John Legend has a lot going for him: he’s a music superstar, an EGOT winner, and now he’s been crowned People’s Sexiest Man Alive.
The “All of Me” singer and husband of model Chrissy Teigen told his followers on Twitter that he’s “perplexed” at the title but thankful nonetheless.
1995 John would be very perplexed to be following 2018 @IdrisElba as #SexiestManAlive. Hell, 2019 John is about as equally perplexed but thank you @People for finding me sexy. I'll take it 🤓 pic.twitter.com/Gw1la5Ebv4
— John Legend (@johnlegend) November 13, 2019
Meanwhile Teigen jokingly bragged about about her “close” relationship to Legend:
my secret is out. I have fulfilled my dream of having boned @people's sexiest man alive!! an honor!!!!! pic.twitter.com/xu7ygnhOZk
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 13, 2019
Reactions from other celebrities to People’s choice of Legend were varied, with Dwayne Johnson applauding the move and others like Wendy Williams offering up alternatives.
Yahoo readers also weighed in, with one saying they weren’t down with People’s pick at all:
Mike speculated that Legend was chosen to sell more magazines:
Another thought the whole thing was one cruel prank:
Kenny warned that readers should be careful with their criticism or they could face Teigen’s Twitter wrath:
And another didn’t even realize they were looking at John Legend on the cover:
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