The 45-year-old actor takes the title from 2023 honoree Patrick Dempsey, with the official announcement coming late Tuesday night time on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert. His cowl was unveiled on the present, in addition to social media.

Following the announcement, individuals took to X, previously Twitter, to share their ideas, with many followers expressing their disappointment as an obvious giant group of individuals have been predicting actor Glen Powell to take the crown after he shot to superstardom — and rapidly grew to become a heartthrob within the course of — throughout the previous two years following roles in 2022’s Prime Gun: Maverick, 2023’s Anybody However You, and Twisters.

Nonetheless, PEOPLE would not at all times choose somebody who’s on the peak of fame at a sure time, like with Dempsey final yr. It is also price nothing that anybody on the duvet has to conform to an enormous promotional push, so there are individuals who flip it down.

“like i don’t disagree. john krasinski and jim halpert modified the trajectory of my life however one factor about Folks journal… they’re gonna make a person SMA within the flawed yr each single time,” one consumer wrote.

“John Krasinski is Folks’s Sexiest Man Alive in 2024……. One other devastating Tuesday night time in November,” second fan joked, referring to the 2024 presidential election, whereas one other stated, “The reply to Folks’s Sexiest Man Alive is Glen Powell…and even when it’s not, it’s nonetheless Glen Powell.”

One other fan shared a preferred GIF of Powell from Twisters, through which he struts within the rain whereas carrying a white t-shirt and a cowboy hat. “you are not gonna sit right here and inform me that glen powell didn’t solidify his spot because the sexiest man alive after carrying a white t shirt and a cowboy hat within the pouring rain,” the individual wrote alongside the GIF.

Powell even began trending on X, with many praising the actor’s Vainness Truthful Hollywood Difficulty photoshoot, which was launched the morning after Krasinski was introduced because the Sexiest Man Alive. Followers have been loving Powell’s images, which included a scorching shot that featured the 36-year-old actor rocking a brown see-through mesh polo.

“This photograph of Glen Powell along with his nipple out being launched on the identical day of John Krasinski’s Sexiest Man Alive photoshoot? OMG I’D LIKE TO REPORT A MURDER,” a consumer wrote on X.

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Regardless of some combined opinions on-line, Krasinski received the one approval that issues: from his spouse Emily Blunt.

Whereas talking with PEOPLE, the Jack Ryan star stated Blunt was “very excited” when she realized about his honor. “There was loads of pleasure concerned in me telling her,” he added.

PEOPLE added that Blunt beforehand joked about utilizing his cowl as wallpaper for his or her house if he was named Sexiest Man Alive.

“Do we have now that on digicam? As a result of that is like a binding contract, I feel,” stated Krasinski, who shares daughters Hazel, 10, and Violet, 8, with Blunt. “My kids will love that, it received’t be bizarre in any respect.”