"And you're telling me they picked John Krasinski instead" — Internet reacts to Manny Jacinto being featured on PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive 2024 issue
On November 12, 2024, PEOPLE magazine announced John Krasinski as its pick for 2024's Sexiest Man Alive issue on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Apart from a YouTube video interview with Krasinski, PEOPLE also released a list of its 2024 Men of the Year on November 14, 2024.
The list features names like Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler, and Andrew Garfield, among other men. Manny Jacinto occupied the number 1 spot on the list, with PEOPLE describing him as:
"The Good Place alum brought sexy to the Star Wars universe with his adept saber skills, toned physique and the air of mystery to his villainous character. Next year, everybody will want to be Lindsay Lohan when Jacinto plays her onscreen husband in Freakier Friday."
Netizens took to X to comment on John Krasinski being PEOPLE's top pick instead of Manny Jacinto for the Sexiest Man Alive category for 2024.
"And you're telling me they picked John Krasinski instead. Real journalism is DEAD," an X user said.
"I speak for everyone when I say that this is the correct title to give Manny Jacinto" an X user commented
"I think it's only right that he be promoted to that title" another X user mentioned
"Some how I thought this was released with a different person on the cover, hummm..." an internet user said
Some internet users also commented, saying Jacinto should've gotten the title in Krasinski's place:
"his s*xy a**. they could’ve given him the actual title 🚶🏾♀️" an X user mentioned
"the title should’ve gone to him" another X user commented
"You guys have really raised the bar for me"— John Krasinski tells PEOPLE in latest interview
PEOPLE magazine published John Krasinski's interview after being told he was the magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2024. Commenting on his initial reaction when he learned about it, the actor said he was in an immediate blackout with zero thoughts.
He also mentioned that his second thought was that maybe he was being pranked.
"That's not how I wake up, thinking, ‘Is this the day that I'll be asked to be Sexiest Man Alive?’ And yet it was the day you guys did it. You guys have really raised the bar for me,” he added.
Commenting on his marriage with Emily Blunt, John Krasinski said that it is beautiful when one is married as one gets to constantly learn, change, and evolve. The actor said he was lucky to go through all that with Blunt.
Joking about how the title of PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive for 2024 will change things for him, Krasinski said:
“I think it's going to make me do more household chores,” he jokes. “After this comes out, she’ll be like, ‘All right, that means you’re going to really earn it here at home.’”
Sharing how his wife, Emily Blunt, reacted to the news of him being PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive for 2024, John Krasinski said she was excited. The Office actor also shared that Blunt joked about how she would wallpaper the house with Krasinski's cover if he got the title.
Krasinski has been married to Emily Blunt for 14 years, and the duo shares two daughters, Violet and Hazel.