With their pretty faces, gym bods and good vibes, himbos like Jack Grealish and the men of Love Island are having a moment. But could our pale, six-pack-less writer walk a day in their Crocs?
It was in May this year that we perhaps reached peak himbo. Standing around a map of the UK, England midfielder Jordan Henderson beckoned over his teammate Jack Grealish to reveal the answer to a challenge he’d taken part in. “I had to guess where you’re from,” said Henderson. “I want you to put where you’re from on this map.”
Grealish had strolled over with a puppyish grin, but it soon became clear that locating Birmingham, where he was born, was beyond him. The host of the quiz tried to help him out: “Originally,” she said, as if speaking to someone hard of hearing from the local nursing home, “where you’re originally from.” But Grealish remained dumbstruck. Then he gestured towards the map and uttered the immortal line “Is that England?” while everyone around him collapsed in hysterics.
