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Will Ferrel Shades John Krasinski Being Named 'Sexiest Man Alive'
Will Ferrell is decidedly not impressed with John Krasinski being named People's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2024.
On Tuesday, the 57-year-old appeared on Today to promote his upcoming romantic comedy, You're Cordially Invited, ahead of its Jan. 30 release on Prime Video. While he was there, Savannah Guthrie reminded Ferrell of a campaign he evidently spearheaded the year before to throw his hat into contention for the title.
"Yes it started here," Ferrell recalled. "And maybe this was the wrong place to start. I got zero votes." Though Guthrie told him that she would have voted for him, had she had a vote, it was sadly not meant to be.
Ferrell said that he had tried to formally launch his bid at the premiere of Despicable Me 4 back in July, but it didn't take. "I think I may need to do like a preemptive photo shoot, pay for some billboards around [Los Angeles], New York ... influencers, get it going that way," he continued, lamenting, "I didn't win it."
Ferrell then asked who did get named the Sexiest Man Alive, and after some brief discussion as to whether Paul Rudd got it again, Guthrie's co-host Craig Melvin remembered that it had been Krasinski.
"So you're fine losing to him?" Melvin asked Ferrell, who responded impressed, "OK. Alright, I guess. I don't know. I don't get it."
"You don't see what they see," Melvin quipped.
Ferrell was also asked about a recent appearance at an LA Kings game in which he dressed as "Buddy the Elf" while chugging beer with an unlit cigarette dangling out of his mouth. "I think Buddy got laid off," he joked. "I just told my wife, 'I wanna go to a Kings game dressed as Buddy the Elf with a cigarette.' And I'm like, 'OK, but you can't smile, you can't break.'"
He noted that in the photos that made their way online, his wife can be seen with her hand over her mouth trying not to laugh. "My family indulges me in strange moments like this," he added.
Perhaps they'll support his bid for Sexiest Man Alive in 2025. This could finally be his year!