10 Strangest Actor Vanity Projects

3. Tom Selleck, Avocado Farmer

There are many things that (presumably) the former Magnum PI star likes: glasses of scotch, fine Cuban cigars, moustache combs, rubbing his fingers through his magnificent cornucopia of chest hair. You know, manly things for a manly man. He almost certainly had some hellraising days back at the peak of his early career, but nowadays Tom Selleck lives a surprisingly quiet existence €“ part of which involves living on and maintaining a 63-acre avocado farm. Yes, an avocado farm. A farm for avocados. Where did you think they came from? He basically runs the whole place himself, too, telling Good Housekeeping (who else) "I like to get outside and work on the farm, from fixing roads to clearing brush. I hate going to the gym, so sweating outdoors sure beats sitting on a stationary bike staring at my navel. And I work cheaper than anyone I could hire to do it." The ranch is his permanent home, too. He doesn't have pads all over the world. Nope, just the humble farm that includes a 1926 ranch house and a horse corral. Apparently he runs the thing not for profit (which is apparently hard to make from a small avocado operation), but because he enjoys doing the manual labour. And, supposedly, eating obscure fruit. Good for him?
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Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/