John Krasinski has been named People magazine’s “sexiest man alive” for 2024.
The US actor and filmmaker is best known for playing Jim Halpert in the US version of The Office and directed and starred alongside his wife Emily Blunt in the 2018 thriller A Quiet Place and its sequel.
The 45-year-old said Blunt, 41, had joked she planned to wallpaper their house with the cover of People magazine.
Krasinski told People his immediate reaction was “just immediate blackout, actually. Just zero thoughts.”
He added: “Other than maybe I’m being punked.
“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 said his wife was “very excited” and there was “a lot of joy involved” when he told the British actress the news.
“I do think it’s going to make me do more household chores, but I’m willing to take the cons with the pros, to be honest with you,” Krasinski told the magazine.
“I think after the cover comes out she’ll be like, ‘alright, that means now you’re really going to earn it here at home’.”
Krasinski has taken the “sexiest man alive” mantle from Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey, who was given the honour in 2023.
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Krasinski lives in Brooklyn with Blunt, his wife of 14 years, and their daughters Hazel, 10, and Violet, eight.
“It’s that beautiful thing where when you’re married to someone, you’re constantly learning and changing and evolving,” he said.
“And I’m so lucky to go through all that with her.”
