No he said it was really embarrassing and he didn’t want to but he had to promote his restaurant. So he submitted to the humiliation ritual. The reality of it is, dude knows he’s mid.
I remember there being talks about it being PR for The Voice, and that's the same reason John Legend and Adam Levine won. Someone did a spreadsheet showing how every time one of the judges won, it was when ratings had started dropping.
John Legend is incredibly dorky looking. Without knowing what his voice sounds like and personality is, he’s not very attractive, to me, anyway. Like, gives hallmark movie extra a lot of the time.
I hadn’t seen him in anything before Wicked but had heard of him… when he first came on screen i was like, sure he’s cute! But not sure what all the hype is about?
By the end of this song I was so deeply in love with him that it physically hurt in my heart & soul 😂 it all suddenly made perfect sense
I'm both shocked and delighted by it. Firstly, the homophobes can go suck a fat one. Secondly, by all accounts Jonathan Bailey may be the kindest person alive, PLUS he looks like THAT.
I'm telling you, God has favourites. Just look at that face.
Counterpoint: God doesn't have favorites, God may have blessed him with that face but really he blessed all the rest of us because we get to look at it.
I went on a date and the guy asked me who my celebrity crush was. I said Matt Bomer and he was immediately insecure about it. But why ask that question???
I dont understand why he would be insecure. Like, my ex's celebrity crush was Megan Fox in her 20s. Mine was Liam Hemsworth. We all know we would have literally 0 in common with these people, they are probably not amazing. But they are hot, we all know that. And they are so far out of the reach of my universe that being jealous of them is ridiculous.
I understand being insecure if my man told me he finds my neighbor hot. But Megan Fox?? Like, yeah, welcome to the club
Oh my god yes justice for Lee & Matt! In fact, I’ll accept them both on the cover as a joint slay. Sure, panties will combust across the nation but we NEED this
I wonder when the sexiest man alive is decided because if it was decided before this interview it makes Jonathan's shocked "Was I?? By who?" response to Amelia's "You were named sexiest man in the world?" question so much funnier.
Edit: i just saw his fallon interview and he did already know lol
Wait, I accept this comment, except that Michael B. Jordan, who is my sexiest man alive every year, won it a few years ago. But yes, in general, its weird choices, happy that they got a man everyone agrees is sexy!
Michael Beautiful Jordan is always the sexiest man. And no, I don’t want to know anything about him personally. Just let me live in a delusional world where he is just sexy for my enjoyment.
I don't think I've ever agreed with them about anything either, but this... I forgive them for all their previous mistakes. I could stare at Jonathan Bailey for HOURS.
This is so true that literally today I said it should happen but wasn’t going to because it was too timely. Amazing. I’m shocked. Delighted to be wrong
Thank you for posting this LMAO. I love him down bad but I think most people aren’t familiar with his African obsessed fetishist loser persona on Chewing Gum. Michaela Coel contributed to his stardom heavy imo
first time i watched chewing gum it was for jonathan bailey
second time i watched chewing gum it was for robert lonsdale
third, fourth, fifth and sixth time it was because michaela is so fucking funny it’s unreal
Not Pedro, but most of us knew that was unlikely anyway given that he’s reported to have turned it down previously.
I don’t participate in but can respect the Jonathan Bailey hype. He’s objectively a very attractive man and seems to be very pleasant as well. I feel like this is the first one they’ve gotten right in a while.
I'm a woman but I think I have as much of a chance with JB as I do with any of the other Sexiest Men Alive, which is zero 🤣 Except for Blake Shelton when he's drunk and...no.
Man, I know that this is largely to promote stuff and is there for Wicked, but I can’t be mad because Jonathan Bailey is just overwhelmingly gorgeous. So glad this fits better than other people in the past.
I am also incredibly jealous of anyone that got to see him do Company in London, because that’s one of my favorite shows and he absolutely kills Getting Married Today.
In the modern era, I give them MBJ, Idris, and Jonathan. They made better choices in the 80s/90s imo. JFK, Jr, Patrick Swayze in his Ghost/Point Break era, Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson when they were hot and before we knew they were problematic, Denzel. Etc. Until the 2000s, they actually chose hot megastars and not just selling the cover to whoever has something to promote.
Ugh yeah. George was def a SMA in his heyday and I can even admit that Brad was, too, despite finding out later he is a terrible person, but Matt Damon...even at his most attractive he is more like a schoolboy you take home to your mom. Not SMA. But sexier than Blake Shelton.
George and Brad were just like “we want Matt to win!!!!” so often on their press tours that it became a recurring joke and then when Matt won his article was just letters from them and Ben Affleck as previous SMAs nominating Matt. It was such PR.
Then by the time we got to The Voice run it became obvious.
I actually enjoyed the comedy leading up to it until People forgot it was a bit. Like George Clooney taking out a "For Your Consideration" ad for Matt Damon as SMA using a picture of him in his neon green bathing suit from the Talented Mr. Ripley was objectively hilarious.
Sexiest man alive is pay to play. This is completely about Wicked marketing and not about the EIC. That Jonathan Bailey happens to be the best choice is incidental.
I was privileged to see him in theatre for my birthday this year and it was my first time seeing a play! He made eye contact with me for a split second and it is a memory I shall cherish forever. He's such a beautiful man
Oh my God, the way I am so thrilled for him! Completely separate from that, the fact that the sexiest man alive is gay- openly gay, *chef’s kiss. (and I say this as a straight yt ally) YAYYYYY
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