a pedophile like Woody on the list this a sick society.

When I first saw Willem Dafoe in "To Live and Die in L.A." I completely fell in love, and I still feel the same way. Michael "Alien Woman" Jackson would definitely be on the list of the ugliest things walking the face of the earth, however there's nothing sexy about him, so he definitely doesn't belong on this particular list. He's the REAl Paedophile NOT Woody.

yeah, woody's more of an ephebophile. there's a difference

I've always disliked Howard Stern, no class, vulgar, disrespectful, no talent that I'm aware of. He does have nice hair.

Danny Trejo is ruggedly appealing. I really do find him sexy.

Benicio Del Toro, Denis Leary and Harvey Keitel are really too good looking for this list....they shouldn't be here....they are three of my faves but really, they aren't ugly nor do they have craggy skin or anything! Ok, they are not handsome but sexy in their own trouble-maker kind of way...but not ugly. And five-stars for Denis Leary's GORGEOUS hair, that I would like to run my fingers thru!

Once upon a time Rick Ocasek might have been sexy-ugly, but now he just looks like his mother. And I'm glad that Danny Trejo is no longer just that, "You know, that craggy-faced Hispanic guy".

Tilda Swinton is stunningly beautiful

She's like Sigourney Weaver or Angelica Houston: oddly beautiful, in an exaggerated way, where for a moment they may look almost ugly, then they turn or smile and then BAM... they knock you on your ass with their gorgeousness

My vote is for Tommy Lee Jones!

Tilda Swinton is ugly? Errr ... OK? What is it that actually attracts you to someone, I'm wondering. Do you actually try to see through all the makeup and hair styling to evaluate the natural beauty, or do you just get turned on by how tarted up a woman is? Because I can't figure out any reason why you would say she is "ugly" except that she does not have makeup, tan, or elaborate hair styling. Think you said more about yourself here, than Tilda Swinton.

Willem Dafoe is very sexy. I admit -- an acquired taste -- not for everyone. But hot!!

Tilda Swinton: Would drink her bath water.

I'm joining the protest over Tilda Swinton's inclusion. I agree that some of these people are both ugly and sexy (it's a great idea for a list actually) but Ms. Swinton is sexy and effing gorgeous. Whose 12-year-old boy was recently put on staff at Nerve?

Madonna and Courtney Love wrestling each other in a rough submission match. One can only dream.

My all time gold medal winner? Pulleeze . . . Willy Nelson was retired to the SUP Hall of Fame decades ago. Even now that honey on toast voice woos me, and if he started in singin' I'd plum forgit those unsettling grey/brown braids! BTW, Harvey Keitel is dead sexy -- just watch him in The Piano, facial tattoos and all.

Is Lady Gaga truly homely, or is it just that she always finds some way to obscure her face? Rockin' bod, tho. So she might qualify as ugly/sexy.

Is Lady Gaga truly homely, or is it just that she always finds some way to obscure her face? Rockin' bod, tho. So she might qualify as ugly/sexy.

Is Lady Gaga truly homely, or is it just that she always finds some way to obscure her face? Rockin' bod, tho. So she might qualify as ugly/sexy.

sexy and ugly may go together sometimes (ahem...) but sexy and creepy? Not so much. Give Woody Allen the boot. He's like your scary uncle. Great uncle, now.

Who is that crazy ugly latin actor... oh yeah, Luis Guzman! He is the ugliest man I would do today. Luis Guzman, you so macho!

Don't agree with your Tilda Swinton assessment... I think she's a beautiful woman, always have.

Also - would not have included Woody Allen in your list. I think he's creepy, and anyone who would be boffing his adolescent daughter behind his wife's back could hardly be called "charming."

I'm not sure I understand this. You are saying ugly-outside, yet something inside that makes them sexy? The men, maybe I see, but most of the women are off. Where on the inside is Winehouse or C Love sexy? They're just ugly through and through. And while Swinton may not be a runway model, she's far from ugly. My suggestions: Janeane Garofalo, Peaches and Beth Ditto.

Tilda Swinton is hot in every way. I was shocked to see you call her ugly.

Bleh. What a wasted opportunity this list is. You couldn't find one single woman that actually fit the terms of the headline, other than Sandra Bernhard -- so I'm gonna assume this was written by a woman or a gay man. There are tons of ugly yet hot women out there you could've cited, and you came up with only one that actually "works". What about Bai Ling? Martha Plimpton? Michelle Rodriguez? Come on, people. Try harder.

Bleh. What a wasted opportunity this list is. You couldn't find one single woman that actually fit the terms of the headline, other than Sandra Bernhard -- so I'm gonna assume this was written by a woman or a gay man. There are tons of ugly yet hot women out there you could've cited, and you came up with only one that actually "works". What about Bai Ling? Martha Plimpton? Michelle Rodriguez? Come on, people. Try harder.

Errrrr... where's Jonah Hill? Was he too pretty to be on this list?

You can't make a sexy-ugly list without Rod Stewart. He's my all time fave sexy-ugly.

Everybody says I look and remind them of Mr. Buscemi...yikes and I thought I was good looking all these years.At least we are both from P.S. Bklyn!!!!

Those people are so ugly

Where is Jeff Goldblum? He is not the most attractive person but he is sexy!!

Tilda Swinton is radiantly beautiful, really quite sublime.

Were you limiting this to live people? Cause Humphrey Bogart was NOT a handsome man, but he had sex appeal coming out of every pore (and he got Baby too!) And then there's Dustin Hoffman, a homely little guy who has that repressed neurotic sexuality (and who has aged, like Ringo Starr, exceedingly well).

