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Kel Mitchell of Nickelodeon’s Kenan & Kel, pictured in 2019, remains one of our first pop culture crushes. Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images for Nickelodeon hide caption
Kel Mitchell of Nickelodeon’s Kenan & Kel, pictured in 2019, remains one of our first pop culture crushes.
If you’ve ever posted a celebrity’s picture inside a locker, used a photo of them as your lock screen, or followed every moment of someone’s career, you know all about pop culture crushes. There are the ones you’re proud of, the ones you’re less proud of, and the ones that never quite go away. Today, we’re sharing some of our earliest crushes and how they informed our later adorations along the way.
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