Stories from a Country Girl: Hot Guy Alert: Travis Van Winkle

I recently had a sick day and I discovered a new TV movie called Bound and Babysitting. At first I was watching because one of the actors was So You Think You Can Dance Street Team Captain Stephen “Twitch” Boss but later on I found myself staring at the lead actor, Travis Van Winkle, who played one half of a pair of college enemies who are tasked to babysit their friend’s children. Apart from the good looks, I thought the guy looked familiar so I looked him up on Google. The reason he looked familiar? He was on 2 Broke Girls, on one of the few episodes that I actually watched and enjoyed. He’s also on The Last Ship, which I’ve seen a couple of times. He was also in Transformers (the boyfriend of Megan Fox’ character in the beginning of the film). If you’ve seen Justin Baldoni’s (Rafael from Jane the Virgin) video The Proposal (and the follow-up where he announced that his wife was pregnant), you would also recognize him from that video too. There were some other shows and films that he’s been in but I haven’t seen them. Seems like for the most part his following is due to his role in The Last Ship.

Travis Van Winkle is a handsome guy. He looked good in Bound and Babysitting but after seeing his photos for Bello Magazine with all that facial hair, I think I am attracted to him even more – I can’t believe I just said that (because I remember a time when I said I would never like a guy with facial hair, but it is just so good on him!). Once I Googled and found out more about him, he became even more handsome in my eyes because I found out how passionate he was about helping other people. I found photos of him helping to build a school in Nicaragua.

This guy was doing manual labor and spending time with the locals and the children in Nicaragua. He has done the same thing in Africa and in the US too. I read that he plans on doing the same in Nepal. He seems very active and is passionate about education and giving back. I think that is what makes him even more attractive. Nothing beats a person with substance who is passionate about things like this. All the good things he does (and the good looks, let’s not be a hypocrite here) makes me want to tell him to have my babies, seriously! Travis is also a Baha’i, which is a faith that in his words:

 “…all about unity. The Baha’i faith is all about unity and inclusiveness. There’s no exclusivity. It’s not about converting people. It’s literally about bringing people together to celebrate life, to celebrate love and to just connect and to remove all division. And I think it’s such a beautiful faith.”
[Source: TV Show Patrol] 

This spiritual side gives him even more depth of character and I admire that about him. Because of all that, this guy is now on my crush-worthy list and will probably be there for a while. If anyone wants to see more of Travis Van Winkle, the current season of The Last Ship airs on Warner TV here in the Philippines. Check him out and tell me what you think!

Photo Source: Bello Mag, WhoSay