"I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange"
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The details do most of the cultural work. Tattoos and nail polish aren’t just aesthetic preferences; they’re shorthand for a certain kind of masculine counter-signaling, a guy advertising softness or rebellion (or both) in a room that rewards conformity. “Lead singer in a punk band” is basically a brand: charisma, volatility, attention. It’s the romance of someone already onstage, already impossible to domesticate.
Then she swerves: “serious boyfriends” are “clean-cut, nice guys.” That contrast reveals a quietly pragmatic calculus. The “bad-boy type” is thrilling because he’s legible at a glance, a quick hit of narrative. The “nice guy” is what you choose when you’re thinking about mornings, not midnights.
“So it’s strange” is the tell. She’s not confused about her taste; she’s negotiating the public expectation that a woman’s attraction should be morally consistent. Coming from an actress long framed by tabloid archetypes, the line reads like a candid admission that the gaze cuts both ways: she’s allowed to want the myth, even as she lives in the logistics.
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Fox, Megan. (2026, January 18). I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-the-bad-boy-types-generally-the-guy-im-789/
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Fox, Megan. "I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-the-bad-boy-types-generally-the-guy-im-789/.
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"I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-the-bad-boy-types-generally-the-guy-im-789/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.








