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2012 really is The Year of Channing Tatum. And I’m fine with that quite honestly. As Gossip Cop already reported last week, Channing is People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2012. This comes in the same week that Channing was named GQ’s Movie Star of the Year as well. And… I’m still fine with it! I’ve liked Channing for years now. He’s a good interview, he’s professional, he’s well-liked by Hollywood, he’s got a great body and his acting is actually improving (for real!). While he’s not Oscar-quality or anything, he has potential and I think he does a great job of selecting his projects and working with people who get the best out of him. Plus, I actually find him attractive. I would hit it. He’s funny and he seems like a genuine sweetheart. My mother is probably People Mag’s target audience… and she flat-out ADORES Channing. So, this was a really good choice.
You know how I just said that Channing is a good interview? Well, his “SMA acceptance speech interview” with People is typical Channing – he talks about all of the stuff that ladies love. He talks about his dogs, his wife, his desire for babies and he even sounds a little redneck-y. Which I not-so-secretly love. I’m surrounded by rednecks, and I tend to love them.
He may have bared (almost) all of that incredibly chiseled body in this year’s Magic Mike but 2012′s Sexiest Man Alive Channing Tatum was still modest when he heard the news.
“My first thought was, ‘Y’all are messing with me,’” says Tatum, who married actress Jenna Dewan-Tatum in 2009. “I told Jenna after we’d been in the bathtub washing our dogs because they’d gotten skunked.”
Says the actor: “She was like, ‘What?’”
“Yeah, she calls me [the Sexiest Man Alive] now,” he adds. And who can blame her?
Her Alabama-bred heartthrob of a husband is also a sculptor who quotes Edgar Allan Poe, loves to give her massages and can’t wait to start their family. “I’m ready; I think she’s ready,” Tatum, 32, says. “The first number that pops into my head is three, but I just want one to be healthy and then we’ll see where we go after that.”
“It’s really easy for us guys to say, ‘I want like 15 kids,’” he continues. “Jenna will be like, ‘Well you better get another wife!’”
Currently training to play an Olympic athlete in next year’s Foxcatcher, Tatum is all heart and muscle at 195 pounds. “I like to be lean. If I get too bulky I can’t move well and I like to move,” he says. “When I’m not training, I get really round and soft.”
Which is just fine by his wife. “People know him to be fun and sexy, but they don’t know how emotionally deep and spiritually open he is,” says Dewan-Tatum, 31. “He is such an open-hearted person; what you see is what you get.”
I do hope that Channing and Jenna get around to having babies soon, mostly because he’s been talking about it for a while and I think he really wants to be a dad. I don’t know how Jenna feels about it, though. We’ll see. I love when he says, “The first number that pops into my head is three, but I just want one to be healthy and then we’ll see where we go after that.” So sweet. And I love the skunked-dogs story. Typical Channing.
You can see People Mag’s SMA gallery here – other dudes who made the list: Blake Shelton, Chris Hemsworth, Max Greenfield (from New Girl), Ben Affleck, Richard Gere, Matt Bomer, Oscar Pistorius (YAY!), Denzel Washington, Damian Lewis (they misspelled his name), and Paul Rudd.
UPDATE: I was starring at the People cover trying to figure out why it seemed so familiar to me. It’s a mirror image of an old Vanity Fair cover with Brad Pitt, in a photo taken by the late (great) Herb Ritts. Go here to see. Channing is even wearing the same outfit!
People Magazine cover courtesy of People. Additional photos courtesy of WENN and Fame/Flynet.
Written by Kaiser
Posted in Channing Tatum
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His wife is very pretty.
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Channing if your wife doesn’t want them, I will have your babies.
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Yum
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ZRemember when Jenna was dating Justin Timberlake and they had the “dance-off” against Britney and her crew at that club? Lol Anyway, I was very resistant to The Channing, but damnit if he hasn’t grown on me like a fungus. Between 21 Jump Street and Magic Mike, he’s just so likeable! (Btw, the final scene in MM is my favorite of the whole movie…)
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Nope, still seems like one step up from a caveman to me.
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Agreed.
There is NOTHING sexy about a potato!!!
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You must not have seen “Magic Mike.”
