{"id":215962,"date":"2026-01-10T23:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/lucy-liu-so-embarrassed-to-tell-c-thomas-howell-she-crushed-on-him-as-a-teenager\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T23:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:41:08","slug":"lucy-liu-so-embarrassed-to-tell-c-thomas-howell-she-crushed-on-him-as-a-teenager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/lucy-liu-so-embarrassed-to-tell-c-thomas-howell-she-crushed-on-him-as-a-teenager\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Liu ‘so embarrassed’ to tell C. Thomas Howell she crushed on him as a teenager"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Lucy Liu<\/a> was “so embarrassed” to tell C. Thomas Howell she had a crush on him as a teenager.<\/p>\n

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Lucy Liu had the hots for C. Thomas Howell as a teenager<\/p>\n

The 57-year-old actress fell head over heels for the actor when he starred in the 1983 crime-thriller film, The Outsiders, aged 16, and she even had a photo of him on her wall.<\/p>\n

In an interview with W Magazine, Lucy was asked who her first “cinematic crush” was, and she revealed: “C. Thomas Howell in The Outsiders. <\/p>\n

“I was able to afford one of those teen magazines. I Scotch-taped it up to my wood-panel wall. He had a very \u201980s look, with his hair blown back and his hand in his jeans pocket. “<\/p>\n

The Outsiders followed the rivalry between two teenage gangs: the greasers, including brothers Ponyboy Curtis (C. Thomas), Darrel Curtis (Patrick Swayze) and Sodapop Curtis (Rob Lowe<\/a>) and their pals, and the privileged Socs (Socials).<\/p>\n

\nIn 2012, Lucy “ironically” worked with C. Thomas, 59, in season 4 of the TNT crime drama, Southland – which followed LAPD patrol officers and detectives try to stop crime in the Californian city, while they juggled drama in their personal lives.<\/p>\n

\nBut Lucy (Officer Jessica Tang) did not tell C. Thomas (Officer Dewey Dudek) that she fancied him as a youngster.<\/p>\n

\nShe admitted: “I never told him that I had a crush on him, because I was so embarrassed. We were playing tough cops.”<\/p>\n

\nThe Charlie’s Angels actress has never been married but was engaged to 50-year-old film director Zach Helm in 2004 – two years after they met at a Hollywood bash and dated.<\/p>\n

\nHowever, their engagement was called off, and they broke up a few months later.<\/p>\n

\nLucy has had other high-profile relationships. She dated Jay Kelly star George Clooney, 64, for a few months in 2000.<\/p>\n

\nHer longest romance was with Toy Story 4 actor Will McCormack, 51, and it lasted from 2004 until 2007.<\/p>\n

\nAnd in 2014, Lucy was romantically linked to businessman Noam Gottesman, 64, but it is not known when they broke up.<\/p>\n

\nMeanwhile, C. Thomas married Commando actress Rae Dawn Chong, 64, in 1989, but they divorced in 1990.<\/p>\n

\nHe then got hitched to Sylvie Anderson in 1992, and went on to have daughter Isabelle, 32, and sons Dashiell, 29, and 24 year old Liam.<\/p>\n

\nC. Thomas and Sylvie divorced in 2016.<\/p>\n

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