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.
even a straight man can see there's no way blake shelton is the sexiest man alive. i dont think he's even the sexiest man named blake shelton.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 15, 2017
Trump is President. Blake Shelton is the Sexiest Man Alive. Snooki better start planning her Nobel Prize speech.
— Susie Meister (@susie_meister) November 15, 2017
Blake Shelton must have met with the Russians
— Ricky Smith (@Rickonia) November 15, 2017
Blake Shelton is, at best, the sexiest divorced dad at this barbecue
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) November 15, 2017
I’ve seen pieces of fruit sexier than Blake Shelton.
— Friedrich NietzsYUH (@hoodqueer) November 15, 2017
Woke up and saw Blake Shelton is the sexiest man alive. Did a bunch of celebrities die or something last night?
— S?????? D????? (@realBigBalls) November 15, 2017
I saw Blake Shelton trending and my first thought was sexual harassment, but apparently he's just being roasted for being ugly.
— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) November 15, 2017
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.
#Throwback to some of @BlakeShelton 's homophobic tweets poking fun at and insulting gay men. pic.twitter.com/pOPKFscqnH
— THE MUSIC TEA (@MusicFactsTea) August 13, 2016
Here are Some more extremely homophobic tweets by @BlakeShelton . He's disgusting. pic.twitter.com/Qo8UwXQfqF
— THE MUSIC TEA (@MusicFactsTea) August 13, 2016
And here are some of @BlakeShelton 's extremely offensive disgusting tweets about women. pic.twitter.com/FARq8QdqIP
— THE MUSIC TEA (@MusicFactsTea) August 13, 2016
#blakesheltonisoverparty Y I K E S pic.twitter.com/dRrrSF2k5n
— rhēa? (@rhea_xcx) August 13, 2016
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.