Jon Hamm is a fine actor, but even Stanislavski would agree that it’s hard to avoid the “Hammaconda” in the room when he’s in front of a crowd.
The 51-year-old actor’s southern district has been the topic of much conversation over the years, including a rumor that the Mad Men wardrobe department once forced him to wear underwear to keep viewers from getting too distracted.
Intrepid reporter Howard Stern recently asked Hamm to set the record straight, and also got an answer to the age-old question of “boxers or briefs?”
Related: WATCH: Jon Hamm asked point-blank about his “Hammaconda”
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Asked about those rumors, Hamm said, “I have worn underwear every single day of my life. Who doesn’t wear underwear?”
“I love a comfy boxer brief,” he added. “I like a breathable cotton.”
Knowledge is power.
Speaking more generally about “pretty privilege” as it relates to acting, Hamm said, “growing up … was more about kind of fitting in and achieving and hopefully being good at whatever it was that was in front of me, whether it was school or sports.”
“By the time I got to pursuing acting really in a real way, I was in college, and I ended up getting a scholarship to do it and it was literally just something like ‘I think I’m good at this.’”
He continued, “Being good-looking or what have you is obviously so subjective too … somebody’s great-looking guy … another [person] doesn’t give a second look so I never really had a sense of that.”
Acting may be Jon’s craft, but even the Justice Department has weighed in on those other assets.
bachy
Hamm is not only drop-dead gorgeous in a very effortlessly masculine way, but he also exudes Grade-A BDE.
Which was obvious even before the squealing melodrama around his bulge started. And he’s not afraid to make fun of himself either. He can be utterly hilarious (see: Bridesmaids).
Donston
Hamm when Mad Men started had conventional, old Hollywood masculine and handsome looks. Hamm has some talent (especially in comedy). But he also has benefitted from his looks, his white-ness, his masculinity, being seemingly “straight”/hetero-leaning/non “gay” leaning. There’s no doubt that assisted him in his career ambitions. I understand being humble and not trying to come off like you think you’re so fine and sexy. But if you’re gonna broach the topic of “privilege” it’s best to acknowledge it. I do like Hamm.
Max
I found him quite funny in Confess, Fletch.
he has a “getting out of the shower scene” that’s quite nice for a wet look. and then his barefoot get screen time, for any feet lovers.
inbama
Constantly employed, but he hasn’t starred in a series since “MadMen” back in 2015, but that will change when season five of FX’s “Fargo.”
Paris in Santiago
I want to like Jon Hamm, but that terrible hazing incident he was a part of in 1990, makes me nauseous. Same with Mark Wahlburg and the racist violence he visited upon others.
bachy
I hear you. I’ll never forgive myself for some of the things I said and did “back in the day”…. so why should I forgive anyone else?