Oct 26, 2015
Man Crush of the Week: Nick Jonas
Transitioning from his previously perfected aesthetic, “That Kid Who Skateboards Everywhere” in the mid-2000s, to full blown heartthrob 10 years later, for our Man Crush of the Week we chose to honor one more alumnus of the Disney Channel cult – none other than Nick Jonas!
Demographically checking all the same boxes as his former bandmates and older brothers, it should have been an effortless transition into the realm of irrelevancy. In 2005, he was a curly-haired 13-year-old whose only purpose was to appeal to children. While his young adult brothers cornered the market for teens to 20-year-olds (and let’s face it, nobody over the age of 20 was listening to the fucking Jonas Brothers), preteen Nicholas Jerry Jonas would simply “ooh” and “ahh” over whatever Disney-approved message the trio was serenading the masses with.
But then we blinked our eyes and it happened. Nobody was wearing ties with T-shirts. The purity rings were off. And the family-friendly pop-rock band was no longer. But most important: Nick was grown as fuck. With a 1992 Mark Wahlberg-inspired Calvin Klein underwear crotch grab, gay men far and wide also grabbed themselves upon release of the photos. Just like that, this type-1 diabetic has been satisfying our sweet tooth with his homoerotic editorial spreads and performances ever since. For the DirectTV exclusive series Kingdom (season two starts Oct. 14) he bulked up for the role of closeted mixed martial arts fighter Nate. But until that airs, you can enjoy the confusing feeling of being both horny and terrified by catching up on Ryan Murphy's latest FOX comedy, Scream Queens, in which Nick portrays yet another gay character, Boone. The 23-year-old clearly has no issue with the community. Frequently touring NYC and London gay bars, performing shirtless for adoring twinks and bears alike, he seems to genuinely appreciate his gay fan base.
Whether freshly shaven or sporting scruff, shirtless or... well, OK, we prefer him shirtless, Nick Jonas’s look is consistently something to appreciate. He possesses the charm of a guy it makes sense to date, while maintaining the swagger of a guy who can fuck you senseless. Unfortunately, this boy currently identifies as hetero, so I guess we have to respect that. We’re honestly trying to stop lusting over him so aggressively, but it’s really hard. It’s just so hard. I’m... I mean it’s so fucking... difficult.
Images: instagram.com/nickjonas, details.com, flaunt.com
by Kyle Eckert
