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Actor Leslie Jordan has delighted fans with an adorable throwback Thursday pic of himself from High School.
Inspired by the singer Chris Stapleton posting some throwback photos from his own youth, Jordan, 65, shared a photo from his school days.
Among those to comment was actor Justin Long, who said the young Jordan reminded him of Dustin Hoffman’s character in the movie, The Graduate (“Very Benjamin Braddock … ‘Mister Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me’.”)
Singer Brandi Carlile called him a “Cutie pie” while Sharon Osbourne simply said “😍 Omg”.
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Jordan was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has spoken before about having a tough time in childhood being raised as a Southern Baptist.
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He relocated to Los Angeles in 1982 and has found fame with a string of TV and film appearances, including Will & Grace and several seasons of American Horror Story. Jordan grew a huge Instagram following last year of over 5.6million after he started posting hilarious videos of himself in lockdown with his mother back home in Tennessee.
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twomen4u
Let Leslie know that he has a retired Southern Baptist pastor as one of his biggest fans. My husband and I love all of the comedy he has ever done. We especially love the short-lived series of him playing Brother Boy. I finally admitted who and what I was when I was 40 and I am now 75 so I am his senior – ha. I empathize with him about growing up in a Southern Baptist home in middle FL. I know I went thru some of the same things he did. My husband and I have been together 19 years and married three. So keep those laughs coming as there are two men that love it.
tjack47
Cute as puddnin pie!
nathan
I would never have recognized him – very cute in that pic.
RyanMBecker
Based on the nose, my guess is that the photo is either Neil Patrick Harris or Matt Bomer. Probably Bomer, although Harris is more “beloved.”
ScottOnEarth
Leslie Jordan is so damn adorable and funny. He also wrote a great autobiography called “My Trip Down the Pink Carpet.” I recommend it to everyone. I also happened to have sort of met him a few times in WeHo and he is as sweet in person as he seems on TV.