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ITA but I want to brag… CALLED THIS ONE!
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Ahhhh Herb Ritts. Top photographer of all time. Good times!!!!!
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Totally agree!
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I figure it would be him, but I was hoping for Chris Hemsowrth. Now he’s a hottie, and he also has had a big year.
I just don’t find Channing remotely attractive.
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Hemsworth gets my vote too. Channing is just “meh”.
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Hemsworth would have definetely gotten my vote over Channing but I do like the man I just don’t think he’s the (Hollywood)sexiest man alive. Then again they voted Cooper into the league last year.
How does People Mag even choose the sexiest man? Is it a bunch of Hollywood types voting on this? What they should do is compile a list of male celebritites and let us, the public vote on it. Then it would be our choice because whichever celeb gets the most votes win, clean and clear.
Channing does seems like a cool cute guy to hang out with as a friend. You know the kind of guy that your female friends would say; Oh he’s hot why don’t you date him and you say even though he’s attractive, there’s no sexual chemistry between the two of you.
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@V4Real : I’m not sure who exactly votes…but I do know that who ends up on their cover might not always be their original pick, as the actor has to agree to it.
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@Marianne So can we just pretend Hemsworth was the first pick and he turned it down?
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BTW I found the answer to my question of who chooses the sexiest man alive.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/choosing-sexiest-man-alive-12145918
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Aww. Their babies will be so beautiful!!!
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that a great story. I can see his wife teasing him like, even the sexiest man alive has to take out the trash and put away the dishes. he sounds like a sweetheart.
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His wife kind of reminds me of Denise Richards… not what I’d have expected his wife to look like.
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Richard Gere?!? Isn’t he a little… Past his Hollywood Prime?
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I wrote a nasty letter in 1999/2000 when Richard Gere was chosen. I was so outraged I got published. LOL!
Normally, I am just like whatever. I was even quiet when they picked Matt Damon but Richard Gere has always turned my stomach for some reason. That time I was just repulsed.
Richard Gere was past his prime back then, I don’t even know what to call him now? He’s not “hot for an old guy” like Sean Connery was back in the 90s. He’s just old.
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Not a big fan of meat but he’s so beefy in such a hot way if that makes any sense. First issue of People I’ll ever buy.
PS – love that Richard Gere made it!
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Lol, so you get Richard Gere
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Ugh GLADLY!!
he’s old enough to be my father, even grandfather hahah but still can’t help but love him.
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This should have been the year of Liam Neeson. He had like three or four movies come out this year that all did well at the box office and, thus, we saw a lot of him at red carpets, interviews, etc. Taken 2 worldwide has already earned like
340 million dollars at the box office in a few months. He has never looked better. He seems to be in a better place griefwise. He’s put back on a little weight.
He was robbed of this title. LOL
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Big ew.
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I’ll second that. There are millions of men who are sexier, better at their job and they don’t need to be shirtless to look hot.
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I love him! So happy for him. He deserves all the accolades. He’s done quite well for himself.
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That’s a carbon copy from this picture… http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc42d1tjDe1qbviolo1_400.jpg
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Now THAT is the sexiest man alive (Pitt in his prime)
I like Channing though, Magic Mike was very entertaining and I almost peed my pants laughing at 21 Jump Street so he’s definitely had a very good year.
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Nice backside!
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I just don’t find him sexy…at all. I dont know why, he’s cute, has a great body, is likable…but he does nothing for my lady parts. I find men sexy that have some kind of an edge and CT doesn’t have one IMO.
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It took me a while to “get” CT, but I’ll be damned if he hasn’t grown on me. My girlfriends and I called this MONTHS ago. Happy for him!
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YAY! I love Channing. I would climb that like a tree!
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I will be picking up an issue of People this week. Swoon!!!
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A reliable little birdy told me that he’s actually gay and his marriage is a cover up. Not that that’s a bad thing, but it’s gossipy goodness.
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Obviously anyone who is happily married and successful is gay, right? Just stop.
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Exactly! There’s absolutely NOTHING wrong with being gay, but not every man in Hollywood is secretly gay.
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Meh
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He’s sexy because he doesn’t seem to take himself seriously. Well, and he has a great body.
