It's funny I made a point about mostly girls liking Russell for this reason in my anti-Russell Howard thread, but was quickly reassured that it was because they find him funny as well. And now this thread appears lol.
So apart from you swooning at him showing his chest, the actual joke element didn't have as much of an impact on you then?
i'm a straight male who finds him as sexually attractive as pen, but I still find him funny. You can't always judge a comedian based on how others react to them.