On Wednesday, People Magazine announced the 2017 winner of its annual Sexiest Man Alive award, which counts icons like Dwayne Johnson, David Beckham, George Clooney and Brad Pitt among its previous winners.
And now, this guy.
That, if you don’t know, is country singer Blake Shelton, the 2017 Sexiest Man Alive, according to People. He is a platinum-selling artist, a Grammy-nominee and a television personality. He is not, however, known for being particularly sexy, and his selection prompted an often-hilarious backlash among critics on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/930658217453150208
https://twitter.com/susie_meister/status/930628965680549888
Blake Shelton must have met with the Russians
— Ricky Smith (@Rickonia) November 15, 2017
Some rare words of encouragement from me today: If Blake Shelton can be named "sexiest man alive" – you, the person reading this, can certainly conquer whatever goals you've set for yourself. It's never too late
— John Wolfe (@JohnWolfeYT) November 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/930817958485659648
https://twitter.com/hoodqueer/status/930883067761307648
https://twitter.com/realBigBalls/status/930805848716267520
https://twitter.com/RMac18/status/930700885738577921
Now, everybody calm down. Sure, Shelton doesn’t exactly conform to modern ideals of sexiness, but he’s probably a very kind and sensitive pers—oh wait, what was that? He actually has a history of homophobic, misogynistic and xenophobic tweets? Interesting.
https://twitter.com/MusicFactsTea/status/764488735979220992
https://twitter.com/MusicFactsTea/status/764494692104806400
https://twitter.com/MusicFactsTea/status/764495779192987649
https://twitter.com/rhea_xcx/status/764571960110034944
Yeah ok, so maybe he’s not such a charmer after all.
So Shelton may not be the sexiest man in the world (or even the sexiest man named Blake Shelton), and he may be a bit #problematic, but we can pay him one sincere compliment: The guy has an A+ publicist.
