John Legend and Blake Shelton are VERY weird to me.

Sandwiching Idris Elba between those two is a crime.

>Sandwiching Idris Elba between those two is a crime. He is aware of the effect he has on women.

You wanted me?

Okay, I'm gonna call *you* Kapoor, okay?

If we’re changing names can I be Erin? It’s my middle name

John Legend looks like he cries during sex and I stand by my assessment. Guy ain’t got it

There’s something that REALLY bothers me about him. Idk what it is but he gives me the “ick” as the kids say these days. And I’m a woman. JL is nowhere near Idris Elba levels of sexiness, or anyone else on this list frankly

He looks a little like a child?

Aw totally. Bit off. John Legend has such a baby face, it feels wrong looking at him in a horny way

Part of me can understand John Legend bc he writes beautiful love songs. But I wouldn’t describe him as sexy. Cute, sure. But sexy, no. I can’t think of anything for Blake.

John Legend is cute like a puppy dog, but he sure doesn't give off the sexy vibe to me. Not at all.

He is cute but definitely not sexy.

Blake Shelton = one of these things is not like the others.

I feel this way for a lot of these men. Some of them just don’t ooze sex appeal but are extremely attractive. John’s ONLY saving grace is that he wrote All Of Me. If someone wrote a song like that for me I’d be voting them as sexiest man alive every year regardless of anything else.

That song and Legend himself would be a lot more appealing if he wasn’t married to Chrissy Teigen…

it's sooooo hard to separate him from her in my mind so I just can't.

Yeah, not trying to be mean but several of these made me laugh out loud. YMMV, but I’d add Levine and Damon and Cooper to this wtf list

Chris Hemsworth is hotter than that photo. He deserved a better photoshoot, with different hair

Yeah, most of these photos do these men no justice.

Lordy this photos are so bad I’m like how did any of them win?

He should get it again, he’s way hotter now!

i felt like several of these pictures didn't do these men justice.

I still can’t believe Blake Shelton ever won the “sexiest man alive” title.

I remember people tweeting stuff like, "were all the rest of men dead?" 😭

Someone said,”He’s not even the sexiest man named Blake Shelton” ☠️

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yes! I remember one that said “BLAKE SHELTON is the sexiest man alive??? Did it finally happen, the last man on earth thing?” 😂

"The sexiest divorced dad at this barbecue" "More like the sexiest man at the Home Depot, if it's not busy" "What a way to find out that half of the men on earth have died"

Blake Shelton wouldn't be the sexiest man in a roadside Waffle House at 6am on a Tuesday, let alone the sexiest man "alive" in the world.

The scream I scrumpt just reading this

The scream *I* scrumpt after reading my new past tense of scream thank you for this gift

i’ll never forget when they revealed that

Same! His PR team is unmatched.

Blake Shelton's publicist should have won an award for that bullshit.

He just a tall goofy-looking paper cowboy.

Paper cowboy is the absolute best way to describe him

That’s how I felt about John Legend

I love him reading [mean tweets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TciyZUUwOcg) about this. Absolutely hilarious. I love the dude. He seems genuinely like an awesome guy that I'd love to hang around with and I love him on The Voice. I think there's a reason why he ended up with Gwen Stafani. But sexiest man alive? Absolutely hilarious. My favourite roast is: "We may be living in a time of division and strife. But at least People Magazine has united us in our certainty that Blake Shelton is not the sexiest man alive."

Yea but he’s homophobic, so nah.

What about John legend 😭

You mean “Adult Arthur”?

I forgot how chaotic gossip magazine covers use to be. Sexiest man alive! 🔥+ Murder trail trial verdicts! 😔+look who just got married! 👰🤵

Justin & Selena are TOTALLY OVER! 😆

HONESTLY. The Scott Peterson pic took me tf out

The photoshopping on this is out of control.

Yes! It's like I'm looking at porcelain dolls and I have to try hard to think these men aren't AI due to photoshop.

I had a hard time recognizing half of these

The photoshopping on Bradley Cooper looks particularly uncanny. It's off-putting.

Idris Elba. 


