Kate Flannery, beloved for her function as Meredith Palmer on “The Workplace,” is displaying some critical love for her former co-star John Krasinski following his current honor as PEOPLE Journal’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2024.
Regardless of some skepticism from followers who anticipated completely different contenders for the title, together with Glen Powell, Kate Flannery stays John Krasinski’s greatest cheerleader, noting how scorching he is gotten since “The Workplace.”
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Kate Flannery Says John Krasinski’s ‘Sexiest Man’ Title Is Lengthy Overdue
After studying of her former co-star’s win, she joked that the journal “is lastly catching up.”
“Let me let you know one thing, that is so lengthy overdue,” she advised TMZ. “John Krasinski’s gotten robbed yearly since 2005, for my part. It is so time.”
Flannery, now 60, is very impressed by how a lot John has bulked up since “The Workplace” wrapped, notably for his roles in “Jack Ryan” and “13 Hours: The Secret Troopers of Benghazi.”
“He’s so scorching, my eyes are melting each time I see him in individual,” she advised the outlet. “John has at all times been lovely and actually cute, however I really feel like folks have not seen his sexiness as a result of he is so cute. So it is the proper marriage of two issues.”
She continued, “You see a spark in somebody instantly, and John’s at all times had it. He is at all times had it.”
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John Krasinski Named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive
John Krasinski was caught off guard when he realized he’d been named PEOPLE’s 2024 Sexiest Man Alive.
“Simply quick blackout, really. Zero ideas,” he advised the journal. “Aside from perhaps I am being punked. That is not how I get up, considering, ‘Is that this the day that I will be requested to be Sexiest Man Alive?’ And but it was the day you guys did it. You guys have actually raised the bar for me.”
Now residing in Brooklyn along with his spouse of 14 years, actress Emily Blunt, and their daughters, Hazel and Violet, Krasinski shares that Blunt was “very excited” upon listening to the massive information. “There was plenty of pleasure concerned in me telling her,” he recalled.
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Followers React To 2024’s Sexist Man Alive Winner
After the information dropped, social media had combined reactions, with some claiming Krasinski is “cute” however not “attractive.”
“Like, I don’t disagree. John Krasinski and Jim Halpert modified the trajectory of my life, however one factor about PEOPLE journal,” one person stated. “They’re gonna make a person SMA within the fallacious 12 months each single time.”
“JOHN KRASINSKI?????? OUR NATION’S MOST TRYING HOUR AND YOU GIVE US JOHN KRASINSKI?!?!” one other exclaimed.
Others, nevertheless, could not disagree extra. “ig im the one joyful about John Krasinski…” one X person wrote.
“Idk about everybody else, however I’m very a lot happy with John Krasinski as Sexiest Man Alive 2024,” one other stated.
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Social Media Claims Glenn Powell Ought to Have Gained As a substitute
Many different social media customers shared that Glen Powell, not John Krasinski, ought to have been topped PEOPLE‘s 2024 Sexiest Man Alive.
“John Krasinski gained Sexiest Man Alive 2024 whereas Glen Powell is Alive and strutting in a white tee and cowboy hat making even Mom Nature herself,” one person wrote, including a GIF of simply that.
“This photograph of Glen Powell along with his nipple out being launched on the identical day of John Krasinski’s Sexiest Man Alive photoshoot? OMG I’D LIKE TO REPORT A MURDER,” one other wrote.
“Expensive @folks journal, are you outta your freaking minds? John Krasinski over Glen Powell, Pedro Pascal, Hugh Jackman, Sebastian Stan, Ryan Gosling and THE LIST GOES ON!” they wrote.
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New ‘Jack Ryan’ Film Is In The Works
This information comes simply two weeks after it was introduced {that a} “Jack Ryan” film with John Krasinski is within the works at Amazon MGM Studios.
Based on Selection, Wendell Pierce is confirmed to reprise his function as James Greer, whereas Michael Kelly is in talks to return as Mike November. Andrew Bernstein, who directed and served as an govt producer on Season 2, will direct the film, working from a script by Aaron Rabin, a co-executive producer and author from Season 4.
Krasinski and Allyson Seeger are producing via their firm, Sunday Evening, together with Andrew Type. Paramount Footage and Skydance are additionally backing the challenge, with Skydance’s David Ellison and Dana Goldberg serving as govt producers alongside John Kelly and Carlton Cuse.