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He has mass appeal. He’s the everyman. He’s sexy Homer Simpson.
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CHARMING POTATO HAS US IN HIS THRALL… Fuck!! That ‘Tato is Charming
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aww, he’s such a cutie. I hope for babies soon, too. I will paper the walls of my bedroom with pictures of shirtless Channing holding an infant.
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Of all of the writers in the world, he quotes POE?! how dramatic.
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Love him and great choice but I hate the cover. IMO he needs to be in no shirt at all or a dress shirt and tie. The wife beater is really not doing it for me
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Love him and great choice but I hate the cover. IMO he needs to be in no shirt at all or a dress shirt and tie. The wife beater is really not doing it for me. I guess I’ll have to buy the magazine and look inside for better pics
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your wrong ive seen better looking men he looks like hes become great friends with the bong ,his wife is a pretty lady
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Whatever, after 16 years (Denzel) it would be nice to see a non White sexiest man on cover.I guess it wouldn’t sell.
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+1 Idris Elba!!
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Second it. Idris is beautiful. I just cannot get excited about a man named “Channing”. This does not evoke testosterone and wet panties, at all.
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I’ll go Keanu for the win!
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Idris or Keanu; couldn’t go wrong with either.
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Blake Shelton was in the running? Blake Shelton??? Are you kidding me?
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+1
LMAO, I was just scrolling down to type pretty much this exact statement. Blake Shelton is not sexy in even the slightest way. Eww. He smiles and he looks like a ferret. Eww. Just no, big no. Guess he got in the running from the Miranda and he cover from the other week.
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So he’s 6’1″ and 195? That’s good to know. My bf and I have been slimming down slowly (on purpose) for about a year now and he’s trying to plan out what his maintenance weight will be. I’ll bet this frame is what he wants, not too bulky, not too wiry and they’re the same height. He’s like 211 now but since we’re eating little calories he has only been maintaining muscle mass…so he’ll have to go down lower to lose the fat and then regain the muscle, which he’s planning on anyway.
Put his head on Channing’s body…yess I’ll take it. I need a future-body avatar for myself now. Who’s 5’5″ and nicely ripped for a girl?
Mmm, future-hot.
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Eh. I mean I like his movies, but…sexiest man alive AND GQ’s movie star of the year? Nope.
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Y’all, I’m going to get sentimental for a minute. My mom was the one that fell in love with Channing first. I remember her calling me at college to tell me about that “handsome boy” in She’s The Man and how I needed to watch. She loved watching movies more than anything. The last movie we watched together was the Eagle- a Channing tatum movie. She passed away last year. This People story is totally a monent she and I would have loved.
Sigh. Happy for Channing and Jenna.
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OMG your story made me tear up
Sorry for your loss. I know what it’s like to share something with your mum and then have her gone. My mum loved Michael Jackson and was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer the day he died. The last movie we saw together was “This is It”. Whenever I hear MJ now I think of her.
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Very touching. My heart goes out to the both of you; so sorry for your loss. I”m glad you have great memories to share.
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@Abby and Happy…such sweet stories about your moms. (((hugs))) to both of you.
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Y’all, I’m going to get sentimental for a minute. My mom was the one that fell in love with Channing first. I remember her calling me at college to tell me about that “handsome boy” in She’s The Man and how I needed to watch. She loved watching movies more than anything. The last movie we watched together was the Eagle- a Channing tatum movie. She passed away last year. This People story is totally a moment she and I would have loved.
Sigh. Happy for Channing and Jenna.
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I like him because he is not perfect looking (a.k.a. a pretty boy). He is manly looking. I became a fan after 21 Jump Street any man that can make me laugh is good! Plus, it seems like other people really like him (Magic Mike co-stars) which is also telling. Sounds like he has a nice wife too.
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His wife said she doesnt want kids because she want s to focus on her career. Bitch give the man some babies. I would glad do.
http://www.gq.com/video/videos/channing-tatum-men-of-the-year-video-dancing
looks hot dancin for GQ
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…he is like watching vanilla pudding in the rain…….bland bland bleh
now if it was tom hardy or idris elba or
mikey fassey…..pow!pop!ping!
peoples has the WORSE taste in men
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+100000 to everything you said.
