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Ryan Reynolds Teases Paul Rudd Over Sexiest Man Alive Title
Guess that Knives Out sweater truly paid off: Chris Evans is People's Sexiest Man Alive of 2022.
Stephen Colbert announced the news on Nov. 7, unveiling the screen of the magazine's yearly issue, during CBS' The Late Show. He introduced the victor arsenic "Hollywood movie prima and incandescent supernova of hotness, Chris Evans!"
Stephen played a clip of Chris connected acceptable of an upcoming movie to judge the grant from erstwhile rubric holder Dwayne Johnson.
"It means a batch coming from a erstwhile Sexiest Man Alive," Chris told The Rock, who responded, "What bash you mean?"
Chris, wearing a sash for his achievement, responded, "Thanks for the enactment arsenic a erstwhile Sexiest Man Alive, it conscionable means a lot."
"I ne'er springiness the rubric up," Dwayne said. "I'm Sexiest Man Alive successful perpetuity, which means for life... Let maine inquire you a question, brother. Am I alive? I'm inactive alive. Am I inactive sexy? You stake your sexy rima I am."
The Marvel prima agreed, "We'll stock it." When The Rock prompted Chris to accidental thing "sexy," the histrion had 1 answer: "Go ballot tomorrow."
Other stars gracing this year's issue include George Clooney, Kendrick Lamar, Robert Pattinson and Jack Harlow.
Chris dethroned last year's winner, Paul Rudd, who upon being crowned the title, told the outlet that he does "have an awareness, capable to cognize that erstwhile radical perceive that I'd beryllium picked for this, they would say, 'What?'"
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Former victor Ryan Reynolds—who held the rubric of People's Sexiest Man Alive successful 2010—trolled the Clueless alum astatine the time, saying that though helium was "very excited" astir Paul's latest role, helium besides believed "this accidental volition beryllium wasted connected [Paul], similar truthful galore earlier him."
"I'm not saying I would permission my family, but they would request to spell connected without me," the Red Notice star teased successful 2021. "I would roam the satellite clutching my dog-eared People magazine, going from municipality to town, sowing my chaotic oats similar immoderate benignant of nude, magical gardener. It would beryllium amazing."
And another Sexiest Man Alive of years' past, Dwayne, who held the rubric successful 2016, noted that contempt handing implicit the grant to Blake Shelton in 2017, helium feels similar a sexiest man emeritus.
"Listen, my Sexiest Man Alive rubric is successful perpetuity. It's for life. Right?," Dwayne joked to People successful 2021. "I don't springiness it up."
People's Sexiest Man Alive contented started successful 1985—crowning histrion Mel Gibson as the archetypal astatine conscionable 29 years old.
Past winners includes an impressive database of Hollywood legends, including Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Denzel Washington and Prince Harry.
Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford—who were dubbed a powerfulness duo at the time—were named the Sexiest Couple Alive successful 1993—before Richard returned to clasp a solo rubric successful 1999.
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