JAMIE DORNAN, Justin Bieber and Mark Wahlberg – just a handful of the hunky blokes who have modelled Calvin Klein pants – but the brand’s latest signing beats them all.
Actor Jeremy Allen White, who stars in hit show The Bear and played Lip in the US version of Shameless, has stripped down to his CKs for a sizzling ad and sent fans into meltdown.
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“Cardiac arrest incoming”, “This feels illegal” and “How many times is too many times?” are just a few of the comments posted online.
And anyone who has seen the advert on the right must surely agree that even given the stellar line-up of Calvin Klein poster boys who have gone before him, there is something so alluring about this man that trumps them all.
Jeremy Allen White or JAW as he’s known by his fans, plays chef Carmen, or Carmy, in The Bear, but in this shoot it’s his delicious all-you-can-eat-buffet of a body he’s serving up.
In one picture he lounges on a Manhattan rooftop, laying on his stomach, CK jeans suggestively shrugged down to reveal a pair of buns that would make Mary Berry’s mouth water.
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Don’t get me wrong, I’ve definitely appreciated Calvin Klein’s other handsome models.
Who can forget “Marky Mark” Wahlberg back in ’92, pouting while sporting a backwards cap and exceedingly frontwards package?
Since then we’ve had Baby singer Justin Bieber, 29, Black Panther actor Michael B Jordan, 36, 50 Shades star Jamie Dornan, 41, and footballer Freddie Ljungberg, 46.
But Brooklyn-born Jeremy is the pants-down winner every time.
As a fan of The Bear, it is no surprise to me that the internet has exploded with hungry comments about how sizzling he is.
There are countless, breathless “YES, CHEF” comments beneath the pics on Calvin Klein’s official Instagram account, echoing one of the show’s catchphrases.
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Triple helpings
“Can I wallpaper my living room with these images?” enthuses one woman — although she surely means her bedroom.
And it sounds like whoever posted these comments could do with half an hour in a walk-in fridge to cool off.
“Where do I send the bill for the phone I just dropped?” and “I’ll take double, triple helpings . . . AND DESSERT.”
Some non-believers have compared Jeremy to Willy Wonka’s Gene Wilder, or said “he looks a bit odd”. But if you ask me, his looks are classic — like a Renaissance painting — and his chiselled physique could be carved from stone.
Referring to the Statue of David, one fan on X, formerly Twitter, wrote: “RIP Michelangelo, you would have loved Jeremy Allen White.”
But it’s not just the actor’s toned stomach and sculpted biceps that make him so hot.
A big part of his sexiness is down to his role in the award-winning Disney+ show — his character’s passion, perfectionism and dedication when it comes to satisfying his customers with nothing but the best cuisine.
Food is inherently sensual: It’s obvious how a man who pays obsessively close attention to taste, texture, scent and experimentation in the kitchen might deliver comparable levels of sensuous pleasure in the bedroom.
Carmy may serve his steaks rare, but between the sheets you know you’d be well done.
And dad-of-two Jeremy, who is separated from his wife, actress Addison Timlin, embodies the perfectionism of his character, even studying at the Institute of Culinary Education to prepare for the role.
Carmy has all the key “T” ingredients, too: He’s tattooed, tousled, talented and troubled.
A bad boy with plenty of good in him; a bit of rough whose life you want to help smooth.
Jeremy’s next role is as wrestler Kerry Von Erich in movie The Iron Claw.
Apparently, filming it helped him prepare for the Calvin Klein shoot, since it features a lot of scenes of him wearing tiny shorts.
Great news for people like me — and his rumoured girlfriend the Spanish pop star Rosalia (yes, sorry to break it to you).
For us, any time that Jeremy Allen White is in briefs is all too brief indeed.
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