{"id":2134658,"date":"2025-11-04T14:24:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2134658"},"modified":"2025-11-04T14:24:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:24:21","slug":"jonathan-bailey-celebrates-people-magazines-completely-absurd-choice-to-make-him-sexiest-man-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jonathan-bailey-celebrates-people-magazines-completely-absurd-choice-to-make-him-sexiest-man-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Bailey celebrates People magazine&#8217;s &#8216;completely absurd&#8217; choice to make him &#8216;Sexiest Man Alive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jonathan Bailey is leaning into his latest role: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/03\/celebrity-news\/wicked-hunk-jonathan-bailey-is-peoples-sexiest-man-alive\/\">People magazine\u2019s \u201cSexiest Man Alive.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a huge honor,\u201d the actor, 37, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jonathan-bailey-sexiest-man-alive-tonight-show-reveal-11841474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in his cover story<\/a>. \u201cObviously, I\u2019m incredibly flattered. And it\u2019s completely absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether he\u2019s ready to own the \u201cinternet\u2019s boyfriend\u201d title, Bailey replied bashfully, \u201cI don\u2019t know about that. There\u2019s so many of them, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Jonathan Bailey is leaning into his latest role: People magazine\u2019s \u201cSexiest Man Alive.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">PEOPLE<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cIt\u2019s a huge honor,\u201d the actor said in his cover story. \u201cObviously, I\u2019m incredibly flattered. And it\u2019s completely absurd.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">PEOPLE<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Though he\u2019s aware of the public\u2019s thirst, he tries not to let it get to his head.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\">\u201cI think sometimes you get really sucked in,\u201d he explained, adding, \u201cI might read [the online comments] once a month. I might dive in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UK native \u2014 who stars in \u201cWicked,\u201d \u201cBridgerton\u201d and \u201cJurassic World: Rebirth\u201d \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wks8VeWx_oE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared on Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d<\/a> shortly after Page Six revealed he had been selected as this year\u2019s \u201cSexiest Man Alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Asked whether he\u2019s ready to own the \u201cinternet\u2019s boyfriend\u201d title, Bailey replied bashfully, \u201cI don\u2019t know about that. There\u2019s so many of them, right?\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Though he\u2019s aware of the public\u2019s thirst, he tries not to get \u201csucked in.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor of a lifetime,\u201d he told host Fallon before quipping, \u201cAnd I wanna say, Jimmy, thank you so much for turning it down so that I could be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\">Bailey recalled getting the news while he was starring as the title role in a modern-dress production of Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0\u201cRichard II\u201d in London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those of you who don\u2019t know, it\u2019s not a comedy,\u201d he shared with the audience, noting that he was \u201chollowing [himself] out on stage every night.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The UK native \u2014 who stars in \u201cWicked,\u201d \u201cBridgerton\u201d and \u201cJurassic World: Rebirth\u201d \u2014 appeared on Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor of a lifetime,\u201d he told host Fallon before quipping, \u201cAnd I wanna say, Jimmy, thank you so much for turning it down so that I could be here.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Todd Owyoung\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While he was \u201cin the zone\u201d of the very serious play, he admitted, \u201cThe only thing madder than doing\u00a0\u2018Richard II\u2019\u00a0is being invited into this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bailey went on to reveal that he drunkenly spilled the secret to his friends, who responded in disbelief, \u201cYeah, yeah, yeah, do your affirmations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\">Cheekily nodding to being the first openly gay man to be crowned, he added, \u201cIn 2025, I\u2019m sort of thrilled that People magazine have invited someone in, to bestow this honor on someone who can really cherish the value of a sexy man.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Bailey is leaning into his latest role: People magazine\u2019s \u201cSexiest Man Alive.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a huge honor,\u201d the actor, 37, said in his cover story. \u201cObviously, I\u2019m incredibly flattered. And it\u2019s completely absurd.\u201d Asked whether he\u2019s ready to own the \u201cinternet\u2019s boyfriend\u201d title, Bailey replied bashfully, \u201cI don\u2019t know about that. 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