‘Wicked’ Cast Celebrates Jonathan Bailey Being Named Sexiest Man Alive: ‘Look at Those Abs’

After People announced Wicked star Jonathan Bailey arsenic its 2025 Sexiest Man Alive, the satellite seemed to person 1 overwhelming reaction: “We couldn’t beryllium happier, convey goodness.”

That absorption spilled implicit to Bailey’s Wicked castmates, who appeared successful a video connected the film’s societal media accounts celebrating their Fiyero nabbing the coveted title. In the clip, stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum, Bowen Yang, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode and manager Jon M. Chu each appeared wearing sweatshirts emblazoned with steamy photos from their chap actor’s screen sprout for the magazine.

Each castmate offered their congratulations to Bailey, portion occasionally throwing successful a fewer jokes. “He’s the sexiest antheral not lone connected this planet, but successful the star system, successful the universe, successful immoderate multiverse,” Goldblum said successful the clip portion showing disconnected his sweatshirt emblazoned with Bailey’s face.

Yang jumped in, appreciating his photograph of Bailey successful a achromatic jumpsuit hoisting himself up connected a acceptable of gymnastic rings. “Looks champion successful a singlet portion doing gymnastics,” helium quipped. Bode simply added, “Clearly, look astatine those abs.”

But the formed besides sent saccharine messages to Bailey, with Grande praising the actor’s interior arsenic as sexy, calling him “the kindest and the astir superb and beauteous wrong arsenic well.” Erivo concurred, adding that “now the satellite knows what I’ve known each along.”

Erivo besides celebrated with a remark connected the histrion and People‘s joint announcement post connected Instagram. “YEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!! Now the satellite knows what I’ve known each on 😏,” she gushed. “I LOVE YOU! CONGRATULATIONS!!!”

Bailey’s enactment was not lone celebrated, but besides historic. On the magazine’s 40th day of its Sexiest Man Alive issue, Bailey becomes the archetypal openly cheery antheral to person the title. In his screen story, Bailey spoke astir his enactment connected The Shameless Fund, a foundation helium founded to assistance money non-profits warring backmost against anti-LGBTQ+ laws astir the world. “There’s truthful galore radical that privation to bash superb worldly who consciousness similar they can’t, and I cognize the LGBT assemblage is nether immense menace astatine the moment,” helium said. “So it’s been astonishing to conscionable radical who person the expertise and spot imaginable that I could person lone dreamed of.”

Check retired the Wicked cast’s absorption to Bailey’s caller rubric below: