Ansel Elgort covers the September issue of Teen Vogue. That’s so funny, right? I think Ansel will think of himself as a serious actor in a few years, but for now, he’s stuck in heartthrob status. He covered Seventeen earlier this year too. In that interview, he made it a point to let the world know he doesn’t find Shailene Woodley attractive. Pretty rude, but he got away with it. The dude is pretty candid, and Shailene likely laughed off the comment.
In this interview, Ansel doesn’t come off as very charming. He seems really super into Ansel Elgort, especially when he refers to himself, in the third person, three different ways. Perhaps he’s simply quirky, but this next detail is gross. Ansel says he thinks nothing of not showering for four days straight:
His brief DJ career: “I was so bad. I called myself ‘Hanzolo,’ but when I told a pal of mine at school, he was like, ‘Dude, that’s the stupidest name ever. You have to change that. Why don’t you just call yourself Ansolo?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, word. That’s cooler.’ Hanzolo just sounds stupid.”
On his personas: “You know, it might be a weird actor thing, but I think of myself as a few different people. Like, I think of myself as Ansel — that’s one person. And then I’m Ansel Elgort. That’s another person. And then I’m Ansolo.So for Ansel, the best day of my life has been on the beach on Long Island with my family, totally chilling without a worry in the world. For Ansel Elgort, presenting at the Oscars was pretty sick. For Ansolo, I was so excited when Steve Angello, my favorite DJ, played my song ‘Totem’ for the first time. I started crying.”
He admits to poor hygiene: “I was in L.A. for four days, and every day leading up to the ceremony I wore the same thing, and I smelled so bad. One day we went hiking in the mountains, and I got so dirty. The day of the Oscars, I go from looking like a slob to wearing a gorgeous Prada suit. It’s like living in two different worlds. But I don’t care. I was fine! I would just go down to the hotel pool in my underwear.
On his idols: “A lot of old-school people, like Paul Newman and Marlon Brando. I listen to Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin.”
[From Teen Vogue]
During these four days, Ansel wasn’t on a camping trip where shower facilities weren’t available. He did go on a dirt-filled hike, but not even that made him want to shower. This is pretty icky, right? Most 20-year-old guys will at least shower every other day. Ansel may enjoy his downtime when he doesn’t have to glam up, but I’ll never be able to see a photo of him without thinking about this story.
Also, now I understand why he and Shailene Woodley get along so well together. She also brags about not washing up on a regular basis.
Here’s a picture of Ansel after the momentous washing ritual.
Photos courtesy of Teen Vogue & WENN
There are bows on his shoes.
Precious.
That caught my attention too. I’m like, NOPE.
and he’s wearing heels
Look like something my 5 yrs old niece will wear.
Ansel, I don’t swim in your toilet so please don’t pee in my pool.
Going to the hotel pool to,basically, shower off each day? Disgusting! It is just So considerate of him to think of the other people using that pool.
He seems almost alarmingly young and naive, bred like a hothouse flower in that rarified ny circle his father (who also photographs dancers beautifully) travels in. You rarely need to bathe if you’re a hothouse flower, even when you transfer from nyc to the Hollywood hothouse. In short, for better or worse for his own future mental health, the same rules don’t apply to someone like him…
Also–I only know Shailene from items here, but in that last photo, does he resemble her a little?
Yes, they have the exact same coloring and look like twins. I could’t even finish watching The Fault In Our Stars because of that. It was so creepy.
It’s one thing to be dirty and not care about bathing, but BRAGGING about it is just uncouth.
What is will all these young actresses and actors? Between Ms SunVadge, MsI’mCoolYouJustDon’tKnowMe, Mr MyFaceNeedsAPunch and now Mr WhyWashWhenICanSmellLikePoo they all just sound so ridiculously stupid and self absorbed. UGH
Yeah, I don’t disagree, but… if I’d been interviewed when I was 20, I’d have said some pretty stupid, self-absorbed things too!
I know, I find them all pretty annoying. I don’t remember young stars being this way when I was in my teens/early 20s, but it was a different era in publicity.
There are younger actors and such out there simply doing the work and not buying into their own hype though.
He’s not that charming, but he’s nowhere near the douchey frat boy level of Miles Teller (although both are good actors, imo).
