I’ll have you people know that I was talking about Matt Damon loooong before People magazine laid its two eyeballs on him. ;) Remember my post, “Matt Damon: Droolworthy or Not?” But, whatever, enough about my blog and more about People … In case you missed it, in the November 26 issue, the magazine named Matt Damon the “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2007. When I originally heard the news, I was a bit confused. I mean, you know, don’t get me wrong. I’m quite happy to see that they’ve returned to their long tradition of picking men with dark hair. (And, I would have been even happier if they’d gone the GQ route and picked Kanye.) But, here’s the thing, does anyone really believe that Matt Damon is the sexiest man alive? When I asked you people about him a couple of Manly Mondays back, AmyD and Pegs both told us their significant other looks like Matt Damon. This, of course, made me wonder if Amy and Pegs dating the same fucking guy. No, really, all kidding aside, the two laides’ comments did spark the light bulb above my head. The writing on the bulb said: People like Matt Damon because he’s the average guy; he reminds women of the “good man” they’d like to date. I wasn’t the only one to have this brilliant revelation. A reader named budholly101 said that Damon’s appeal is that he “had the good sense to be an actor and a celebrity without being in our faces constantly with his stupid ego and mistakes!” MamaChristy went a step further by calling Damon “accessible” and “unlike many other big Hollywood stars.” She said, “I think that’s why people think [he's] hot. If he were the boyfriend of someone we knew, we’d think he was smokin’.” I think she’s on to something. Hmmm … We’ve all talked about whether or not we think Damon is hot, so we won’t go there again. Instead, we’ll go here: Please use the comment section to tell us who you think is the sexiest man alive.
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To me, the sexiest black man has always been Morris Chestnut. But holding it down for white folks is Gerard Butler–for those times when feel you want tasty vanilla instead of chocolate! Course, I’m not sure I could turn down both at the same time!
There are way too many to pick one really, but I’m currently obsessed with Idris Elba from The Wire. He’s one tall, dark, sexy as hell man.
Thats a really tough question, particularly since I’m a married hetero man. However, we do have something called the ” I ain’t mad at ya” list. my wife is allowed to sleep with the following celebrities, if the opportunity arises:
1. terrence howard
2. Buffy the body
3. Brad pitt…( not really her taste, but it would make for a great conversation piece)
my list is pretty simple in no particular order
1. gabrielle Union
2. jennifer aniston
3. janet jackson….( i hear she has a clit piercing)
4. karrin steffens…..( yeah yeah I know….but i want to know what all the hype is about)
5. kim kardassian…9 my wife and i would have to share this one)
Ahaha!! You know who first came to mind when I heard Matt Damon had clinched this title? YOU!! I wondered what you would have to say about it, and now I know. Ha!
IMO, MamaChristy is totally on to something here. Matt is one of those men you can’t exactly figure out, but you also can’t say a damn mean word about him. He’s the guy next door that you had a crush on…or the guy in that one movie, in this case.
As for the sexiest man alive TO ME, of course it is C.L., my amazing, smart, sexy and hilarious fiance’. I said it before and I’ll say it again: he’s even hotter than the man deemed “sexiest man alive” by People Magazine. And he didn’t even pay me to say that. ;o)
It’s a toss up, I’d have to say either Winston Churchill or Richard Nixon.
I don’t suppose it would be kosher to vote for myself, would it? That’s not supremely egotistical. Hm?
Yippee! I got a mention and a link. Guess I have to update now.
# Peggy b: Morris Chestnut is sexy, isn’t he?!?! :) I had to Google Gerard Butler because I hadn’t heard of him. He’s from Scotland? I *love* that accent. You know that kid James Mcevoy? I’m thinking of naming my vibrator after him. Not really. But, that would be funny.
# blackfemme: HBO has the best programming ever, don’t they?
# Dkzone: You wife has EXCELLENT taste in men. But, Buffy the body?? Kim Kardashian?? I sooo don’t share your tastes in women.
# AmyD: And, I thought of you when I saw Matty on the cover! :) You and CL are too cute.
# grampa: Between the two, I’d do Churchill.
# Baba Doodlius: I’ll vote for you, too! :) You give good blog.
# Pegs: YES! You’ve been gone from the blogs for too long.
FBC,
these women have AEP ( ass of epic proportions)
didin’t you get the memo? ass is the new tits!! the pendulum has swung. I grew up in an era that lusted after breasts, Dolly parton was a godess, bo derek was a vision running across the sand. Today however we have beyonce and J-lo.
Yeah, I saw the memo in the Village Voice a while back. :)
Garth Brooks (Yes, Garth Brooks) Djimon Hounsou. Henry Rollins. Serj Tankian. Robert Trujillo. Stephen Chow. Jason Statham. And definitely Morris Chestnut.
Garth Brooks?!?!?!?! :)