As anyone with eyes could have already told you, Jonathan Bailey is officially the sexiest man alive. People granted the highest distinction of hotness to the Wicked star on Nov. 4, and in doing so, the publication ended a 40-year streak by spotlighting its first openly gay bachelor. And Bailey is aware of how important this moment is.

“In 2025, I'm sort of thrilled People Magazine have bestowed this honor on someone who can really cherish the value of a sexy man,” Bailey joked on The Tonight Show shortly after he was revealed as the mag’s cover star.

Bailey publicly came out as gay in 2018, a couple years before he would achieve mainstream fame as the star of Bridgerton . He’s previously spoken about how although he was out to his close friends and family, he feared

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