Jonathan Bailey has been named People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2025.

The selection was unveiled Monday night on “ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

“It’s an honor of a lifetime,” Bailey said of the title. “And I want to say, Jimmy, thank you so much for turning it down so I could be here.”

2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the Sexiest Man Alive award. As Bailey sat down for his interview, Fallon unveiled Bailey’s two covers. One features him chest deep in a rocky ocean, and the other features him shirtless while holding a fluffy dog.

Bailey explained he first heard he was the Sexiest Man Alive at the beginning of 2025 while appearing in a production of Shakespeare’s “Richard II.”

“The only thing madder than doing ‘Richard II’ was to be invited into this,” Bailey said. “And a

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