<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>People Magazine, spurning millions of sexy dead people, has once again chosen a Sexiest Man Alive.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Quirkily, this title each year almost always goes to an actor.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tens of thousands of callous-handed firefighters and tender veterinarians each year are snubbed in favour of bankable Hollywood stars that, coincidentally, tend to bring attention to suffering magazines.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/social-media-ban-under16s-will-be-blocked-from--reddit-but-not-roblox/00731b89-42dd-4624-acaf-a3dcaf0a68f0" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Reddit in, Roblox out: Warning five weeks out from social media age ban</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>(People Inc, which is owned by Barry Diller's IAC, </span><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/09/people-inc-layoffs" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><span>laid off</span></a><span> 6 per cent of its workforce last month.)</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This year, the actor Jonathan Bailey was named to the honorary unpaid position. The </span><em><span>Wicked</span></em><span> and </span><em><span>Bridgerton</span></em><span> star is likely the first publicly out gay person to receive the award, unless there's something we don't know about some of honorees who preceded him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's the honour of a lifetime," Bailey told late-night TV host Jimmy Fallon.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/jonathan-bailey-sexiest-man-alive-people-magazine/0023c4b1-33d0-43aa-923e-180d8ddb24c7" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/hero-train-worker-during-huntingdon-stabbing-attack-named/0c6e6e48-c732-4204-84c2-2c7d72d83dbf" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Train worker hero who saved passengers during mass stabbing attack named</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The magazine did two covers, one with Bailey's dog, Benson.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Here are answers to some other questions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Do they have to eliminate the previous sexiest man each year?</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's not required to rid society of the outgoing sexiest man. He is simply demoted in sexiness without fanfare.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This year's winner would have "big shoes to fill," People magazine warned, and those shoes belong to 2024's sexy fella, John Krasinski.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Krasinski also has the least interesting yet very successful Hollywood career imaginable, but that doesn't mean he should be exiled or worse.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/nyc-mayoral-election-zohran-mamdani-andrew-cuomo-curtis-sliwa--what-to-know-as-new-york-city-votes/5fa2b572-153b-4c6d-a0e5-bca5eb8787bc" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Cuomo, Mamdani, Sliwa: What to know ahead of the NYC mayoral election</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He can next be seen playing glamorous Paramount intellectual property character Jack Ryan, whom he's played in an Amazon series for four seasons, in the sixth film of the franchise.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>What are the criteria for being described as this sexy?</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's not just appearance, the editors of People have said, </span><a href="https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/a45779332/who-picks-peoples-sexiest-man-alive/" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><span>mentioning</span></a><span> shadily that "looks aren't just what the candidates are judged by," adding that they included Michael B Jordan because of his political activism.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>So you can be sexy with an asterisk and feel bad forever.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>How much does the award cost and/or pay?</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Unknown, actually! Like a presidential library (approaching US$1 billion) or a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (US$</span><a href="https://walkoffame.com/generalfaqs/" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><span>85,000</span></a><span>), the price, if any, of being declared People's Sexiest Man Alive may be extravagant, but we suspect the real toll is only spiritual.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Andrea Lavinthal, the magazine's Executive Director of Special Integrated Projects, recently </span><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@people/video/7558589789629451550" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><span>said loudly</span></a><span> that they do not pay the honoree … and that the honoree does not pay the magazine.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Are there other sexy men alive?</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A few. The people also get to say who is sexy, and prior to the official announcement, the people's choices </span><a href="https://people.com/sexiest-man-alive-2025-readers-choice-poll-results-11834577" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><span>are announced</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They include men as variously sexy as the "sexiest new dad in sports," who is Christian McCaffrey. The Sexiest Cat Dad title was won by Dave Franco.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Is the prize of being the sexiest man alive cursed?</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Yes! Just like many other titles, such as the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and </span><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/duke-of-york-title-cursed-history" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><span>England's "Duke of York,"</span></a><span> this one also comes with a dark undercurrent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>For instance, all of the people named Sexiest Man Alive are marked for death at a later date. Many have lived through years of war and terrorism.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Most will also suffer from divorce, failed franchises, hair loss and sudden hair regrowth.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Still, it's nice to think that having once been named as extremely, extravagantly sexy must keep them warm on the coldest of nights.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Do you want to feel old?</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Brad Pitt was first named sexiest man alive in 1995, the same year we got the phrase, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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