Maroon 5

[Ginger]

Good Lord - Levine, Elba and Hiddleston are our choices now? What is the world coming to? Idris Elba is a delusional egomaniac who talks about himself in the third person. (And I don't mean just once or twice, he'll do it repeatedly in interviews.) Hiddleston is the charming English flavor of the month. (Poor Benedict Cumberbatch just got pushed aside!) And Adam Levine is straight up gross. And who gives a shit about Maroon 5 anymore?

[Mutagen]

For me, Adam Levine has such an Eau de Douche coming off him that it really kills any appeal he might've had. I personally also find "Moves Like Jagger" one of the most irritating pop songs in history. It makes "Who Let the Dogs Out?" sound like Mozart.

The entire list is really underwhelming, honestly.  When I am looking back nostalgically at the time when Bradley Cooper was on the cover, we have a problem.

[chiqui]

What's with Adam Levine's hair? He looked like he stepped out of the original Beverley Hills 90120 c. 1996.

[Deleted]

I wouldn't have had an opinion either way a few years ago, but now that I've gotten to know him better from watching The Voice he's become totally unattractive. He's an annoying little attention whore who seems to have to force himself to be a nice person. What it comes down to is that he doesn't make up for his personality with his looks. He's just not all that and most definitely NOT the sexiest man alive. People needs to take a break from the celebrity nonsense and put regular everyday hot men in the next sexist issue.

[mementomori]

Nov 20, 2013 12:08:01 GMT -4 Ginger said:

Good Lord - Levine, Elba and Hiddleston are our choices now? What is the world coming to? Idris Elba is a delusional egomaniac who talks about himself in the third person. (And I don't mean just once or twice, he'll do it repeatedly in interviews.) Hiddleston is the charming English flavor of the month. (Poor Benedict Cumberbatch just got pushed aside!) And Adam Levine is straight up gross. And who gives a shit about Maroon 5 anymore?

Does Idris really do that douchey third person talk? Damn, Ginger way to burst my bubble. I thought dude was cool, guess not!

[gitsie007]

Ugh, Adam Levine? Really? Is that the best you could do, People? I am neutral about Adam Levine but he does absolutely nothing for me. People mag always chooses the most boring/unappealing men to be SMA. It is meaningless anyway.

As you can tell by my avatar, it should be Tom Hiddleston!

[GoldenFleece]

Adam Levine as Sexiest Man Alive is way less baffling than People crowning Gwyneth the most beautiful woman in the world earlier this year. The thought that he's hot, albeit maybe in a sleazy sort of way, is not exactly rare. Maroon 5's had quite the comeback since they did Moves Like Jagger and The Voice is TV's hottest singing show now. And it was never going to be someone like Idris Elba (the recent socklessness on the red carpet probably didn't help his case. And he's not going to be the next James Bond, when they replace Craig, it will be, like, Neville from Harry Potter or someone that age) or Tom Hiddleston given their level of name recognition by the public at large, or anyone whose looks are considered "offbeat". They leave the more unconventional choices to the also-ran, runners up list.

Looking back, seeing Nick Nolte's name on the list of SMAs is pretty jarring, but he didn't look like his mugshot back in 1992. It seems like a pretty thankless title, Sexiest Man Alive, not that it was ever anything but, but there wasn't an internet to weigh in for the JFK, Jr. days. I'm surprised it took them this long to pick another non-actor. Maybe all the actors they did want to get turned them down (I've heard DiCaprio has rejected the title multiple times).

[gitsie007]

GoldenFleecewrote

Post by GoldenFleece on 56 minutes ago
Adam Levine as Sexiest Man Alive is way less baffling than People crowning Gwyneth the most beautiful woman in the world earlier this year.

I will keep that in mind.

"People" mag should be renamed "Publicist" mag.

[narm]

JFK Jr! They should have retired the title after him. He was perfect! /irishcatholicfangirl/

I can see what others see in Levine, but he looks looks like an utter douchelord.

[gitsie007]

Jezebel weighs in and it aint pretty.

So does Dlisted

guess this is People’s way of telling me that Prince Hot Ginge, Anderson Cooper, Carrot Top, Idris Elba, Richard Simmons, Walter Mercado, Harald Gloockler, the buff wolf in a Speedo and the hot Asian guy who works the morning shift on Sundays at my Starbucks died. RIP! With that being said, I’d still hit it and I’d proudly tell everyone I hit it while running off to the free clinic to soak my parts in the bucket of liquid antibiotics they put in front of you when you tell them that you’ve just fucked Adam Levine.