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Former teen heartthrob from the 2000s now unrecognisable after resurfacing
He was one of the biggest pop heartthrobs of the 2000s with a string of famous girlfriends who kept him in the headlines.
Ryan Cabrera was just 21 when his debut single On The Way Down skyrocketed up the charts, turning him into an overnight sensation with teen girls across the country.
Now at 42, the married father-of-one has come a long way since his days as a young pop star.
During an appearance on The Zach Sang Show, longtime fans were stunned to see the former hitmaker resurface with his same signature blonde quiff from the 2000s.
'His skin actually looks great. If someone fixed that hair for him, I think he'd be a handsome guy,' commented one.
'He needs to leave that hairstyle back in 2004,' joked another.
Another fan said that he looked more like a country music star, writing, 'He looks like the third Rascal Flatts member.'
Many fans will remember Cabrera from his relationship with Ashlee Simpson and his appearances on her MTV reality show.
The two dates for about a year from 2004 to 2005, before Cabrera rebounded with The Veronicas singer Jess Origliasso.
He then dated model and actress Riley Keough, before moving on to reality star Audrina Patridge.
During his time with Patridge, the singer-songwriter appeared on season six of MTV's The Hills.
After that, Cabrera was rumored to be dating Avril Lavigne, but the pair never confirmed the speculation.
He's now happily married to WWE superstar Alexa Bliss (real name Alexis Kaufman).
Bliss, 33, and Cabrera, 42, met in 2019 and married each other in April 2022 at a luxury location in Palm Desert, California in front of hundreds of family members and friends.
They described the event as 'non-traditional' and 'rockstar'.
The happy couple welcomed their first child together in 2023, a baby daughter named Hendrix Rouge Cabrera.
Meanwhile, Cabrera continues to tour the country as a singer-songwriter, while Bliss recently made her return to WWE following a hiatus.
Cabrera burst onto the music scene in 2004 with his pop-rock hit On The Way Down.
He followed it up with another hit, True, which reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
His debut album, Take It All Away, reached the top ten on the Billboard 200 and was eventually certified platinum for sales of one million copies in the US.
He had another minor hit in 2005, Shine On, before fading from the charts.
In the following years he became best known for his many reality TV appearances, which included The Hills, Pretty Wild, and Miz & Mrs.
