{"id":2136147,"date":"2025-11-05T04:21:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2136147"},"modified":"2025-11-05T04:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:21:03","slug":"completely-absurd-jonathan-bailey-reacts-to-being-named-peoples-sexiest-man-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/completely-absurd-jonathan-bailey-reacts-to-being-named-peoples-sexiest-man-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Completely Absurd’: Jonathan Bailey Reacts To Being Named People’s Sexiest Man Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Something has changed for \u201cWicked\u201d star Jonathan Bailey,<\/a> something is not the same \u2014 he is People magazine\u2019s Sexiest Man Alive<\/a> for 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The magazine\u2019s pick was announced Monday night on \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.\u201d Bailey takes the mantle from \u201cThe Office\u201d and \u201cJack Ryan\u201d star John Krasinski<\/a>, who was the 2024 selection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a huge honor,\u201d Bailey, 37, told the magazine. \u201cObviously, I\u2019m incredibly flattered. And it\u2019s completely absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bailey had audiences swooning as Prince Fiyero in his 2024 big-screen debut in \u201cWicked,\u201d the popular movie musical in which he proudly urges fellow students to join him in his shallowness. The second half arrives in theaters Nov. 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He dripped with charm as Lord Anthony Bridgerton on Netflix<\/a>\u2019s \u201cBridgerton,\u201d and earned a 2024 Emmy nomination for his role in the Showtime series \u201cFellow Travelers.\u201d Most recently, he starred in \u201cJurassic World Rebirth,\u201d<\/a> which came out in July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bailey told Fallon that the title was an \u201chonor of a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m sort of thrilled that People magazine have invited someone in \u2013 bestowed this honor on someone who can really cherish the value of a sexy man,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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FILE \u2014 Jonathan Bailey arrives at the premiere of “Wicked” on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP)<\/div>\n
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Bailey told People<\/a> that he\u2019s known he wanted to be an actor since he was 5 years old and his grandmother took him to see a production of the musical \u201cOliver!\u201d Within two years he had achieved that dream, preforming with the Royal Shakespeare Company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He\u2019s had plenty of stage credits since then, including starring in Shakespeare\u2019s Richard II in London earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bailey, who has spoken openly about being a gay actor, founded The Shameless Fund, which helps to support LGBTQ+ organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n