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"When I first heard that Channing Tatum was a stripper back in the day, I wasn&amp;#x27;t surprised. That body! That devilish smile! Those moves! It just made sense. But what did knock me off my feet? Oh, just that Mr. Tatum stripped in Tampa, Florida--my college town! We missed each other by a year--which is a shame because one of my most memorable birthdays was when my friends blindfolded me and led me into a noisy room. They made me touch something rock hard and slippery as my clue, which of course was a hot, buff, stripper&amp;#x27;s butt. Here&amp;#x27;s what I would have loved to have seen when I took off my blindfold instead: Of course I&amp;#x27;m going to check out the movie version of this hot routine when Magic Mike opens tomorrow but it got me thinking . . . there are a lot of other gorgeous movie star men out there. Did any others get their start by showing skin? Let me tell you what my super sleuth reporting skills dug up just for your fantasy&amp;#x27;s pleasure. Brad Pitt It may be hard to picture the family man and serious actor of today taking it all off but think of him back in his Thelma and Louise days. Here, I&amp;#x27;ll help . . . Source: bradpittworkout.com via Lauren on Pinterest Ahh, much better. Now imagine that you were in a sorority, oh let&amp;#x27;s say at the University of Missouri in the &amp;#x27;80s. It&amp;#x27;s your 21st birthday and your sisters want to get you the perfect present to celebrate this rite of passage. What would have shown up at your door? Just a young college student named Brad and his six friends that made up the Dancing Bares to strip in your honor. Seriously, this nude revue that Brad was a member of specialized in sorority girls&amp;#x27; 21st birthday celebrations! And Brad must have liked the scene because while in Hollywood trying to get his first big break--he moonlighted as a chauffeur for female strippers taking them to and from gigs . . . Source: rtroncampus.com via Lauren on Pinterest Mike &amp;quot;The Situation&amp;quot; Sorrentino Source: spinsouthwest.com via Lauren on Pinterest With all that GTL, Mike is basically programmed to strip down and show off that &amp;quot;Situation&amp;quot; to anyone that pays him even a minute of attention on the Jersey Shore boardwalk. So, it&amp;#x27;s not really a stretch that he once got paid to do the very same. He actually worked in a strip club where he started out as a shirtless drink server. But he did hit the stage just once and it didn&amp;#x27;t go quite as planned. This is what Mike told Jay Leno about the experience: &amp;amp;#8220;You want me to be honest? You know I did try it once. I really didn&amp;amp;#8217;t like the costume. You know? The outfit&amp;amp;#133; my birthday is on the Fourth of July so they had some like, I don&amp;amp;#8217;t know if I was Uncle Sam, but it was some sort of Uncle Sam with a thong and I wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t really feeling it.&amp;amp;#8221; Javier Bardem Source: google.com.tr via Lauren on Pinterest Sigh . . . Javier is just one of those guys that gives you a look and you&amp;#x27;re under his spell. Listen to that seductive accent and you&amp;#x27;re gone . . . I like to imagine that Javier makes reading take-out menus out loud a sensual experience. Seriously, Penelope Cruz is one lucky lady. And Javier must have an inkling of just how gorgeous he is because he took his clothes off on stage too--even though it was for just one magical (I&amp;#x27;m guessing here) night. With his mom and sister in the audience! Okay, that part is weird, but I hope those non-related ladies in the crowd know how lucky they are! What male star would you most want to see strip a la Magic Mike? Which stars were you most surprised to hear have stripping pasts? And as long as we&amp;#x27;re on the subject, don&amp;#x27;t forget to peruse through our hot gallery of guys that took off in the movies! More hot guys! * If Ann Curry IS Getting Fired From Today, At Least She Got One Heck of a Lap Dance Before She Left--Watch! * Let&amp;#x27;s Play Whose Chest Is It, Anyway? (AKA Guess the Shirtless Famous Guy!) * Joey Lawrence Tells Us the One Place He&amp;#x27;ll Never Get Naked And the One Place He Will. He&amp;#x27;s Helpful That Way P.S. Want more Obsessed? Sign up for our awesome daily newsletter that features the latest celebrity gossip, TV news, hilarious Internet sensations, and more! Photos: Pinterest Videos: YouTube"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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