People Magazine caused such a ruckus when they named Bradley Cooper as the Sexiest Man Alive in 2011 instead of Ryan Gosling that someone created an online petition in hopes of getting the publication to reverse it’s decision and award Gosling the honor. Additionally, some other Gosling supporters flooded downtown New York and participated in the Occupy Wall Street movement while wearing Ryan Gosling masks.
But it seems like even Bradley Cooper believes Ryan Gosling was more deserving of the title more than he was, and explained why to British talk show host Graham Norton on his show, The Graham Norton Show. During the interview, Cooper said, “There was such a backlash when they announced it. And Ryan Gosling, who I love and who I just did a movie with and who is just the greatest…but we were both in Paris this last week, and a friend of mine showed me these photographs from the paparazzi, and [Gosling] literally looks like he’s in a photo shoot, like he literally just came off the runway. The pea coat is like this and the scarf! And there’s ones of me, and I literally look like the neighbor who never comes out of his house.” Another issue Cooper faces now that he’s been designated the Sexiest Man Alive is that he no longer feels confident in himself or his actions: “I have a lot of moments where I’ll be, like, walking out, and I’ll like open up the door, and I’m like ‘I could do that a lot sexier,'” he admitted. Oh, buck up, Cooper! Pears would look skinnier if they had sombreros on their heads, but you don’t see them complaining about anything!
