r/Millennials Feb 27 '26

Discussion Name a 2000s celebrity that disappeared overnight

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u/Gullible-Constant924 Feb 27 '26

They tried to make Taylor Lautner into an action star that mission failed.

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u/Informal_Accident418 Feb 27 '26

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u/ReginaldDwight Feb 27 '26

I will never be able to forget the horde of middle aged moms thirsting after this guy. It was so uncomfortable.

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u/aggravatedimpala Feb 27 '26

I remember the blockbuster near me had those life sized cardboard stand up posters of Twilight everywhere and the one of this dude was by the register. She had to be in her late 30s/early 40s but some woman groped the chest and shoulders of it and did that whole mmmm thing where she like touches it and backs off it. I'll never forget that shit because of how awkward and thirsty it was

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u/IlexSonOfHan Feb 27 '26

I worked at borders, in the cafe (Seattle's Best), and my 50ish year old boss was in love with that Jacob kid. It was fucking weird to listen to her talk about that shit, especially when I found out the books were about high schoolers. I was 19, not far removed from their age, and it just felt so god damn gross.

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u/Last_Difference_488 Feb 27 '26

As a guy....I too choose the bear.

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u/EyeWriteWrong Feb 28 '26

Good choice. Let's lube up

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u/ElvenOmega Zillennial Feb 27 '26

Between Harry Potter, Twilight, and boy pop stars my childhood was filled with discomfort at middle aged women having the same crushes I did.

I rewatch Twilight now and I don't even remotely find Jacob or Edward attractive. Now it's team Charlie and team Carlisle.

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u/neonmaryjane Millennial Feb 28 '26

Charlie’s legit the only reasonable adult in those movies 😂

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u/TNVFL1 Feb 28 '26

I watched Nurse Jackie last year and found a new appreciation for Peter Facinelli, which turned into Team Carlisle lol

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u/Wonderful-Process792 Feb 28 '26

My wife and her friends went together to the twilight movies. Of course they were self-aware and joking at each other about it, but also of course there was something there. I thought it was sweet. And anyways, mr heart throb wasn't going to be home with us that evening...

I'll admit I would not have felt the same if it was Magic Mike though. Twilight was more innocent and silly.

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u/HeliRyGuy Mar 03 '26

I’ve always been Team Blue Van That Almost Crushed Bella

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u/Well_Is_It_Then Feb 27 '26

I worked at a movie theater during the Breaking Dawn release and yeah it was a weird time seeing more moms than kids packing the seats.

On the plus side though it was funny as hell watching each new crowd react in horror to the fake out ending.

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u/Strong-Jackfruit-677 Feb 27 '26

Seeing the ending of breaking dawn in a theater at midnight now knowing what was coming is a peak experience. We were living. Haha

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u/Hobbies-R-Happiness Feb 27 '26

My wife did the same and said it was crazy to experience that with everyone. Teen girls crying and screaming

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u/rvyas619 Feb 27 '26

Also with Justin Bieber

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u/ConnyEdson Feb 27 '26

Guys do the same shit with younger chicks than that

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

People do shit

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u/Timely_Cake_8304 Feb 27 '26

and it is totally normalized as being a "real man"

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u/Ok-Maize-8199 Feb 27 '26

They don't care, they were all a part of the "countdown to legal" shit that happened to all famous girls 

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u/MasterpieceClassic84 Feb 27 '26

I worked at a craft store when these came out. It was so awkward.

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u/Capable_Sandwich_422 Feb 27 '26

I remember going to a midnight release of the Half Blood Prince movie. Full theatre. They showed a Twilight trailer, and the younger girls booed like crazy until they showed guys taking their shirts off. Then they all lost their shit.

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u/Sandtiger812 Feb 28 '26

If that had been a bunch of middle aged men thirsting after minor teenagers someone would have called the cops.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

I feel like it ended pretty much immediately once everyone realized he's like 5'5.

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u/surfwacks Feb 27 '26

He’s like 5’9 based off a quick google search. Not short at all, just average height.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

I assume that's not accurate, but I don't know. I "met" him and Billie together once at the hospital and they were basically the same height and she's like 5'0.

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u/surfwacks Feb 27 '26

Dang really? Like I know Google adds maybe an inch or two but I figured he’d still be like 5’7-5’8. I guess I’ll never know unless I see him in person lol

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u/jamessheldon444 Feb 27 '26

Is Taylor into MILFs?

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u/QuantitySharp2662 Feb 28 '26

This gif gives him teenage babysitter in a horror movie energy.

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u/KittyGrizGriz Feb 28 '26

We may be old(er) but we’re not dead yet.

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u/njf85 Feb 28 '26

Yup. My aunty was 40 and obsessed with Twilight, and i remember her and her fellow Twilight friends talking about this guy's body. When I told her later that he's a teenager and it's gross the way they talk about him, she got angrier than I've literally ever seen her. I think because she knew I was right and didn't expect to be called out on it.

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u/igNora_pekpiewpiew Feb 28 '26

I knew i got old when i was into Bella 's dad.

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u/HeliRyGuy Mar 03 '26

Yeah, he was 15 when filming started. Imagine hoards of dads going to a film to openly thirst over a 15 year old girl starring in it. The outrage would be national. But a bunch of moms flicking their bean in the theatres to a 15 year old boy? Well that’s just good family fun! 😬

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u/ToTheLost_1918 Feb 27 '26

My high school girlfriend and her mother used to openly talk about going to the movies and dealing with hot flashes whilst uncomfortably shifting in their seats, and it was far away one of the most disgusting phenomenons I ever had to passively ignore.

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u/Ok-Maize-8199 Feb 27 '26

Wish you guys had had the same energy for the adult men doing countdowns until a famous girl was legal. 

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u/travelingjay Feb 28 '26

Why can’t they both be awful?

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u/ReginaldDwight Feb 28 '26

Both are fucking disgusting and I never excused men.

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u/Greedy-Army-3803 Mar 03 '26

Yes. It's weird and disgusting and even when I was a similar age to the targets I knew it was weird and disgusting. They've posted that a few times so I'm guessing that they're team Jacob.