Blake Shelton Named Sexiest Man Alive

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Akilah Hughes @AkilahObviously Did everybody die? Pop Crave @PopCrave Blake Shelton has been crowned 2017's Blake Shaltnn 'Sexiest Man Alive' by People.

John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang Follow Blake Shelton wins People's coveted award for "Most Persuasive Publicist" 10:30 AM-15 Nov 2017

Edan Clay Follow @EdanClay Blake Shelton is People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive! In other news, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton recently bought People Magazine. 6:26 AM-15 Nov 2017

Courtney Enlow @courtenlow Follow Like let's make a list of every man sexier than Blake Shelton. 1. Oscar lsaac 2. Taika Waititi 3. Jake Gyllenhaal 785. The ghost of Abe Vigoda 786. The Incredible Mr. Limpet, like as a fish 787. Blake Shelton

The Gay Burn Book @SouthernHomo Followv Are straight women okay?? Because I know gay men didn't name Blake Shelton sexiest man alive BLAKE SHELTON?

luisa @itsluisagibson ( Follow ) People: we're naming Blake Shelton Sexiest Man Alive! Women everywhere: GIF

Overview • History • Developments • Various Reactions •

Category: Event Status: submission Year: 2017 Origin: People Magazine Region:

Type: Competition Controversy

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Overview

Blake Shelton Named Sexiest Man Alive refers to People Magazine offering country singer and television personality Blake Shelton their annual "Sexiest Man Alive" title. The news was met with backlash and confusion by many, who thought Shelton was a strange choice for the honor.

History

People Magazine has offered a "Sexiest Man Alive" award since 1985.^[1] On November 14th, 2017, the magazine announced that their choice for Sexiest Man Alive for 2017 was country singer and judge on musical competition show The Voice Blake Shelton.^[2] Shelton joked that he couldn't wait to "stick it" to his fellow judge Adam Levine, the Maroon 5 singer who had previously been named People's Sexiest Man Alive.

People @people People Follow .. M @BlakeShelton is this year's #SexiestManAlived! And most importantly, he 'can't wait to stick it to his fellow #TheVoice Judge (and former SMA) @AdamLevine. peoplem.ag/MerAt12 SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE Blake Shelton Gwenand I couldn't be more different but nothing's ever worked better" SEXIEST MAN

Developments

The news was quickly met with backlash and jokes from people who did not find Blake Shelton worthy of the title. An hour after the announcement, Twitter user @TheJennC^[3] joked that apparently actors such as Idris Elba, Chris Evans, and Jason Momoa had fallen off the planet, gaining over 2,200 retweets and 7,500 likes (shown below, left). User @MeaKoopa^[4] made a list of categories Shelton isn't the sexiest member of, such as "Gwen Stefani's ex" and "Racist," gaining 3,900 retweets and 17,000 likes (shown below, right)

Jenn C Followv TheJennC Blake Shelton is People's Sexiest Man Alive because apparently ldris Elba, Chris Evans and Jason Momoa fell off the planet last night. 9:16 PM-14 Nov 2017

Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa Follow Blake Shelton is not even the sexiest: 1) Gwen Stefani spouse (Gavin Rossdale) 2) country singer (Steve Grand) 3) Voice guy (Adam Levine) 4) Blake (Blake Lively) 5) Racist (Dean Cain) 1:49 AM-15 Nov 2017

Twitter user @KrangTNelson^[5] pointed out that in the very video People produced about Shelton coinciding with the honor, Shelton looks unattractive, gaining over 90 retweets (shown below, left). Twitter user @cushbomb^[6] made a similar point by pairing a screenshot of People's tweet about the honor with a picture of Homer Simpson (shown below, right).

KRANG T. NELSON Following KrangTNelsorn is this a joke People * @people Sexiest Man Alive epare to swoon while staring o the eyes of the exiestMan Alive Sesiest Man Aliv

Snack Christman @cushbomb Following People @people are to swoon while sta he eyes of the iestManAlive 199(

Further backlash to the announcement came in a popular thread on /r/blackpeopletwitter^[7] which gained over 14,500 upvotes. Jokes about the announcement were covered by The Daily Dot,^[8] Syracuse.com,^[8] Mercury News,^[10] and more.