The winner of one of the biggest titles of the year was revealed this morning (13 September).
Nope, not the Sports Personality, not the richest person and not the most streamed music artist but of course, the Sexiest Man Alive.
Taking the crown from PEOPLE for 2024 is actor John Krasinski and his wife, Emily Blunt, had an incredible reaction.
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The Office star admitted he wasn’t quite sure what to think when he heard the news, saying he went into ‘immediate blackout’ and considered that he could be ‘being punked’.
Picked by magazine (rather than readers' votes), he joins the likes of Chris Evans, Idris Elba and Dwayne Johnson to have taken the title over the years.
Krasinski has been married to Blunt since 2010, having started dating in 2008. They share two kids together, Hazel, 10, and Violet, eight.
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And the 45-year-old said ‘there was a lot of joy involved’ when it came to telling his wife, who was ‘very excited’ herself.
Although, Blunt did say she would be printing off his ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ magazine cover and use it as wallpaper in their home if he got the coveted title.
“Do we have that on camera? Because that’s like a binding contract, I think,” Krasinski said. “My children will love that, it won’t be weird at all.”
The IF actor went on to talk about his happy marriage to the Devil Wears Prada star.
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“It’s that beautiful thing where when you’re married to someone, you’re constantly learning and changing and evolving,” he said. “And I’m so lucky to go through all that with her.”
Plus, it doesn’t sound like his Sexiest Man Alive title is going to change much at home, in fact, it might make Blunt’s expectations of him even higher.
“I think it's going to make me do more household chores,” Krasinski joked. “After this comes out, she’ll be like, ‘All right, that means you’re going to really earn it here at home.’”
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You've got to wonder if this big old (and a little bizarre) title will settle in for the star as he recalled his own reaction: "That's not how I wake up, thinking, ‘Is this the day that I'll be asked to be Sexiest Man Alive?’ And yet it was the day you guys did it. You guys [PEOPLE] have really raised the bar for me.”
Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Emily Blunt
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