What do you do about stars who are ugly and NOT sexy, e.g., Ben Affleck? What accounts for his popularity?

only three of those folks - Courtney Love, Tilda Swinton and Iggy Pop - are remotely sexy, but the rest sure are ugly

I ALWAYS thought Steve Buscemi is sexy. Always. And Willem Dufoe. Hell yes.

Nick nolte had gone from hunky to homeless, but you'd still do him!

SG, Martha Plimpton is a good example. I don't think she's ugly, but she's not pretty at all and she's still sexy and cool-looking. (BTW, I'm a straight woman.) She was great on a recent L&O re-run. Smart + talented = sexy.

Woody Allen?? Pedophiles are definitely not sexy.The 30s and 40s had great sexy/ugly lead men: Bogart, Cagney, William Powell. And don't forget that Keith Richards always got the most beautiful women - he's been married to a former supermodel for over 20 years.

Ben Stiller. Ugliest man in too many films.

Gotta agree with Jeff Goldblume. He has always been ugly but there is something sooooo sexy about him. What about Frenchie from VH1 reality Tv? She has a beautiful body but a face to protect it!!!

John C Reilly is just too cute, he makes me sigh like a schoolgirl every time I see him! Danny Mcbride is also cute, and whoever said John Malkovich! I like Jonah Hill, though he's just chubby (though too many people nowadays equate fat=ugly)... but it is true that men can be "ugly" but still totally hot, but it's harder for women if they're ugly, it's too bad women have to continually torure themselves for acceptance :(

Tilda Swinton is not ugly.

Harry Dean Stanton.

Sandra Oh

no fat chicks, huh? because they're not ugly!

Similar list on The Electors, of the Top 10 Taboo Sexiest People: http://www.theelectors.com/2009/06/18/top-10-taboo-sexiest-people-anna-to-ahmadinejad/

Oh, COME on! How is Mick Jagger not on this list?!

What have you editors all been smoking and drinking to come up with this list?! Sure there are ugly people that are sexy, but these people ain't!...

Where is James Woods?

"You can just picture those meathook-hands wrapping around your lower back and carrying you somewhere you desperately want to be." That is one of the hottest lines I've read in a magazine in a long time. Kudos to you, J.B.

Tilda Swinton is gorgeous!

I expected Steven Tyler to make this list. I find him undeniably sexy and very appealing... everyone I share this with finds me crazy. Go figure.

I think this girl and this guy are just hideous so I'll throw em in here. Sarah Jessica Parker is as fugly as it gets. Bitch has veins running through her face and enough makeup to kill someone. Family guy opnce said her face looks like a foot and I couldnt agree more. As for the guy what about that ghoulish comedian brian possehn. Again neither of em are sexy both are just plain out ugly as hell

Tilda Swinton is not ugly. Check her out in the latest Jim Jarmusch film. She is a knockout. This list is lame. Most of these people are either skanks and/or unattractive people who can get sexy partners because of their wealth and fame (such as Woody Allen and Ric Ocasek).

I agree with Paul Giamatti's inclusion. Courtney Love was attractive in the '90s when she was starring in movies, though admittedly she has always been a train wreck. My votes for the two sexiest ugly actors are Sean Penn and Lyle Lovett.

Tilda Swinton is so ugly and scary it's a crime.

I pretty much agree that Tilda should not be on this list..Sarah Jessica Parker, Lady GaGa, and Clive Owen are three that I can think of that were left off

Where's Brigette Neilson? When she played Red Sonya I would've gladly done her. Now.....It would take a few shots of Jim Beam to kick it into gear.

Tilda Swinson is sexy b/c even with her slight stature she could dominate anyone. Hawt! Oh and IJ's comment LOL

Where's Vin Diesel?

Hell yeah, Mickey Rourke! It says alot for his appeal that in "Sin City" he was covered in prosthetics and sharing a movie With Clive Owen and Bruce Willis, but he was the man I looked at. You're right about Danny Trejo as well. I read a great Esquire feataure on character actors they loved (incidentally, four of them were also on this list, character actors are just hot) and his description was "usually plays: a badass excon you don't want to mess with. Actually is: a badass excon you don't want to mess with" On some messed up masochistic level, that's sexy as hell. Oh and you have my love for putting Paul Giamatti on here, Great actor, who I normally just find cute or charming, but who made me look at him very differently in Duets and John Adams

A couple of notes though. Howard Stern?! Really?! Constitutionally protected mysoginy bordering on hate speech IS NOT SEXY no matter how confidently delivered! And where are your actually ugly but sexy women? I'm a straight girl so no one is coming immedeately to mind for me, but there must be a female equivalent to Steve Buschemi and it aint Daisy de la Hoya!

HOW CAN YOU FORGET JAY-Z ??? His features look like Mr. Camel but his swagger is amazing - hence he married Beyonce

There are too many strange looking celebs to mention, but will say that I have seen John Malkovich in person, and his appearance is profoundly unappetizing.

God damnit, i just hate celebs. Like midgets, they piss me off. However, these people are not ugly, ugly. Go to http://www.grimmemennesker.dk for some real ugly ones

ugly people is the link, sry

You dicks need eyes and good taste, Tilda Swinton is not ugly.

u dicks need eyes ,tilda swinton is prety

OMG i love love love you nerve.com. i laughed so hard, i just recovered from a coughing fit. this list is so good i think it gave me TB

bitches

I think Faruza Balk could ahve been in this list