Remember when Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte and all gathered together asked each other whom they all fantasize about, and they all chimed in "Russell Crowe" in unison? Yeah, so do we. That was when the Aussie was in his heyday -- but nowadays it looks like time hasn't been so kind to the Gladiator star.

Judging from these recent pics of the one-time hottie, it looks like ole' Russell looks like he's seen some better days. The actor was looking beefier than usual when he and his fam went shopping for home good in Los Angeles on Thursday. For the outing, the Oscar winner donned an oversized polo and long sweatshorts. Not our fave look for the superstar ...

We aren't sure if the 51-year-old Australian is bulking up for a new role, or he simply ate too much Vegemite -- either way, Russell definitely has a fuller figure than what we're used to seeing.

Carrie and the gang may need a new celeb for the spank bank -- because Russ is rockin' the dadbod' pretty hard.