Nov. 7th is National Hug a Bear Day, so Hank’s Public Privates and Mr. Man Are Taking That a Bit More Literally

November 7, 2023
HANK ORSO

Everyone needs a great hug now and then. With these days of political and social unrest both near and abroad, the warm arms of a friend or stranger feel pretty damn good. National Hug a Bear Day is celebrated every November 7th to bring attention to the emotional healing aspects of hugging. Now, we know the good people over there are talking about teddy bears and people. But over here at Hank's Public Privates, yer boy Hank here likes a Bear of another variety, the thick and hairy (or not so hairy!) manly variety! And over at Mr. Man, it seems they have the same idea I do! So let's celebrate hugging with some of our favorite TV and movie bears, men of the ursine style we wanna snuggle up to on a chilling Fall evening.

All photos courtesy of Mr. Man. Click here to head over there to see more of these furry bodies and the hot video clips they come from!

I have my personal feelings about James Franco's exploitative film Interior. Leather Bar. We get it, James, you wanna be our pal. But like I wanna tell every annoying bridal party chick who wanders into my bar, "We are not your zoo animal." That being said, his flawed flick does have a lot of awesome flesh to gaze at, with leather bear Brad Roberge being one of the woofiest!

Bromance turns to romance...of sorts...when Jack Black and James Marsden party just a bit too much and things take an unexpected turn in The D Train. (They bang, spoiler alert!) Black makes us laugh! Yeah, that's what gets us looking in his direction! Even sans beard, this thick slab of cake can turn the bears' heads.

Christopher Meloni has never been shy of exposing, well, everything in many of his projects. When he turned around and spread his cheeks after being full frontal in Oz, we knew we had something special. So when he appears in a short-lived role as one of Elektra's benefactors in Pose, it wasn't nearly the gayest thing he's done. (That would be breaking the neck of a prisoner while he was getting head in Oz. C'mon, we've all wanted to do it at some point!)

I will take Nick Offerman any way I can. Whether he's cozying up to his zombie-fighting hubby in The Last of Us or talking about how much he likes to eat his real-life wife Meghan Mullaly's pussy, it's all good to me as long as I can hear his low, sexy, growly voice. Luckily, he isn't shy about showing skin, like this turn in Somebody Up There Likes Me, or when he went full-frontal grubby hot in Deadwood. As long as he breaks into his nervous giggle!

When you think of what a Bear is, you probably think the prototype is Kristian Nairn, "Hodor" from Game of Thrones. And you'd sorta be right. He stands 6'10 (!!!), and when he has his full beard in, dear lord, is he a wall of hotness! Oh and also, HE'S OPENLY GAY! Besides appearing in Robin Hood: The Rebellion and the wonderful Our Flag Means Death, he also has traveled the globe as a DJ spinning tunes in clubs near and far. That may be prosthetics you see above, but who cares? Looks pretty good to me! "Hold the door?" How about "Hold the dick!"

Guillermo Díaz is another out actor with a prolific body of work in TV and film. And what a body! You can go back to 1995's Party Girl starring Parker Posey, displaying his indie film roots playing burgeoning club DJ when he was still a cutie-pie twink. But he's since grown into his full-bodied lusciousness, and we're so glad he's embraced his cubbiness. Talk about aging with grace and beauty!

David Harbour, in the first season of Stranger Things, is one of the hottest men on TV, hands down, full stop. Stuffing his schlubby, sweaty dad bod into a cop uniform is homoerotic softcore uniform kink at its finest! Full disclosure, yer boy Hank here has a pic of Harbour from that season, uniform shirt splayed wide open showing off his ample beef, as my phone homescreen pic. Sure he got more ripped for later seasons and for Hellboy but you won't hear anyone complaining!

Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is what is usually referred to as a Muscle Cub. He's also referred to as a straight-up hottie! He's thick and muscular with a sweet, handsome face that shows strength and tenderness. Those eyes! Run into his arms when things go south on the African plains.

Looking might have been a bit problematic, but we have no problem with how it allowed out actor Daniel Franzese to proudly show off his thick, furry beef! We fell in love with him in Mean Girls ("She doesn't even go here!") and watched him grow into an out, proudly big performer and activist.

Okay, so seeing François Sagat's famous cock isn't as big a deal as the others, only because the former/back-and-forth porn star has shown a lot of pole in his previous work. But he's gone mainstream at times and still likes to show it off. So we'll keep looking! In Men At Bath, from 2010, he's involved in a globe-trotting gay love story, going full frontal with his musclebear bod. But honestly, this horror movie fan prefers to watch his zombie porn cult classic L.A. Zombie! Look it up!

So on November 7th and beyond, hug yer favorite Bear! And let the love in. Way in!

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