Hot Rodent Boyfriends Are Our Crushes of the Summer—Here Are the Celebs That Made the Cut

Golden retrievers, soft jocks, begone. The summer of 2024 is all about the hot rodent. While “handsome rat” might sound like a backhanded slight, it is anything but.

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The idea of anthropomorphizing animals in this way has been around since at least 2023 when this tweet went viral: “Men are either eagle handsome, bear handsome, dog handsome, or reptilian handsome,” with photos of Ryan Gosling , Henry Cavill, Heath Ledger, and Timothée Chalamet, respectively. Thanks to Challengers , the 2024 movie starring Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor, we’re all talking about hot rat boys.

Hot rodent boys are known for their fine, pinched facial features and are usually svelt rather than muscular. Often, they’re not considered conventionally hot but are intriguing in appearance. There’s a mystery to them, it’s almost like we have to earn their affection (which, some may argue, is way sexier than the slobber-all-over-you kind of love you get from a Golden Retriever but I’m not here to yuck somebody else’s yum). Who are these hot rodent boyfriend celebrities?

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Hot rodent boyfriend celebrities

Without further ado…

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