Following in the footsteps of Brad Pitt, Idris Elba, and John Legend, Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan is People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2020. The magazine announced its pick on November 17, commending the actor both on his chiseled body and his pushes for diversity in front of and behind the camera.
“It’s a cool feeling,” Jordan says of the distinction in the magazine’s cover story. “You know, everybody always made that joke, like, ‘Mike, this is the one thing you’re probably not going to get.’ But it’s a good club to be a part of.”
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Following the announcement, one Reddit user celebrated Jordan’s SMA status in a Reddit “appreciation post” on the r/askgabybros forum.
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“For the first time I completely agree with the guy they chose to be the sexiest man alive,” that user wrote. “Michael B. Jordan is just so damn sexy.”
Others heartily agreed. “I found him to be so hot in Black Panther. Great choice,” one commenter wrote.
Another said, “I’m all for it,” while someone else observed that Jordan is “deffo sexy” and a different guy reported having “a hard time not being hard for every scene he was in in Black Panther.”
One Redditor even said he has followed Jordan through his career highs and lows. “The first time I saw him was in Chronicle, and he impressed me right then!” he wrote. “I’ve loved him [in] everything, even the Fantastic Fourflop.”
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Others, on the other hand, are relieved that it’s Jordan this year and not a certain past Sexiest Man Alive. “Better than 2017 when it was Blake Shelton’s homophobic basic ass,” one commenter wrote. Another asserted that “nobody agreed with Blake Shelton being chosen.”
And finally, one Reddit user could probably use a crash course in both sports and pop culture: “TBH, I never knew Michael Jordan looked like that and now I have a new crush.”
Kangol2
He’s gorgeous. Also I don’t think he has a partner/spouse or long-term girlfriend or boyfriend yet so there’s still time to shoot your shot.
Black Pegasus
I never saw what others are seeing in this guy. He looks like a goat with a dental overbite.
WashDrySpin
bitter ignorant queen
shakes_head
Blake Shelton is probably closer to your type then…
amanwithanedge
hysterical.
Josh447
Blake Shelton 2017? Chelsea Handler called him supergeek when he came on her show around 2015. He didn’t like it. Truth hurts sometimes.
Michael Jordan just sizzles. Black Panther was awesome.
James
I AM SICK OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE AND THE ‘SEXIEST MAN ALIVE’ GARBAGE.
WashDrySpin
and you matter how and why??
amanwithanedge
me too.
Kevan1
I think there were some sexier men. We have to remember “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
Kangol2
Of course there are sexy and sexier men to you and everyone else. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but it’s also shaped by the world you grow up in. Moreover, People is a magazine that aims to sell copies, so they pick Hollywood stars they know their readers will recognize and whom they probably consider to be attractive. They most certainly won’t be picking some unknown beauty, though I see them, masked of course, walking down the street every day.
Thad
When there’s a poor unknown “sexiest man alive,” I may pay attention.
eireapparent
I follow better on Instagram. He’s not ugly, for sure, but People tosses out superlatives too casually.
bachy
He’s healthy, fit, poised and young. Most of us look pretty damned good when all of those qualities are in play. But for “Sexiest Man Alive,” I need to see that little extra sumthin’-sumthin.
hansniemeijer
Competition, competition, competition. Right now I would recommend a prize for all those health care workers. Raising their salaries
Bromancer7
Meh. Does nothing for me.
Darson
Ever since they cast him as Johnny Storm in that god awful Fantastic Four movie I have had no use for him.
WashDrySpin
Yet he still prospers…imagine that
ricdardc1
What movie are they doing a PAYOLA. QUID PRO CRAP. He ain’t Ugly. Just ain’t Sexiest. Besides that Crap Mag. Lost Reputation. Years ago. Bull Sh*t
8millionandcounting
People. The dumbed-down version of US Weekly.
skyboy63
I just came for the racist comments .