{"id":6298,"date":"2026-01-17T00:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=6298"},"modified":"2026-01-17T00:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T00:53:32","slug":"twink-to-twunk-9-celebrities-whose-transformations-you-wont-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=6298","title":{"rendered":"Twink to twunk: 9 celebrities whose transformations you won\u2019t believe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who knew these twinks would grow up to be so damn hunky?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At Gay Times, we don\u2019t mourn twink death. We celebrate twink evolution! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you know your twinks from your twunks? Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ve lovingly prepared this list that captures the transformation of twinks, i.e. gay or bisexual men who may or may not drink from the fountain of youth to maintain their boy-ish good looks, to twunks, i.e. twinks that become kind of hunky, with facial hair and muscle definition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the nine bi and gay male celebs that caught our eye and subsequently stole our hearts. With that said, bring on the twunks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kit Connor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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You may know him as the love interest Nick Nelson from Heartstopper<\/em>, starring alongside fellow twink heartthrob and friend, Joe Locke.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connor has become unmistakably hench recently, though, if the photos of him in the upcoming A24 film Warfare <\/em>are anything to go by \u2013 earning him true twunk status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keiynan Lonsdale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Lonsdale is pegged as one of IMDB\u2019s LGBTQIA+ Hollywood stars to watch<\/a>, and it\u2019s easy to see why. Lonsdale\u2019s standout performance in Amazon\u2019s LGBTQIA+ show My Fake Boyfriend<\/em> as Andrew is one for the books, and coincidentally, where we feel Lonsdale hit true twunk status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actor, dancer, singer-songwriter \u2013 twunk! Is there anything that Lonsdale can\u2019t do? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Daley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The crafty knitter, the Olympic athlete and diver extraordinaire has long held a special place in our hearts and minds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Daley\u2019s physique sure has gone from twunk to mega-twunk lately. Look at those abs?! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Cimino<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Michawl Cimino\u2019s recent transition from twink to twunk has had the internet well and truly gagged. For his new role in Motorhead<\/em>, the beloved Love, Victor<\/em> star has bulked up and hunked out.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt Bomer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From his piercing blue eyes to his rippling abs, Matt Bomer is the perfect example of someone who successfully navigated the twink to twunk pipeline. To top it all off, he\u2019s a bloody good actor too, starring in White Collar, Fellow Travellers <\/em>and The Normal Heart<\/em>, to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch, oggle and appreciate him in his new role as Jerry Frank, in Mid-Century Modern <\/em>on Hulu or Disney+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Archuleta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Is it the stubble? The tousled hair? Those popping shoulder muscles? We\u2019re not sure, but what we do know is that the American Idol<\/em> singer has made the leap, and we\u2019re loving it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This bisexual-babe-cum-demi-lover is soft in equal measure to feisty. Read more about his spicy sex life here.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Colfer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The sweet-smiling Chris Colfer of Glee<\/em> fame has traversed the twink-to-twunk transformation rather beautifully, no?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s nothing we love more than a man with shoulders the size of boulders, and Colfer sure is packing those these days. What a transformation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronen Rubinstein<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Rubinstein has been bulking out, and damn, it looks good on him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 9-1-1<\/em> star, who recently came out as bisexual, is taking on the role of twunk. Complete with strong arms, a little facial stubble and, have mercy on us, that <\/em>jawline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicholas Galitzine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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And, taking the honourable mentions award is the one and only Nicholas Galitzine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Galitzine identifies as a straight man, his contribution to gay cinema can\u2019t be overlooked. Especially when you take into account that his upcoming role as He-Man in He-Man Masters of the Universe <\/em>has inspired a bulk out so extreme that the internet has been left \u201cshaking\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who knew these twinks would grow up to be so damn hunky? At Gay Times, we don\u2019t mourn twink death. We celebrate twink evolution!  Do you know your twinks from your twunks? Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ve lovingly prepared this list that captures the transformation of twinks, i.e. gay or bisexual men who may or may not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-example-4"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6298"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6303,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6298\/revisions\/6303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}