Ben Cohen is MEGA WOOF in Attitude (PHOTOS)

As promised, here's a look at Rugby's sexiest player (and bear icon) from the October issue of Attitude magazine. Inside the covers, Ben Cohen spills on his gay fans, coming 'out' in sports, and not having a hot body (What?).

UPDATE: Out of respect for my friends over at Attitude, I've removed most of the photos. If you want to see them, you'll need to pick up a copy. In the meantime, you can check out a couple MORE PHOTOS on the next page.

On hanging with the gays:
"I enjoy being round gay people. I find I get on better with them than straight people."

On his own body image:
"Mate, seriously, I don't think I've got a good body. ANd that's not cause I want you to say I have. I don't look in the mirror and go: 'Fucking hell Benny, good body.' I look at it and go, actually, I need to lose some more weight, I need to do some more work and I'll go into the gym and I'll try, I don't really think I have a good body. If people do than fair enough. I think it's my genetic make-up. I don't really have much of a say in it."

On coming out as gay in sports:
"I think if a footballer came out as gay, he would be unbelievably wealthy and unbelievably famous, simply because he came out. I think a trend would follow. I think a lot of people in the closet would come out and support it."

On creating a 'bear' renaissance:
I didnt' know it actually went that deep. I'm flattered with that, if I'm kick-starting a trend. It's nice to know, and nice to be wanted that way."

Read the full article in the October issue of ATTITUDE. Photos: Klas Strom.