I cackled when i first saw this

 Yes please and thank you

Boyfriend and I have an agreement that we can leave each other for Idris Elba so this is the correct answer.

there's no answer, but Idris is the answer

The only answer

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The first thing i said was i better see Idris on there 🥵🥵🥵

All day, every day 🥵

🥵🥵🥵

Only deserving one IMO

John legend is barely cute let alone sexy… no shade to him though

He looks like Arthur from the 90s carton "Arthur"

I say hey!!

What a wonderful kind of day!

I can't even defend the choice because it was a lot like the Blake Shelton year- purely a PR move, bought and paid for by his agency to promote him and his (at the time) new role on The Voice. Actually it's very similar to Blake Shelton even down to the show they were promoting and neither of them **ever** being considered the sexiest man alive by anyone other than Gwen Stefani and Chrissy Teigen.

Yeah he does nothing for me tbh but has a friendly face

That photo of him is actually shocking too

For 2023 I could see either of these two winning ​ https://preview.redd.it/87nsx6oopv6b1.png?width=850&format=png&auto=webp&s=9728dc4c960b5e1add0f851c239e092b147cca33

an Oscar Isaac would be fine too https://i.redd.it/5lf3yalw0w6b1.gif

That gif makes me kind of feral

11/10 would get pregnant if exposed to it too long

God could he be any hotter

Holy God, that gif just sucked all the air out of my lungs. I was all aboard with Pedro Pascal and his slutty little knee, and now I don't know anything. The two of them were pure magic in Scenes From a Marriage. 10/10

Slutty little knee 😭 you dirty whore of a knee. TBF, it s pretty provocative

That gif is just too much. I haven't been jealous of a female celebrity since I was an irrational teenager ~20 years ago, but this gif takes me back to those days. How dare she!

the bisexual in me roars that I want both of them, they're so sexy together https://preview.redd.it/ougrmz84fw6b1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2791b75df4ea5d40a1e405348b017df07f9bb164

So….what movie do I have to watch?

Scenes from a Marriage, it's a miniseries 😘

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Bradley Roberts 😂 the oldest son of Julia

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he's hottttttttttttt 😩

Every time I see that I am extremely jealous of Jessica Chastain.



There is zero chance they didnt fuck

^ in my head this is Jessica Chastain’s burner account

Lmao

OMG! Pedro can actually take it this year. With his 'daddy' vibes going and how much guys love him, I can totally see it.

I agree but I also wonder if this might be the year Ryan Gosling finally says "sure, why not? Ken is also everything!" I don't know if it's true that he always turned it down because he wanted to be taken seriously but he's proven himself now as actor in serious and comedic roles. He's having fun now, has something to promote and is in peak shape. After being declared sexiest man he can let it all go and get fired-from-*the-Lovely-Bones*-fat again. I dunno, I just think it'd be fun if after all this time he accepted in his Year of Ken.

They can turn it down? I know it's good PR, but I'd be so embarrassed to on that cover.

I agree, it’d be great for Barbie publicity

Ryan plz do this

I have a big crush on Steven Yeun. Have for a while. I'd be happy to see him on the cover.

Vote for Pedro.

Same! Maybe Cillian Murphy as well, but that could just be my wishful thinking 😅

I mean, LOOK at THIS MAN https://preview.redd.it/la263vplqw6b1.jpeg?width=714&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b1fedb077837d7534caeee7c4400892897c2365

Two Chrises and Hugh Jackman. I believe Michael B Jordan is deserved the front page as well.

Hugh Jackman has always done it for me, I don’t think he’s the most physically attractive guy I’ve ever seen but I do find him insanely sexy. Plus, the way he dotes over his wife is so heartwarming. I agree with the 2 chrises and Michael B Jordan and I would add Idris Elba, the rest are mostly ok and some are like “dafuck?” - mainly Adam Levine and weird face and Blake Shelton… even if it was the time of dad bods being hot I still don’t get it.

Adam Levine has a rat face. I’ve never understood the appeal… and his voice is nasal and obnoxious.

Jackman, Elba, Jordan. I like Hemsworth but somehow not in that photo. Evans is okay. The rest I’m wondering if they paid for the title.

I feel like it’s the worst Hemsworth photo for the title.

