Jude Bellingham strips down for Calvin Klein, and the gays are losing their minds

Jude Bellingham is one of the best soccer players in the world.

If you were to hop on Gay Twitter, though, you might think that job is secondary to his flashier gig: being an underwear model.

The 23-year-old midfielder has gone viral for his latest ad campaign with Calvin Klein, and for good reason.

It’s not often that an athlete takes such full advantage of their looks and physical appeal as Bellingham has done in his Calvins, stripping down to nothing but his white underwear and giving people a close-up of all the areas of note.

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One fan even put together an extensive thread “for the girls and the gays” showing off not just Bellingham’s latest thirst photos, but a compilation through the years of his on-field and other off-field exploits.

Bellingham’s legs were all the craze at the World Cup this past summer when he was seen wearing some extremely tight compression shorts and his leg vascularity shone right in our faces.

He also previously modeled for Skims in 2024 and was named a finalist for Grindr’s “Bulge of the Year”.

Bellingham talked about the process of working with Calvin Klein. “I really enjoyed working on this campaign. I liked the idea of ‘the icon underneath ’- that confidence starts with feeling comfortable in yourself.

“Calvin Klein is such an iconic brand, so it was great to bring that idea to life in my own way.”

Bellingham’s current appeal is unmatched in soccer and worldwide sports in general, and it’s hard not to draw comparisons to the way another English soccer icon used to have the gays in a chokehold in the 2000s: David Beckham.

The legendary Beckham is still marketable to this day, and fans on social media debated which underwear model was sexier after Bellingham’s shoot.

It helps to succeed on the pitch, too, and Bellingham helped bring the English soccer team to a third-place finish at the World Cup. He’s finishing in first place amongst current athlete models, though.

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