Luke Macfarlane Names Mark Wahlberg As His First Crush And Admits A “Sticky-out Ears” Thing
Luke Macfarlane jumped into the Watch What Happens Live hot seat with Platonic co-stars Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen, doing Andy Cohen’s cheeky Pillow Talk game while promoting season two of the Apple TV+ comedy. Asked for his first celebrity crush, Macfarlane said, “Controversially, it was Mark Wahlberg,” nodding to the Calvin Klein era that wallpapered bedrooms and bus stops in the ’90s.
Why that crush raised eyebrows.
Wahlberg’s pin-up years are complicated by old headlines. In 1992 he appeared on UK show The Word and praised dancehall star Shabba Ranks shortly after Ranks made violently anti-gay remarks; GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) publicly condemned Wahlberg and blasted Calvin Klein over the ads.
A 1993 party that turned ugly.
At the time, People reported a Hollywood party dust-up began when Wahlberg allegedly called a member of Madonna’s entourage “a homo”, before a scuffle in which he reportedly shoved nightclub owner John Enos and punched Madonna executive Guy Oseary, possibly breaking his nose. There’s no solid evidence that Madonna herself threw punches.
His oddest turn-on, explained.
Macfarlane’s other reveal was delightfully specific: he’s into men with “sticky-out” ears. When Cohen offered “So, like Russell Tovey?”, Macfarlane agreed. If you needed a visual, Tovey’s got the look. At DNA, we can already hear half the office pushing their ears forward in the mirror.
Pressed to describe himself “as a lover in three words,” he kept it simple: “Listen, touch, kiss.” Not poetry, just honest.
Because WWHL loves chaos, Cohen also had Macfarlane, Byrne and Rogen reenact Kristen Doute’s infamous Vanderpump Rules “suck a dick” scene for a Clubhouse Playhouse bit. It was hammy, loud and very on-brand for the show.
So, what’s the takeaway.
Macfarlane gave fans a tidy mix of thirst, context, and personality. A nostalgic crush with baggage, a charmingly niche turn-on, and three small words that tell you plenty. New episodes of Platonic are rolling out now, which makes the timing neat: the actor’s back on screens, and he just handed viewers a few more reasons to tune in. Do you have a “sticky-out ears” crush, too?