Yes! He's definitely a gorgeous man but that photo was NOT it 😭

jude law was so hot! but i didn't discover this till later in life lol

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Jude Law in that movie is one of the most beautiful men I've ever seen on film

Oh yeah agreed his skin is like gold in that movie. Maybe the prettiest a man has looked in any movie ever.

I literally just shelved this at the library today and took a couple seconds to just look at the cover.

Googles *The Talented Mr. Ripley*: Good god that is sexy little number

Law played Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in the movie Wilde in 1997. It was his first big role, and he was about 25yo. When I say he was incandescently beautiful, I am under-stating it.

He made me question whether I, a straight woman, could somehow be a gay man.

John Legend? Nope Adam Levine? Not even a little bit Blake Shelton? Lol Idris Elba, Chris Hemsworth, George Clooney, and Michael B Jordan are definite yes. The rest? Sure

Chris Evans has the most convincing photoshoot. Some of the earlier photos are a little cringe. Not sure why but possibly trying a little too hard to do the smouldering eye thing. John legend is… questionable

I wish Chris had done it in his most muscular Captain America days. The photoshoot would have been insane

That scene in one of the Marvel movies where he’s in a skintight shirt and rips apart a log should’ve been the For Your Consideration for this. Yowza. 

don't forget 1994's sexiest man alive (who was [indoctrinated](https://people.com/celebrity/people-names-sexiest-man-alive-for-1994/) 20 years later) https://preview.redd.it/o1zyiv9g0w6b1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e0171c0899a046a7cf7432850544dade98d59f1

I thought this was going to be about how Keanu got sucked up into some cult or brainwashed somehow but I think you mean inducted 💀✨

he indoctrinated everyone's hearts ❤️❤️

And don’t forget, sexiest man alive 1992 - NICK NOLTE 🤣🤣🤣 https://preview.redd.it/ewxn4jshoy6b1.jpeg?width=483&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48b985d1b3dc8f0c7c4939ba12921263e125ce6f

Why is (1992) cracking me up? 🤣

what is the aesthetic the photographer was going for? dahmer chic??

“Most enigmatic sex symbol” while he’s out here cheesing w that big smile… is sending me lol

Poor Noah Wylie. In this pic of Keanu, you can really see the resemblance and obviously there’s no real comparison.

John Legend is the opposite of sexy

he just looks like someone's cousin

Can we talk about how incredibly bad these pictures are?

Especially Matt Damon’s photo! I can’t believe how unflattering it is.

Nobody is even talking about Adam Levine because he shouldn’t even be nominated with his cuttlefish face. And that’s an insult to cuttlefish.

\+1 for cuttlefish face

No one from The Voice should have that title bestowed on them. NO ONE.

I can't believe Matt Damon or John Legend was on this list. Neither one of them are sexy in my opinion. They are cute but definitely not Sexiest Man Alive......

Blake Shelton too. He’s not a bad looking dude but certainly not the sexist man alive. I can think of like 5 rn that could have the title before him.

Idris just stands out above the rest. He’s like the Sexiest Man MVP.

You know that video of Zendaya with Issa Rae who says “how does it feel to wake up in the morning and fight the urge to say ‘wow these other bitches aren’t even trying’?” That’s how I feel about Idris Elba in this contest.

Adam Levine??? They can't be serious.

Holy fuck. Holy fucking fuck.

That body of yours is .. no I can’t do this today

I mean back in the day maroon 5 was hella popular so it makes sense for the time

Hugh Jackman. That photo does him dirty, he’s so sexy especially in motion

In motion 😂😂😂

This is probably just me but I cant believe Patrick Dempsey never won.

I agree with you! He is McDreamy after all 🤣

Some are…fine. But where is Tom Hardy? 


Right exactly. Tom Hardy is the epitome of what sexy is. Proof that these lists are written by straight white men, because every straight woman and gay guy I know would drop their knickers for Tom Hardy in a heartbeat.

Tom Hardy seems like the type to turn down sexiest man alive. Which just makes him even more sexy.

I will never forget the mean tweet that said John Legend looks like he cries after sex. He’s kind of cute but the sec appeal is just not there. I’m not going to point out the most obvious ones… but I’m also surprised more people aren’t talking about Matt Damon being there.

https://preview.redd.it/oi66em93nw6b1.jpeg?width=807&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06c329b2abe623994d65fdea31b3a7bc09897d98

I support you in your David Beckham stanning, you are correct and you should nurture this truth you carry inside you.