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But Tom hardy is so fug….ewwwee
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But Tom hardy is so fug….ewwwwww
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You speak the truth!! Channing is a crappy actor with a good body and a fug face. If People didn’t want a European actor for the title they could have at least given it to Ryan Gosling. He’s all kinds of frickin’ hot.
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I’m glad it didn’t go to Yellow Teeth Fassbender but ITA about Channing Tatum. Yeah he has a nice body but so does every other leading and wanna be leading man in Hollywood. I think Channing is a total butterface but I think he is hotter than Matt Damon or Richard Gere.
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OK who else went through the slide shows?
ADAM FRICKING LAMBERT? No one thinks Adam Lambert is sexy.
I don’t think all of these guys are hot but where are Matthew McConnaughey, Andrew Garfield, Alcide (I can’t spell his name), Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Renner?
They had really good years? I’m not saying they should have gotten the cover but I am surprised none made the first slide show.
Based on the first slide show, I like Denzel best even if he is kind of old.
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:::whispers::: I think Adam Lambert is sexy. :::slowly sinks down in chair and hides face:::
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He’s fug and charisma-less to me. Giant potato head. lol
And Brad Pitt did that cover better.
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He’s the funniest dude to interview. Even Lainey Gossip said th at every time it is junket but wish it was Channing tatum Junket because it is always a party with him.
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Cro Magnon man makes a come back! This dude is totally a knuckle-dragging proto-human. He can baring string together sentence between guttural grunts.
Next year a Neanderthal man will be People’s Sexist Man Alive because he grunted, shimmied and took his clothes off while keeping the best.
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I have to say I rarely, if ever, agree with People’s choices in sexiest men alive. Most of them are so bland.
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I’m totally with you Kaiser.
I fell in love with him in Step Up and never looked back. Any man who can move like that, give great interview and seems to genuinely love his wife is a-okay in my book.
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+1
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The lady from People magazine said the editors and writers select the guys for this. issue.
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Hey – he’s got freckles on his shoulders! Channing, we have so much in common – why don’t you come over and we can show each other our freckles? You have them on more than your shoulders, don’t you?
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I like Channing as an actor but as far as clinching the title of ‘Sexiest Man Alive’,give me a break.I tend not to ever agree with People and their choices but I see that this year is an exception given that Matt Bomer made the list.Personally,I DO think he is way more deserving of that title and should have been on the cover instead.It simply goes without saying,perfection at its finest.
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There is nothing remotely interesting about this man. I’m glad he’s a nice guy and professional and all but you’d need tools capable of measuring at the molecular level to find any charisma in his general vicinity.
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Please, ladies, Channing Tatum richly deserves the honor. His ass alone richly deserves the honor.
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I like Channing, and this is a better choice than last year, but for this and the 50 Most Beautiful People, they seem to be just phoning it in now.
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Everything you said. And the public agrees. I don’t think any of the past 5 or so choices have been big sellers.
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It’s a combination of their choices for both lists-which are increasingly boring-and the actual physical magazine, which just doesn’t seem to be as put together or interesting as it used to be.
Even if I didn’t like their choice for the top, I always enjoyed thumbing through the issue. Now, I haven’t bought one in years, it’s just not an ‘event’ issue the way it used to be.
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Has he tweaked the bridge of his nose?
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He’s so incredibly boring and I’ve not seen a movie where his acting was inspiring in the least. I’m not upset cause I hate People magazine but GQ … movie star of the year? I can think of so many better choices …
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he got gq’s movie star of the year because he was the only actor to have three movies this year that made over one hundred million each. and none of those were part of a franchise.
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He is so hit or miss for me. Sometimes I think he looks super hot & sometimes I just can’t see it to save my life. Sexiest Man Alive? No, just “Sexiest Man in the room once in awhile, on a good day.”
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My neighbours gardener looks more sexier than this potato head.I think Peoples should stop this nonsense sexiest man alive thing because they’re getting worse and worse every year.
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i don’t care because People’s Sexiest Man is all RP game and ego
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People magazine can’t find any sexy non-white men to put on its cover. What about Barack Obama, Michael Ealy, Idris Elba, Giles Marini. ALL of these men are SEXY. Get with the times; stop being so racist.
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