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Jonathan Bailey is sexy (and he knows it!)
While attending the premiere of Wicked: For Good in New York City, a fan gave the actor, 37, a shout-out on the red carpet, celebrating how he was recently named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive.
“Yeah, Sexiest Man Alive,” the supporter, Francis Dominic, exclaimed, causing Bailey to turn around and react with a playful face, as seen in video of the moment shared on social media.
As those in the crowd nearby erupted in cheers, Dominic turned the camera on himself, excitedly saying, “That was for me.”
In the caption of his post, Dominic wrote: “ME CASUALLY FLIRTING WITH @jbayleaf AKA THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE?!?!?!?! Yeah, my night is insane.. Y’ALL SEEN THAT SMOLDER HE GAVE ME?!?!? Oh what are Mister Bailey.. 🥹😭💚💛.”
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During the Manhattan premiere, Bailey was presented with his own Lego mini-figure, which matched his look on the PEOPLE cover crowning him Sexiest Man Alive. “That is so good,” he said with a grin. “Oh my goodness me.”
Bailey shared his love of Legos in his Sexiest Man Alive cover story, telling PEOPLE that building a Lego set was one of his perfect date ideas. He also included “doesn’t like Lego” among his list of “deal-breakers” when it comes to a romantic partner.
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Of his Sexiest Man Alive title, Bailey previously said, “It’s a huge honor. Obviously, I’m incredibly flattered. And it’s completely absurd.”
When it comes to being the first openly gay man named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive, the Bridgerton star told Forbes, “There’s nothing sexier than progress.”
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Bailey stars in Wicked: For Good as Fiyero, a love interest to both Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba (a.k.a. the Wicked Witch of the West) and Ariana Grande’s Glinda (a.k.a. Glinda the Good Witch of the North).
The film, the second part of 2024’s Wicked, is an adaptation of the long-running Broadway show of the same name, which is a musical prequel to The Wizard of Oz. Norbert Leo Butz originated the role of Fiyero, while Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth did the same for Elphaba and Glinda, respectively.
Bailey hilariously reworked a famous line from Wicked as he discussed being named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive in a recent interview with Access Hollywood. When asked about the honor at the Wicked: For Good premiere in São Paulo earlier this month, he said, “Some people are born sexy. And some people have sexy thrust about them.”
The quote was a play on the line “Are people born wicked, or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?” — which Glinda asks during Wicked’s opening number, “No One Mourns the Wicked,” while speaking about Elphaba.
Wicked: For Good is in theaters now.