I agree. He just seems clueless and young and trying to be cool more than anything else. He sounds like a fairly typical teen to me, actually. Yesterday I had to bribe my son with a Starbucks run to get him to take a shower.
Love this @Esmom! I regularly bribe mine with 10 pence if they will just get in the bath/tidy up etc… but they’re 5 and haven’t figured out the value of money yet. I’m sure it won’t be long before I’m using Starbucks too!
but he’s 22, not 17. He sounds dumb.
Franca, He does sound more like a teen than an average 20-something. I tend to think he’s a bit emotionally immature, sheltered life and Hollywood will do that to you. Although I do know other guys his age who are also just as immature…extended adolescence is becoming a thing, I think, as more parents continue to provide for their kids even after college…
Honestly – between him, Ed Sheeran et al. – what goes through their minds when they admit to their gross habits? Do they think we’ll all be collectively like: “Oh my god, this dude is so down-to-earth! He makes millions of dollars but he doesn’t even spend it on soap and water”? No one ever does. I think in this case it’s ok to generalize on behalf of almost everyone – it’s disgusting and we are grossed out, not endeared.
I don’t understand his popularity. He is such a wooden actor – no emotions, no depth. He makes Shailene look like Meryl Streep in their shared scenes, and I’m not a fan of hers either.
WHY???!?!?!?!
what’s with people and their poor hygiene habits? Not showering AND being DIRTY and Smelly for four days and only cleaning up “because it’s the oscars” is something you should have kept to yourself, Hanzolo.
This really, really, REALLY grosses me out.
Ick.
Am I supposed to think he’s attractive or something?
Anytime someone refers to themselves in third person it makes me think they’re posessed by evil spirits or something.
Hahahahahahahaha
who is this homely looking kid. just googled him and he was in that notoriously cringe-worthy movie from john green book.. lol
Ugh. Heartthrob? No please.
I hate that actresses need to be gorgeous, but actors can be odd-looking. Makes me long for Zac Efron’s heyday. Now there’s a pretty dude.
I haven’t seen this guy act so I can’t speak to his charm or charisma but I remember back in the day being SO attracted to John Cusack. It wasn’t his looks…because to me he is not a conventional heartthrob by any means…but his overall presence and energy just made me swoon.
Right. And no shame for that…
But who’s the equivalent of John Cusack? Who was the unconventional looking actress swooned over by swarms of dudes?
Molly Ringwald? She was considered hot back in the day, wasn’t she? My kids cannot fathom that at all when I’ve made them watch her films. They say she’s “maybe cute” but definitely not gorgeous.
Or, a more recent example, how about Jennifer Aniston in her Friends days?
I was pretty much in love with John Cusack too – for years – but I didn’t find him unconventional looking. I thought he was tall, dark-haired, and handsome with eyes like melted chocolate and lips I would kiss even if I knew he was telling me lies.
(Heavy sigh!)
He didn’t age great and I’ve heard him sound-off on some political discussions (?) but back in the day…
I’ll probably sound sexist, but I don’t care, so here it goes: women are less superficial and more good-looking than men, that’s one of the reasons I think many odd-looking guys are seen as hearthrob. And of course, our usual, dated objectification.
Is this a trend now, to not shower? Shower time is the best time of the day, c’mon! I’d take more than two when it’s too hot, if I could.
I dislike him a lot, and this doesn’t exactly help his case.
I don’t even know who this young man is but he sounds like a stinky, little brat.
BTW, Matthew McConaughey is more in my age group and while I think he’s cute and a good actor and I love to hear him speak, it’s reported that he is also dirty and smelly and refuses to wear deodorant.
Maybe that’s a cool, celebrity dude thing now but whenever I see him on that Lincoln commercial or anywhere else, I can’t help but think, “Gross. I bet you’re dirty and you stink. You need a shower.”
Miss Jane think Ansel Elgort is a confusing young man. j. eyre does not agree that Ansolo is a cooler name than the idiotic Hanzolo and that one the scale of stupid sounding, they both register pretty far into the red. Janie Jainz wonders why young Hollywood is allowed to speak without supervision?
Whoa, welcome to the Kellan Lutz club! Ansolo thinks he looked totally fine at the Oscars, even if he forgot to shower for almost a week leading to that.
Whatever, I like this baby boy. I like that he’s naive, cold, idealistic and he looks like a pretty flower with a mole.