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Mimi Launder
Nov 16, 2017

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You might have already seen that Blake Shelton has been named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive this year.
He's the boyfriend of Gwen Stefani, country singer and judge on NBC's The Voice - not that we're suggesting you don't know know who he is.
Well, Shelton has now joined a whole host of hot winners including Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Channing Tatum, George Clooney and Chris Hemsworth.
Twitter just didn't get it. At all.
Some mean things were said.
If Blake Shelton is the sexiest man alive then my recently deceased Aunt Pearl is the sexiest woman alive— sarah schauer 🦂 (@sarah schauer 🦂) 1510784660
The more paranoid among us even linked his win to some kind of strange Trumpian curse.
And there were a lot of disgruntled Idris Elba fans out there.
Blake Shelton is the Sexist Man Alive while Idris Elba is wandering around and people are still confused as to how… https://t.co/YxLaMViXYl— Sheena Millar (@Sheena Millar) 1510801425
Blake Shelton being named People Magazine’s Sexiest Man of the Year is an absolute CRIME against Jason Mamoa and Idris Elba smh.— maddie🌿 (@maddie🌿) 1510784607
I just googled Blake Shelton because I've never seen Idris Elba spelled that way before.— Galen (@Galen) 1510793298
Dear People Magazine, No woman on earth fantasizes about Blake Shelton. Also, stop whitewashing sexiest man alive.— Kim Schwan (@Kim Schwan) 1510791302
But Shelton did have a bit of support beyond just the people of People magazine.
It's okay @blakeshelton I think you're sexy!— Amanda Stanton (@Amanda Stanton) 1510794984
I notice everyone is saying Blake Shelton ain’t sexy enough instead of coming to his defense for being objectified.… https://t.co/8Md99sxhPi— Corey Ryan Forrester is in Chicago Jan 16th! (@Corey Ryan Forrester is in Chicago Jan 16th!) 1510813014
Though mainly the mood was that of complete bafflement.
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