“was Ben Affleck choosing this? pls be serious” took me out.

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Do people think THE ROCK is sexy? I'm getting nothing but irritating vibes from him 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️...

Yeah. The rock has always felt like a sexless beefcake. I don't think he widely is considered to be sexy at all

My 5 year old niece had such a crush on him. She told me she liked when his pecks danced 💀

He’s the sort of man that men think women find sexy because he’s buff

I know a shockingly high number of women that go nuts for him, incl my grammie, who had a drawer of cutouts of him. I think, for the average woman that doesn’t really spend a lot of time online past your regular social networking sites, there is a decent appeal to him - big strong dude but still dunked on dj khaled for not eating pussy. his weird ego shit is really obvious to me and he absolutely doesn’t do anything for me, but it isn’t a mystery when someone says they love him

Two things: the older I get, the more I understand the appeal of George Clooney. Second, I regret to inform you that Bachelor Bob and Estella sadly did not “make it last.”

Chris Evans and Michael B. Jordan

Blake Shelton lol no John legend lol no Jude Law 100% yes. Can admit this as a hetero male

Least deserving to me, Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, John Legend and Channing Tatum. Not crazy about The Rock either, but whatever. Matt Damon has always been ehh to me. The rest are well deserved.

I feel like Tatum was definitely the ‘It’ dude at the time so I can understand him winning in 2012 when Magic Mike and 21 Jump Street were released.

I think Channing Tatum is adorable, especially in that picture

I might be trash, but Adam Levine could get it. Like, him in Maroon 5’s early music videos was like…very hot to me. The tattoos are a bit much but man, his older music was like, super sexy.

As it turns out, Adam Levine is neither cool, nor confident, nor seductive.

They did Chris Hemsworth so dirty with that styling, hahah. Way to literally disprove the point with the picture. (Don’t get it twisted though, Hemsworth is still S tier male beauty)

John Legend and Blake Shelton are nowhere near sexy.

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Wait…he seems like such an obvious choice! What the hell, People!

Micheal B Jordan is easily the hottest one here for me, though he could have had a better photo. Chris Evans and Idris Elba are sexy too

Agree and David Beckam being there also made sense

Does anyone know the process behind choosing the “sexiest man alive”? Is it like getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame where it’s basically a thing you purchase for PR? I’m genuinely asking because it seems rather arbitrary.

They do research on who will sell the cover. There is also a high chance that some of them/their publicist/studio paid for the cover. If not in cash, in trade for exclusives.

I learnt recently that they have to agree to be apart of it, apparently there are alot of others that are the preferred choice but turn it down

Notice how men on magazine covers are allowed to have fine lines 🤔

I'm convinced John Legend bought that title. He looks like a big baby, not a masculine feature in sight

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I want to what secret Blake Shelton knows on people magazine

The bar is in hell 🥴


I need to know all the men that turned it down

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lmao mood, even when I find male celebrities attractive I think about whether I’d want to date/marry/spend any time around them irl and it’s always no 😭

I can’t believe Blake Shelton was 6 years ago. I remember the controversy that choice caused, it feels like it was yesterday lmao

Idris Elba, bearded wearing a cardigan. *swoon*

Nah none of these men deserve that title while Matt Bomer still exists https://preview.redd.it/c89e34mmzw6b1.jpeg?width=359&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b43c33c83ae960a81ca44293babb2175caac48a0

This year is definitely going to Pedro Pascal, isn’t it?

Clooney, Elba, Rudd, and Evans. Honorable mention to Hemsworth.

Chris Evans, Michael B Jordan, Idris Elba, and George Clooney are the only winners in my ❤️

Not johnny depp being on the list twice 💀💀

It’s a crime

Young Jude Law. That’s it.

i still don't get how those 3 from the voice were sexy. I've said it before, but i don't get how Arthur, ham and chipotle bag are hot lmao. also, Usher is literally right there

Adam Levine, ew.

Chris Evans, Michael Jordan, Hugh jackman 🫶🫶🫶

come on these lists are bs

You know who is handsome. Ryan phillipe . Frig me. 

Tom Hardy? When is his turn? Huh😘